NASA’s planetary protection program as an astrobiology teaching module

Vera M. Kolb

doi:10.1117/12.625468

22 September 2005 NASA's planetary protection program as an astrobiology teaching module

Vera M. Kolb

Proceedings Volume 5906, Astrobiology and Planetary Missions; 59060G (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.625468
Event: Optics and Photonics 2005, 2005, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

We are currently developing a teaching module on the NASA's Planetary Protection Program for UW-Parkside SENCER courses. SENCER stands for Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibility. It is a national initiative of the National Science Foundation (NSF), now in its fifth year, to improve science education by teaching basic sciences through the complex public issues of the 21^st century. The Planetary Protection Program is one such complex public issue. Teaching astrobiology and the NASA's goals via the Planetary Protection module within the SENCER courses seems to be a good formula to reach large number of students in an interesting and innovative way. We shall describe the module that we are developing. It will be launched on our web site titled "Astrobiology at Parkside" (http://oldweb.uwp.edu/academic/chemistry/kolb/organic_chemistry/, or go to Google and then to Vera Kolb Home Page), and thus will be available for teaching to all interested parties.

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Vera M. Kolb "NASA's planetary protection program as an astrobiology teaching module", Proc. SPIE 5906, Astrobiology and Planetary Missions, 59060G (22 September 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.625468

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