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Lunar Extreme Program Syllabus - Weeks 9-16

  • Weeks 9-10: Solar Events in May 1998


    Learning Goals:

    Students will be able to describe:
    . The solar events that occurred in May 1998
    . Why they think the DREAM team is interested in investigating the May 1998 data at the Lunar Extreme Workshop in June 2011

    Suggested Reading/Resources:

    . Students should review the presentation by Dr. Nick Gross on February 25, 2011 about the solar events that occurred on and around Valentine's Day, 2011 as a reference.
        o Eleanor Roosevelt High School: View here
        o Seton Keough High School: View Here
    . Students should then review the May 1998 data (will be provided) and pay attention to the cause, effect, and timing of solar events, such as X-ray flares, CME's. etc., during the first ten days of May.


    Weeks 11 - 12: Magnetic fields and Magnetospheres


    Learning Goals:

    Students will be able to describe:
    . Magnetism and magnetic fields on the Earth and Moon
    . How a magnetic field affects a charged particle
    . The Earth's magnetosphere, including its structure, how it protects the Earth and objects in orbit around the Earth, and how it interacts with space weather.

    Suggested Reading/Resources:

    . Introduction to Geomagnetism: View Here
    . Our Protective Shield and Related Links: View Here
    . Windows to the Universe - The Earth's Magnetic Field and Related Links View Here
    . The Impacts of Space Weather: View Here
    . Solar-Terrestrial Interactions: View Here
    . Mini Magnetic Shield Found on the Moon: View Here
    . Single Particle Motion in Electric and Magnetic Fields: View Here
    . Magnetosphere: View Here
    . What is the Magnetosphere? View Here
    . Real-time Magnetosphere Simulation: View Here
    . The Moon and the Magnetotail: View Here


    Weeks 13 - 14: Exospheres, Wakes and the Lunar Plasma Environment


    Learning Goals:

    Students will be able to describe:
    . The Moon's exosphere
    . The lunar wake
    . The lunar plasma environment

    Suggested Reading/Resources:

    . Heliophysics Science and the Moon: Pages 1 - 14
        o This is a report written by several scientists, several of who are DREAM scientists, in 2007 summarizing why the Moon is a useful laboratory for studying heliophysics.
        o View Here
    . The Lunar Dusty Exosphere: The Extreme Case of an Inner Planetary Atmosphere:
        o This is a paper written by many scientists, including most of the DREAM scientists, in late 2009. Its purpose was to provide evidence to NASA for why the lunar exosphere needs to be studied.
        o View Here
    . NASA Mission to Study the Moon's Fragile Atmosphere:
        o This article summarizes an upcoming lunar mission, called the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE), that is scheduled to launch in 2013. The mission will help address many of the scientific issues addressed in the above report and paper.
        o View More
    . The Lunar Wake as a Unique Plasma Physics Laboratory: View More

    Weeks 15 - 16: Lunar Surface Charging, Astronaut Charging, and Lunar Dust


    Learning Goals:

    Students will be able to describe:
    . How the lunar surface becomes charged
    . The effects of lunar surface charging on dust
    . How astronauts may act as a circuit on the lunar surface

    Suggested Reading/Resources:

    . Full Moons get Electrified by Earth's magnetic Tail: View Here
    . Moon Too Static for Astronauts? View Here
    . Astronaut and Object Charging on the Lunar Surface: View Here
    . Lunar Polar Craters May Be Electrified: View More
    . Podcast - Mysterious Moving Dust: View More
    . A Dynamic Fountain Model for Dust in the Lunar Exosphere: View More
    . Heliophysics Science and the Moon: Pages 15 - 18
        o This is a report written by several scientists, several of whom are DREAM scientists, in 2007 summarizing why the Moon is a useful laboratory for studying heliophysics.
    . View More

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