Research Tips
- When looking at web sites add "for kids" to get info at an easier reading level
- Paraphrase and then write in complete sentences (read-think-close the laptop-write in your own words)
- Explore multiple sources
- Assume that our audience does not know much about this topic
- Learn as much as you can! Become an expert on your topic!
Mars: Basic Facts
More Basic Facts: http://mars.nasa.gov/allaboutmars/facts/#?c=inspace&s=distance
What the Sun Will Look Like?: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/what-the-sun-looks-like-from-other-planets_us_577ec142e4b0344d514e9182
All About the Sun: http://www.kidsastronomy.com/our_sun.htm
Map: http://mars.nasa.gov/maps/explore-mars-map/fullscreen/
What is Gravity? http://www.physics4kids.com/files/motion_gravity.html
Colonizing
Best Place to Colonize: http://www.popsci.com/if-humans-go-to-mars-wheres-best-place-to-land
Interview with Bill Nye the Science Guy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDYDdr4HVdQ
Dubai's Plans: http://www.universetoday.com/133533/united-arab-emirates-plan-colonize-mars-600000-people-100-years/
Article: http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20141030-five-steps-to-colonising-mars
Ted Talk Video: https://www.ted.com/talks/stephen_petranek_your_kids_might_live_on_mars_here_s_how_they_ll_survive
Elon Musk's Vision and Interplanetary Space System: http://www.popsci.com/elon-musks-master-plan-for-colonizing-mars-gives-us-sci-fi-future-we-crave?con=TrueAnthem&dom=tw&src=SOC&utm_campaign=&utm_content=58b3109db8a9fe0007c237d3&utm_medium=&utm_source=
Rovers
Video: http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/mars-rovers-sci
Great Kid Friendly Info: https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/mars-rovers/en/
from "The Martian": https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nine-real-nasa-technologies-in-the-martian
The trouble with bots in space: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/11/041130081240.htm
Air
The Moxie: http://www.space.com/26705-nasa-2020-rover-mars-colony-tech.html
More on the Moxie: http://www.computerworld.com/article/2490934/emerging-technology/when-astronauts-breathe-on-mars--they-ll-thank-mit-professor.html
Spacesuit
Article: https://www.wired.com/2014/01/how-a-textbook-from-1882-will-help-nasa-go-to-mars/
What is a spacesuit?: https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/nasa-knows/what-is-a-spacesuit-k4.html
Interactive fun:
https://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/spacesuits/home/clickable_suit.html
Food Production, Distribution, and Storage
How studies on the ISS are helping: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/iss_helps_get_to_mars
Article: http://www.mars-one.com/faq/health-and-ethics/will-the-astronauts-have-enough-water-food-and-oxygen
Article: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/can-plants-grow-with-mars-soil
Article: http://marsforthemany.com/project/living-on-mars/farming-on-mars/
Aquaponics: Using Fish Poop to Grow Vegetables - Video http://content.time.com/time/video/player/0,32068,658160623001_2030619,00.html
Aquaponics for Beginners, Teachers & Kids - ECOLIFE Conservation
https://www.ecolifeconservation.org/aquaponics/
ISS Dining:
Water
Video and Great Images: https://www.wired.com/2015/09/nasa-salty-liquid-water-on-mars/#slide-4
Article: https://www.inverse.com/article/21601-liquid-water-mars-one-year-anniversary-colonization-nasa
Article: http://marsforthemany.com/project/living-on-mars/making-clean-water-on-mars/
Ted Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/stephen_petranek_your_kids_might_live_on_mars_here_s_how_they_ll_survive
Energy
Article: https://energy.gov/articles/history-nuclear-power-space
Article: http://rps.nasa.gov/home.cfm
from "The Martian": https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nine-real-nasa-technologies-in-the-martian (Be sure to read about the solar panels and the RTGs too!)
Resources and Equipment
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/iss_helps_get_to_mars
The trouble with bots in space: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/11/041130081240.htm
Plans to 3D Print a Colony: http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/21/tech/nasa-3d-printing-colony-mars/
Modular Pods for Living, Work, and Play
How studies on the ISS are helping: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/iss_helps_get_to_mars
Great images: http://www.usadomes.com
Future Homes: http://io9.gizmodo.com/these-futuristic-houses-will-blow-your-mind-1514776181
Pod Designs: http://www.i-domehouse.com/application.html
Magnetic Shield: http://www.newsweek.com/nasa-mars-magnetic-shield-protect-humans-radiation-564617
Waste Management
Transportaion
Health and Wellness
What will the medical facilities will have:
Possible Problems:
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2000/02/14/medicine-on-mars
(scroll down for Muscle and Blood info) https://www.diet.com/g/space-travel-and-nutrition?get=space-travel-and-nutrition
Exercise:
http://nasa.tumblr.com/post/141493015934/how-do-you-stay-fit-on-a-mission-to-mars
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/iss_helps_get_to_mars
Osteoporosis:
http://encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/os/Osteoporosis
Surgery
Mental Health (isolation):
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/iss_helps_get_to_mars
Diet and Vitamins
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/iss_helps_get_to_mars
The Need for Iron: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/food-matters/30-under-30/
Basic Info: https://astronaut.com/overview-of-an-astronauts-diet/
Medical Bot
History of astronaut med kits: http://www.spacesafetymagazine.com/spaceflight/space-medicine/evolution-medical-kits-mercury-iss/
History of Space Food Systems (scroll down) https://www.diet.com/g/space-travel-and-nutrition?get=space-travel-and-nutrition
Rest (scroll down to sleep):
https://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/stem-on-station/ditl_exercising
How Studies on the ISS are Helping Medicine: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/15_ways_iss_benefits_earth
Recreation and Entertainment
Exercising in Space (lots of links to videos):
https://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/stem-on-station/ditl_exercising
How studies on the ISS are helping: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/iss_helps_get_to_mars
Free Time in Space (you will have to scroll down): https://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/stem-on-station/ditl_working
What fun will they have?: https://astronaut.com/astronauts-fun-space/
Exercise Machine: http://nasa.tumblr.com/post/141493015934/how-do-you-stay-fit-on-a-mission-to-mars
Article: http://www.mars-one.com/faq/mission-to-mars/what-will-the-astronauts-do-on-mars
Boredom will Be a Giant Obstacle: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2016/08/30/after-a-year-pretending-to-be-on-mars-nasas-astronauts-are-back-home/?utm_term=.e37834ef8888
Emergency Systems
Inspiration from the International Space Station: http://www.bbc.com/news/health-35254508
