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Astrobiology Resources

Astrobiology Resources. NASA. RPI. http://www.origins.rpi.edu/. http://astrobiology.nasa.gov/nai/. Ask An Astrobiologist. http://astrobiology2.arc.nasa.gov/ask-an-astrobiologist/. Current Astrophysics Research. http://astrobites.com/. What is Astrobiology? Video-Teachers Domain.

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Astrobiology Resources

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  1. Astrobiology Resources NASA RPI http://www.origins.rpi.edu/ http://astrobiology.nasa.gov/nai/ Ask An Astrobiologist http://astrobiology2.arc.nasa.gov/ask-an-astrobiologist/ Current Astrophysics Research http://astrobites.com/ What is Astrobiology? Video-Teachers Domain http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/klvx08.sci.klvxastro/ Scientist talks about studying Titan-Video, Teachers 
Domain http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/npe11.sci.phys.energy.titan/ The Mars Society http://education.marssociety.org/

  2. NASA Resources for Students Interactives, Videos, etc. for Students http://www.nasa.gov/offices/education/programs/national/summer/get_involved/students/index.html Ask Dr. C Mars Questions--NASA http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/drc/ Education Resources http://www.nasa.gov/offices/education/about/index.html

  3. Biosignatures

  4. Biosignatures http://www.nasa.gov/missions/deepspace/cyberspace_prt.htm

  5. Biosignatures (press releases from NASA) Videos and short readings on Curiosity Rover mission, including one really good article " NASA Mars 
Rover Will Check for Ingredients of Life - 01.18.11 " and videos showing building of the rover while 
dressed in white suits... http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/building_curiosity.html Short, accessible article regarding building virtual planets in order to study what would make a planet 
habitable...end of article has good description of biosignatures http://www.nasa.gov/missions/deepspace/cyberspace_prt.htm Press release about research regarding layered mineral deposits and microbes that could 
serve as biosignature on, for instance, Mars http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/news/releases/2000/00_67AR.html Press Release regarding biosignatures found in 
meteorites, 2002 (short, accessbile) http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2002/02-150.txt Longish article on how x-ray diffraction will be used on 
Curiosity rover to search for biosignatures http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/msl20100628_prt.htm

  6. Extremeophiles PBS NOVA video 1:00 minute Extremeophiles http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/teachers/space/extreme-environments.html PBS NOVA video 1:00 minute Extremeophiles Antarctica http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/teachers/space/microbial-life.html PBS NOVA Video 2:30 minute Extremeophiles on Arctic Seafloor http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/teachers/space/arctic-seafloor.html PBS NOVA Video 50:00 aired August 2012 Finding Life Beyond Earth http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/space/finding-life-beyond-earth.html BellRinger: 1) Please bring your folder to your table. 2) Turn to a fresh page in your notebook. Put the date at the top. 3) Watch the video. Identify the object as "living " or "nonliving" and why.

  7. The 
Organic 
Molecules 
of Life

  8. Detecting Life on other Planets http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/teachers/evolution/detecting-life.html NASA-short article on Amino Acids in Meteorites http://www.nasa.gov/topics/solarsystem/features/life-components.html Today's Video Discoveries Suggest Icy Cosmic Start For Amino Acids And DNA Ingredients National Radio Astronomy Observatory (3 minutes) http://news.science360.gov/archives/20130305 Article accompanying above video http://www.nrao.edu/pr/2013/newchem/

  9. Habitable 
Planets

  10. http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/content/nvfl.sci.space.lplook/?utm_source=120312&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=affinityhttp://www.pbslearningmedia.org/content/nvfl.sci.space.lplook/?utm_source=120312&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=affinity http://kepler.nasa.gov/ Life in Extreme Places on Earth: Google Maps 
Exploration of Antarctic http://www1.umn.edu/news/news-releases/2012/UR_CONTENT_398220.html

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