Things to do until the images arrive

"I’m glad it was a neat afternoon. I’m also glad you were excited to put in a couple of targets yourself as well. The hope is, both primary and secondary targets (for each group) will be acquired. As soon as the images are down on the ground I will get them to you. Things have been coming down a little slow, so hopefully we can get an electronic copy of the images to the students before they display their projects. The images will be acquired on Tuesday of next week. We’ll probably not have them on the ground until you are here. We can have you email them to the students (or at least I can put them on a link where the students can get them) once I have the images." - NASA Scientist at ASU

So . . . the most important thing for each group to do is to get as much done beforehand. DON'T wait until the images arrive to start. Here are some ideas.

Craters:

Start looking at images from the satllite you selected. Try to get an image the same size as the THEMIS image. If you can't get one that small, then use a portion of a larger scale. Read this article - http://msip.asu.edu/uploads/243/paper1.doc it contains a much simpler graph from the one you were going to use. What "age" do you think your crater image was? Use that as a guide, and actually find the age of the lunar surface. Then, when you get the Mars image, do the same thing.

Lava Tubes:

Find THEMIS images of each stage in the destruction of a lava tube showing all of the physical characteristics. You have no idea on what you're going to get. Actually, one of the images I'm getting might work if your's don't show anything. Go back and look at http://www.gatesscience.info/teamescience/pdf/msip/finale2.pdf to see how another group did this.

Channels:

Research the depositional features that should be found in bends in channels. You are attempting to discover if the same is true for Mars as Earth. Go to Google Earth and try and find dried up rivers in the American southwest. They will probably show the same type of features as channels on Mars.

GET Busy!