Mars in the Geography Classroom
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Mars in the Geography Classroom. Association of Pacific Coast Geographers (20 October 2007) Dr. Christine M. Rodrigue California State University, Long Beach. Mars Geographers. A few of the many geographers active in the study of Mars Mary C. Bourke, Oxford Geography Department
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Mars in the Geography Classroom Association of Pacific Coast Geographers (20 October 2007) Dr. Christine M. Rodrigue California State University, Long Beach C.M. Rodrigue, 2007 Geography, CSULB
Mars Geographers • A few of the many geographers active in the study of Mars • Mary C. Bourke,Oxford Geography Department • M. Buchroithner,Inst für Kartographie, Dresden • Ed Cloutis,Geography, University of Winnipeg • Bethany L. Ehlmann,Oxford Geography M.Sc. 2007, going on for Ph.D. in Geology at Brown University • Julie Laity,Geography, CSUN • K. Maria D. Lane,Geography, UT Austin • Ruth Mugford,Ph.D. student, Cambridge Geography • Richard J. Pike,M.A. Geography, Ph.D. Geology, U.S.G.S. • John Pitlick,University of Colorado, Boulder • Wayne H. Pollard,McGill University • Andrew J. Russell,Physical Geography, Keele University, UK • Richard Soare, Concordia University C.M. Rodrigue, 2007 Geography, CSULB
My Previous Work in Risk Perception and Communication in the Space Program • Internet media in technological risk amplification: Plutonium on Board the Cassini-Huygens Spacecraft • Risk: Health, Safety, & Environment 12, 3 / 4 (Fall, 2001): 221-254 • Impact of Internet media in risk debates: The controversies over the Cassini-Huygens mission and the Anaheim Hills, California, landslide. • The Australian Journal of Emergency Management 16, 1 (August, 2001): 53-61. • Construction of hazard perception and activism on the Internet: Amplifying trivial risks and obfuscating series ones • Natural Hazards Research Working Paper 106 (2001). • Risk representation in the space program: The Internet and social amplification of risk. • NASA Teleconference among NASA Headquarters, Jet Propulsion Lab, Ames Research Center, and Johnson Space Center (November, 2001) C.M. Rodrigue, 2007 Geography, CSULB
Mars: A Regional Areography Syllabus • Introduction • Geography (and geographers) and the study of Mars • History of Mars Exploration • Earth-based observations and robotic missions • Remote Sensing and Spacecraft Basics • Remote sensing, spacecraft, missions, imagery • Mars in Space • Orbital, rotational, size characteristics, moons • A Physiographic Regionalization of Mars • Vocabulary, orders of relief scheme • A Climatic Regionalization of Mars • Atmosphere, weather, geochemical cycles, regions • Human-Environment Relations: Mars and the Imagination • Science, science fiction, pseudoscience, and politics C.M. Rodrigue, 2007 Geography, CSULB
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Mars: Third Order Landscapes • Debates over Era Lengths C.M. Rodrigue, 2007 Geography, CSULB
Mars: Fourth Order LandscapesOverview: Theatre-Headed Canyons, Chaos Terrains, Softened Craters C.M. Rodrigue, 2007 Geography, CSULB
Mars: Fourth Order Landscapes Æolian Features: Yardangs, Wind-Etched Layers, Dunes C.M. Rodrigue, 2007 Geography, CSULB
Mars: Fourth Order LandscapesTectonic Features: Folded/Faulted Mountains, Volcanoes, Mensæ, Lava Tubes, Fossæ C.M. Rodrigue, 2007 Geography, CSULB
Mars: Fourth Order LandscapesMass Wasting: Landslides, Dust Avalanches (or Water?) C.M. Rodrigue, 2007 Geography, CSULB
Mars: Fourth Order LandscapesCoastal Processes? Wave Cut Benches? Wave Built Terraces? “Coasts”? Channels Ending in Vastitas Borealis? C.M. Rodrigue, 2007 Geography, CSULB
Mars: Fourth Order LandscapesFluvial Features: Alluvial Fans and Deltas, Sapping, Fluvial Valleys, Jökulhlhaups C.M. Rodrigue, 2007 Geography, CSULB
Mars: Fourth Order LandscapesLayered Ice Caps, Crater Glaciers, Frost, Polygon-Patterned Ground C.M. Rodrigue, 2007 Geography, CSULB
Mars: Fifth Order LandscapesDust Devil Tracks, Frost, “RAT” Hole, Rover Tracks, Concretions and Blueberries C.M. Rodrigue, 2007 Geography, CSULB
Mars: AtmosphereEccentricity and Seasons, Vertical Temperature and Pressure Structure C.M. Rodrigue, 2007 Geography, CSULB
Mars: AtmosphereWeather: Dust Storms, Tides, Dust Devils, Clouds, Polar Hurricanes C.M. Rodrigue, 2007 Geography, CSULB
Mars: AtmosphereClimate Change? C.M. Rodrigue, 2007 Geography, CSULB
Mars Imagined • How have you imagined Mars? C.M. Rodrigue, 2007 Geography, CSULB
Mars and Earth: Vertical Temperature Structure C.M. Rodrigue, 2007 Geography, CSULB
Mars and Earth: Magnetic Fields: Planetary versus Local C.M. Rodrigue, 2007 Geography, CSULB
Mars and Earth:Orbital Differences, Aphelion/Perihelion, Seasons C.M. Rodrigue, 2007 Geography, CSULB
Mars and Earth:Plate Tectonics C.M. Rodrigue, 2007 Geography, CSULB
Mars and Earth:Mountains: Olympus versus Everest and Mauna Kea C.M. Rodrigue, 2007 Geography, CSULB
Mars and Earth:Triple Point of Water C.M. Rodrigue, 2007 Geography, CSULB
Mars: InformationBooks • The Smithsonian Book of Mars • Joseph Boyce, 2002, Smithsonian • Mars: The Mystery Unfolds • Peter Cattermole, 2001, Oxford • Magnificent Mars • Ken Croswell, 2003, Free Press • A Traveler’s Guide to Mars • William Hartmann, 2003, Workman • Mapping Mars • Oliver Morton, 2002, Picador USA C.M. Rodrigue, 2007 Geography, CSULB
Mars: InformationWeb Portals • http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/ • Jet Propulsion Lab • http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/planets/marspage.html • Goddard Space Flight Center • http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Mars_Express/ • European Space Agency • http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/mars/ • Resources for Integrating Mars Data across the Undergraduate Curriculum • http://www.google.com/mars/ • The Google mapping approach C.M. Rodrigue, 2007 Geography, CSULB
Mars: InformationMissions and Instruments • NASA Mars Global Surveyor • MOC, MOLA, TES • NASA Mars Odyssey • Themis, Gamma Ray Spectrometer • NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter • HiRISE, CRISM, MCS • ESA Mars Express • HRSC, MARSIS • NASA Mars Exploration Rovers • Pancams, spectrometers, grinding tools C.M. Rodrigue, 2007 Geography, CSULB
Mars: InformationJournals • Mars Journal • Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets • Earth, Moon, and Planets • Planetary and Space Science • Icarus • Space Science Reviews • Science • Nature C.M. Rodrigue, 2007 Geography, CSULB
Mars: InformationGeography of Mars Class Web Page • http://www.csulb.edu/~rodrigue/mars/ • rodrigue@csulb.edu • Department of Geography • California State University • Long Beach, CA 90840-1101 C.M. Rodrigue, 2007 Geography, CSULB