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Astrobiology
Resources
RPI
NASA
http://www.origins.rpi.edu/
http://astrobiology.nasa.gov/nai/
Ask An Astrobiologist
http://astrobiology2.arc.nasa.gov/ask-an-astrobiologist/
Current Astrophysics Research
http://astrobites.com/
What is Astrobiology? Video-Teachers Domain
http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/klvx08.sci.klvxastro/
Scientist talks about studying Titan-Video, Teachers Domain
http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/npe11.sci.phys.energy.titan/
The Mars Society
http://education.marssociety.org/
NASA Resources for Students
Interactives, Videos, etc. for Students
http://www.nasa.gov/offices/education/programs/national/summer/get_involved/students/index.html
Ask Dr. C Mars Questions--NASA
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/drc/
Education Resources
http://www.nasa.gov/offices/education/about/index.html
Biosignatures
Biosignatures
http://www.nasa.gov/missions/deepspace/cyberspace_prt.htm
Biosignatures
(press releases from NASA)
Videos and short readings on Curiosity Rover mission, including one really good article " NASA Mars Rover Will Check for Ingredients of
Life - 01.18.11 " and videos showing building of the rover while dressed in white suits...
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/building_curiosity.html
Short, accessible article regarding building virtual planets in order to study what would make a planet habitable...end of article has good descrip
of biosignatures
http://www.nasa.gov/missions/deepspace/cyberspace_prt.htm
Press release about research regarding layered mineral deposits and microbes that could serve as biosignature on, for
instance, Mars
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/news/releases/2000/00_67AR.html
Press Release regarding biosignatures found in meteorites, 2002 (short,
accessbile)
http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2002/02-150.txt
Longish article on how x-ray diffraction will be used on Curiosity rover to
search for biosignatures
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/msl20100628_prt.htm
Extremeophiles
PBS NOVA video 1:00 minute Extremeophiles
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/teachers/space/extreme-environments.html
PBS NOVA video 1:00 minute Extremeophiles Antarctica
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/teachers/space/microbial-life.html
PBS NOVA Video 2:30 minute Extremeophiles on Arctic Seafloor
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/teachers/space/arctic-seafloor.html
PBS NOVA Video 50:00 aired August 2012 Finding Life Beyond Earth
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/space/finding-life-beyond-earth.html
BellRinger:
1) Please bring your folder to your table.
2) Turn to a fresh page in your notebook. Put the date at the
top.
3) Watch the video. Identify the object as "living " or
"nonliving" and why.
The Organic
Molecules of
Life
Detecting Life on other Planets
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/teachers/evolution/detecting-life.html
NASA-short article on Amino Acids in Meteorites
http://www.nasa.gov/topics/solarsystem/features/life-components.html
Today's Video
iscoveries Suggest Icy Cosmic Start For Amino Acids And DNA Ingredients
National Radio Astronomy Observatory (3 minutes)
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http://news.science360.gov/archives/20130305
Article accompanying above video
http://www.nrao.edu/pr/2013/newchem/
Habitable
Planets
http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/content/nvfl.sci.space.lplook/?utm_source=120312&utm_medium=newsletter&
campaign=affinity
http://kepler.nasa.gov/
Life in Extreme Places on Earth: Google Maps Exploration of Antarctic
http://www1.umn.edu/news/news-releases/2012/UR_CONTENT_398220.html