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MSIP team led by Mrs. Diana Friday

Teacher Name: Mrs. Diana Friday
School Name: Desert Mountain Elementary and Queen Creek Elementary "ELPSS-Enhanced Learning Program Student Scientists"
Grade Level: 5th Grade
City: Queen Creek
State: Arizona
Country: United States
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Team Image

Science Question:
"Looking at the northern and southern areas of Olympus Mons what can the craters tell us about the relative ages of lava flows and surrounding areas?"
Main Results:
1) Olympus Mons is neither very young nor very old but in between the two.

2) Our other hypothesis is that every time a meteor hits Olympus Mons the volcano erupts. This is currently not proven but it we think that it is false.


3) The third hypothesis is that Olympus Mons has more preserved craters because it has been reset. This cannot be proved as of yet because scientists have not seen it erupt.

Queen Creek and Desert Mountain Final Report






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Team's extra image
Extra Comments:
“I think formulating our science question was the hardest part of the project.”-Tyson

“I loved putting together the slide show.”- Taylor

“I liked scientist Kim Murray who showed us how to calibrate our target images.”- Damian

“I liked the way Josh presented the Mons images. He made it interesting to us.”- Damian

“ASU was fabulous!!!”- Mason










Area Name: Olympus Mons
Latitude (N): 14.90 N
Longitude (E): 227.34 E
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THEMIS context image
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Students' THEMIS image
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