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Temperature and Earth Climate: Modeling Hot and Cold Planets

Presented by: Rudo Kashiri

January 24, 2013 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Eastern time

1 Introducing today’s presenter…

Rudo Kashiri NASA Explorer Schools Education Specialist NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA

2 Temperature and Climate- Modeling Hot and Cold Planets Presented by: Rudo Kashiri

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= 4 Agenda

Temperature and climate Featured lesson Physical models Computer models NASA Explorer Schools

5 Introduction

Subject: Earth Science Grades: 7-9 National Science Education Earth and Space Science Earth in the Solar System

6 Which planet is hotter?

Mercury

Venus

7 8 What determines a planet’s climate?

9 What is the Greenhouse Effect?

10 Venus: Runaway “Greenhouse Effect"

11 What do we know about Martian Atmosphere?

12 : Then and Now

13 Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN or MAVEN

14 How Mars may have lost its Atmosphere

15 Sputtering

16 Any questions at this point?

17 What will students learn?

The effects of distance from the sun and surface reflectance (albedo). The impact on temperature of such variables as distance to light source, surface type and atmospheric characteristics.

18 Modeling Hot and Cold Planets

19 Activity Set Up

20 21 Any questions at this point?

22 Computer Model

23 24 25 26 Distance

27 Graph

28 29 Any questions at this point?

30 31 Role of the Atmosphere

32 Activity Set Up

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34 Any questions at this point?

35 36 37 Thank you for joining us today.

Rudo Kashiri rudo.g.kashiri@.gov

http://explorerschools.nasa.gov

38 Thanks to today’s presenter!

Rudo Kashiri NASA Explorer Schools Education Specialist NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA

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