The gravity on Mars allows us to jump higher but walk slower, but that is also a bad thing. The low amount of gravity can't be good at some points and the gravity is lower in some canyons. We will need to make chambers with gravity that is the same as Earth. The gravity inside should be around 9.77 m/s2 for it to be like Earth's. We never have been on this type of gravity before, it actually has more gravity then the Moon. Solution - People should stay active in a machine for about forty five minutes a day and transportation vehicles should be a bit heavier then the lunar rover on the moon because then it will travel faster and will not bounce as much. So then the vehicles can go farther and not bounce as much, and we will keep our muscles and bones healthy.

Poem 1 - I think this poem is about a kid and his skateboard riding around the town on the sidewalk. I think it is also about him and how he moves on the skate board and how he moves it. It might be about him controlling the skate board and zooming down his own little ocean and street.

Poem 2 - I think this about a kid and his/her parents playing games and calmly reading before bedtime and having all of the little critters coming and gathering around the porch. I think it is a magical/mystery poem and it is telling a reader how they seem as if there the size of humans and are clinging to the sides of the porch walls.
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Poem 1 - The poem on the page looks kind of like a teardrop or sweat from him skateboarding. Or small skateboard that could be his. It also just looks like a giant blob. It could also be a type of poem format or something else.

Poem 2 - This poem looks like a magical or mystery because it is in a different pattern and looks like a bit quieter of a poem then the skateboard one. I think this.

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List potential problems as you read about them in your book. Also be thinking about other problems not mentioned that we should be considering.












Write a journal entry about what you learned from the perspective of your persona.  Be "in character" while writing and express some of your concerns & worries in your writing.

Include some of the other personas in your writing to make it feel more real.  Publish live and then comment on others' writing.


I have learned that mars is not that simple to go to and that our chance of surviving  without without the right stuff is 0%. Also I am wondering how the doctors 
Ingrid Kristiansen and Zuzanna Nowak will learn to fight off martian diseases that could come up. I am looking forward to the trip ahead and hoping our pilots Mert Dogan and Mohamed Farooqui fly well to mars. I am scared because of all of the big dangers on mars, it will never be safe there because of dust storms, water shortages and the freezing temperatures. I will have trouble making cars that are suitable for the mars and the gravity, also the insane shortage of pressure.

Reflection Questions -

1. Choose two personal items to explain why you're bringing them.
   
2. Explain how you plan to use the work supplies (in paragraph form.)
   

Reflection Question Answers -

1. I am bringing a Go pro hero 4 silver because then I can get good pictures of mars and videos of the martian surface while running on it. It is also important for putting on the car that I will make so it can discover new land. I am also bringing a drone so I can see the area around me and far away without having to go exploring way out there. It is also important for finding new things on the martian surface. I plan too also use my google glasses for work because they can show images inside the lense of the car's blue print so I can make and design the car as I go. I also plan On using the two silver oxide motors that they also used on the moon. I plan on using these for storing the battery for the solar panel energy. So that is the stuff I am bring for my job and other things for mars!

1. Can you feel it when your pupils dilate?

2. Do you have any control over your pupils when they dilate?

3. What do we call this when a reflex happens without our control?

4. Why do our pupils get bigger in the dark and smaller in the light?

5. How does this reflex protect our eyes?

Reflection Questions -

1. Was it more difficult to catch the ruler using one of the senses as compared to the other? Explain.
2. How could you use only the sense of smell to catch the ruler? And the sense of taste?
   
3. Explain how your senses, nerves, brain, and muscles in your fingers helped you to catch the ruler for one of the senses explored. Use pages 17-23 of your student reference book to help you.
4. Do you think the nervous system responded to catching the ruler and blinking in the same way? Why or why not? Were the senses used in both? Were muscles used in both? Did you have to think about both actions?

Reflection Questions Answers -

1. It was the most difficult for the sense of touch because the person was poked in the arm which is farther from the brain then the eyes and ears so it took longer for the person to realize that they were poked then if the saw something with there eyes which were much closer to the brain. So the sense of touch was the hardest because the nerve had farther to travel to feel it.
2. You could use the sense of smell by spraying something that had a strong smell into the air to tell the person that they should try to catch the ruler before it falls through, the sense of taste could be poring some water into there mouths to also tell them to reach and grab the ruler. The sense of smell could also be done with food but would be much more difficult then doing it with water.
3. Yes because they both used muscles and it took almost the same amount of time for you eyes to send the brain a message down to your arm to then catch the ruler. You don't have to think as much about the blinking but needed more to catch the ruler. It would take longer for you to catch if you were poked in the arm because the message to your brain would be farther away then your eyes so it would be harder to catch it like that.
4. No because blinking you can't control unless you think about it but when you see the ruler dropping in front of you, your going to want to try to grab it so you are mainly controlling the reflex of catching the ruler.