1.6+Making+Other+Worlds+Habitable+–+Terraforming+Mars

//**Anticipated Length**:5 sessions of 50 minutes//

//This subunit introduces the possibility of designing an entire plant for human habitability and, of course, it would need to to be self-sustaining. The unit begins with a comparison of Mars and Earth to consider what resources might be available on Mars and what conditions or materials will be necessary to make it habitable. A video explores the scientific, engineering and technological challenges of terraforming Mars.//
 * Students will be able to identify conditions necessary for human habitability
 * Students will be able to describe conditions or factors that have led to distinctive formation on the surface of the Earth and extrapolate those processes to similar physical characteristics on the surface of Mars.
 * Students will be able to describe ways in which human activity, by design or by accident, can affect the climate of Earth and Mars.
 * Students will be able to draw clear linkages between biotic and abiotic developments on Earth and relate them to methods that can be used to induce those conditions on Mars.

Resources:
 * Description || Materials || N.C. Essential Standards ||
 * || [[file:09ES PART 1 Earth Mars Comparison Report Form.docx]] || EEn 2.1.1. Explain how the rock cycle, plate tectonics, volcanoes, and earthquakes impact the lithosphere.

EEn 2.1.3 Explain how natural actions such as weathering, erosion (wind, water and gravity), and soil formation affect Earth’s surface. ||
 * || [[file:09ES PartII.EarthMarsImageStudentReportForm.docx]] || EEn 2.1.1. Explain how the rock cycle, plate tectonics, volcanoes, and earthquakes impact the lithosphere.

EEn 2.1.3 Explain how natural actions such as weathering, erosion (wind, water and gravity), and soil formation affect Earth’s surface. ||
 * || [[file:09ES01 Terraforming HabitabilitySTUDENTTable.pdf]] || Bio 2.1 Analyze the interdependence of living organisms within their environments.

EEn. 1.1.4 Explain how incoming solar energy makes life possible on Earth.

Bio 2.2 Understand the impact of human activities on the environment (one generation affects the next). ||
 * || [[file:09ES Terraforming Mars - Human Planet of the Future.docx]] || EEn 2.6.3 Analyze the impacts that human activities have on globalclimate change (such as burning hydrocarbons, greenhouse effect, and deforestation). ||
 * || [[file:09ESEarth Mars Reporting Forms Answers .docx]] ||  ||
 * || [[file:09ES Rubric for Terraforming Mars Group Project.docx]] ||  ||
 * || media type="youtube" key="Ki_Af_o9Q9s" height="215" width="360" ||  ||
 * || [[file:09ES 7 Minutes of Terror Video Sheet.docx]] ||  ||