D22MAVEN





=DREAMS-22 Mission, July 23rd, 2014=

[|Join the group - Wiggio site]
Science Goals of the MAVEN mission
 * COVERAGE GOALS**
 * importance of understanding atmospheric loss
 * 6 major mechanisms: Hiding, Jean's escape, Hydrodynamic escape, Photo-chemical escape, Sputtering/Impact escape, Solar Wind pickup

Physics topics exploration: escape speed, rms speed of gasses, thermodynamics, magnetism

Making parallel comparisons with the Martian and Earth atmosphere

Online resources for classroom use on the Wiggio group site. Data collected on the DREAMS-22 high altitude balloon flight Activities developed for the workshop
 * MATERIALS DISTRIBUTED**

Audience: 17 High School, 5 Middle School, 2 Elementary, 4 Other

Monday, July 21 Tuesday, July 22 Wednesday, July 23 Thursday, July 24
 * MAVEN SPECIFIC AGENDA**
 * 2:45 - 3:35 MAVEN Science & Earth vs Martian atmospheres
 * 9:45 - Noon Experiment Preparation - teachers prepare flight experiments using Vernier sensors, Honeywell OTS pressure and magnetic field sensors connected to Arduino data loggers.
 * 5am - 3pm Launch, Chase, and Recover DREAMS-22 scientific payload
 * 10:45am - Noon Results of Science Analysis by teacher teams
 * 3pm-3:30pm Evaluations


 * MAVEN RELATED EXPERIMENTS**