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The JASON Project
JASON Expeditions send scientists to the deepest
ocean depths, soaring rainforest canopies, icy polar regions, and red-hot
volcanoes. Cutting-edge technology enables millions of students and teachers
to participate in these exhilarating educational adventures. JASON Expeditions
invites students and teachers in grades 4-8 to join real scientists, via
hands-on classroom activities, live satellite broadcasts and internet
programming, as they embark on actual research projects in exotic locales.
The newest JASON Expedition: Mysteries of Earth and Mars is now available for school year 2005-2006. Mysteries of Earth and Mars will look at Mars analogs, or locations on Earth where environmental conditions, geologic features, or biologic attributes resemble in some way those thought to exist on Mars, now or at some point in its past. It will also examine the role that water plays in shaping life here on Earth and apply that knowledge to the search for life elsewhere in the solar system. Lastly, the expedition will explore the cutting edge research and technology that goes into a robotic mission to Mars; the efforts to one day send humans to Mars, and the people who are helping to make these dreams a reality.
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JASON Expedition:
Disappearing Wetlands
JASON Expedition: Disappearing Wetlands began in school
year
2004-2005 and features the vast network of wetlands of the
Mississippi River Delta in the bayous of Louisiana. Students
studied the structure and function of wetland and river systems;
wetland system interactions and aquatic food webs; technology,
society, and wetland management; natural hazards and wetland
restoration; and local wetland research and issues.
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