NASA, announced that humans first trip to Mars .
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NASA, The U.S. space agency. Announced that humans first trip to Mars will take place within the next twenty years. Someday people may live on Mars, called the red planet for its color from space. But before all this happens, many questions have to be answered.
The most frequently asked question is, Is there or was there ever water on Mars? Water is important because almost everywhere there is water on Earth, there is life. To discover the possibilities of life on Mars-past, present, or our own in the future-the Mars Program developed an exploration strategy known as ‘‘Follow the Water.’’
Some scientists believe that Mars once had a vast ocean in its northern hemisphere. How did Mars change into the dry and dusty planet it is today? Scientists plan to explore Mars’s dry riverbeds and polar areas in search of the answer.
Like Earth, Mars has clouds in its atmosphere, seasons, and volcanoes. However, conditions on Mars are very different from those on our own planet. Between day and night, temperatures vary by 100 degrees Celsius. Dust storms with winds reaching 480 kilometers per hour occur at certain times of the year and from giant tornadoes. Mars’s atmosphere is thinner than Earth’s, and it is toxic to humans.
Future missions to Mars will answer many questions about the planet and will make new discoveries. New technologies will enable scientists to explore Mars in new ways. The future will bring better pictures from more areas, and they will even return soil and rock samples from Mars for studies in laboratories here on Earth. Recently, the robots Spirit and Opportunity transmitted over 50,000 images of the planet. Opportunity examined a crater, which gave scientists evidence that the area was once covered in salt water. The final step in the exploration may be the first human step on Mars.
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Questions for discussing ( คำถามเพื่ออภิปราย )
อภิปรายสิ่งมีชีวิตบนดาวอังคาร
Follow up activity (กิจกรรมเสนอแนะ )
นำเสนอวิธีทำให้โลกนี้คงอยู่อย่างยาวนาน
การบูรณาการ : สาระการเรียนรู้ภาษาไทย , สุขศึกษา ฯ, สังคมศึกษา
แหล่งที่มาของข้อมูล : หนังสือ My World 4 (ทวพ)
- planet (n.): a very large round object in space that moves around the sun or another star (ดาวเคราะห์)
- exploration (n.): an examination of an area or journey through it in order to find out what is there or what it is like (การสำรวจ)
- strategy (n.): a skillful planning in general (ยุทธวิธี)
- vast (adj.): extremely large (ใหญ่โต, มหึมา)
- hemisphere (n.): a half of the earth, especially one of the northern and southern halves above and below the equator (ซีกโลก)
- dusty (adj.): covered with dust (ที่ปกคลุมด้วยฝุ่น)
- riverbed (n.): a ground over which a river flows (ก้นแม่น้ำ)
- vary (v.): If several things of the same type vary, they are all different from each other. (ทำให้แตกต่าง)
- polar (adj.): close to or connected with the North Pole or the South Pole (เกี่ยวกับขั้วโลก)
- volcano (n.): a mountain with a large hole at the top, through which a hot liquid rocks (lava) and ash sometimes rise into the air from inside the earth (ภูเขาไฟ)
- tornado (n.): an extremely violent storm consisting of air that spins very quickly and causes a lot of damage (พายุหมุนชนิดหนึ่งเกิดจากการหมุนเวียนของอากาศภายใต้เมฆ มีลักษณะเป็นงวงช้าง ยื่นปลายงวงลงมาจากฐานเมฆ ก่อความเสียหายมาก)
- toxic (adj.): containing poison, or caused by poisonous substance (เป็นพิษ)
- mission (n.): an important job that someone has been given to do, especially when they are sent to another place (ภารกิจ)
- crater (n.): a round hole in the ground, especially made by an explosion or by something that has fallen from the sky (หลุมที่เกิดจากการระเบิด)
- evidence (n.): facts, objects, or signs that make you believe that something exists or is true (หลักฐาน)
MARS, The Red Planet
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