Week 1

What did you do in the lab today?​ - No Lab MLK day 

What was the big question?​

Why Science?

What did you learn in Thursday’s discussion?​

In the discussion, I learned about: 

• The United States has been the only people on the moon
• Many presidents have said we are going back, and we have yet to do so
• The moon has water on it, which could give us the chance to build a base for construction 
• There is hope for a plane in 2030 (probably won't happen yet)
• It is a one-way trip 
• Mars has no wind
• Mars was discovered by the Romes and was named after the God Aries, the God of War
• The planet is rusting 
• There are no resources on Mars 
• Women are the ideal astronauts
• They are lighter, shorter, and consume less food
• Jerrie Cobb should have been an astronaut
• The recycling that we do isn't actually doing anything the oil and gas companies made it to make us feel better about ourselves 

Read the online textbook

What did you learn?​

• I learned that Dr. James Van Allen from the University of Iowa created the technology that created the radiation detector which was on the Explorer 1. 
• We look/research Mars to get an understand of a planets life cycle. 

What was most helpful?​

• Getting a time line of events and getting to see how events lined up. Also getting to see women in field who aren't represented

What do you need more information on?

• Why do we look outward on another planet and not work on the one we have. 

5. What questions, concerns, and/or comments do you have? 

• How do we teach about the people who are "lost" to history?