Computer Science – Learning
Scientific paper
Dec 2006
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006aas...209.9603p&link_type=abstract
2007 AAS/AAPT Joint Meeting, American Astronomical Society Meeting 209, #96.03; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, V
Computer Science
Learning
Scientific paper
Nearly two decades after NASA’s Magellan radar mission to Venus, its atmosphere and surface is being investigated with new instruments by the Venus Express spacecraft from orbit. It was launched by the European Space Agency (ESA) on 11 November 2005, and has been orbiting Venus since April 2006. This mission provides an opportunity to focus on comparative planetary meteorology for education and public outreach efforts. We present an inquiry-based approach for informal and formal learning audiences by comparing atmospheric states of Venus and Earth using data available from Earth weather satellites and Venus Express.
In the context of a middle or a high school curriculum, the science themes of Venus Express mission provide many connections to the themes of the National Science Education Standards. For the general audiences, Venus presents many of its mysteries such as its super rotation in the form of a giant hemispheric vortex akin to a hurricane, its deep atmosphere with sulfuric acid clouds, and the huge greenhouse effect concepts that are familiar to many.
More than a dozen US scientists are participating in the Venus Express mission with support from NASA.
Limaye Sanjay S.
Pertzborn Rosalyn A.
Pi H. Y.
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