"Is there any scientifc evidence of the Moon's effect on humans? If not, how can the Moon affect humans?"
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Life in Extreme Environments Educator Conference
February 9, 2009 / Posted by: Daniella Scalice
The Life in Extreme Environments Educator Conference, hosted by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory Education Office, was held on January 24-25, 2009 in JPL’s von Kármán auditorium. E/PO Leads from NAI’s teams at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, JPL-Titan, and JPL-Icy Worlds participated in producing the event. Eighty-one educators attended.
The program included an introduction to astrobiology, as well as more detailed presentations outlining astrobiology research into extrasolar planet habitability, pre-biotic chemistry, spectral “bio”signatures, and planetary protection. NAI educational materials were distributed.
The conference also served as a platform from which to test a remote video connection to educators in Barrow, Alaska, a remote field site for NAI scientists. This test was important, as the NAI-Icy Worlds team will continue to communicate with educators and students in Barrow over the next several years. The connection was made successfully, and several participants joined from Barrow.
- A Slow Death in the P-T Extinction
- An Alternative Path for the Evolution of Nitrogen Fixation
- A New Pathway to Life's Origin
- Ground Truth
- 2012 Astrobiology Graduate Student Conference
- A New Postdoc at NAI Central
- O/OREOS Nanosatellite Success in Orbit
- Astrobiologists among the 2012 Geochemical Fellows
- A Salt-Free Primordial Soup?
- Rethinking an Alien World
