Date: December 14, 2011
Title: Aliens in Fact and Fiction
Podcasters: Dallas, Cael, and Koplin from Walden School of Liberal Arts in Provo, Utah
Organization: Walden School of Liberal Arts
Link: For more information on the Astrobiology class at Walden School and projects we are working on, visit our blog at: elementsunearthed.com.
Description: Alien life forms have been an endless source of speculation in books, movies, and television. In reality, what would intelligent aliens actually be like? In this podcast, we look at the possibilities and discuss how they have been treated in fiction.
Bio: Walden School of Liberal Arts is a K-12 charter school in Provo, Utah. The astrobiology class is new this year. Taught by David V. Black, the course focuses on the definition of life, the ingredients that are necessary for life to begin, where those ingredients may be found in our solar system, our quest to find habitable worlds orbiting nearby stars, and the search for extra-terrestrial intelligence. In addition to researching and recording these podcasts, the astrobiology students are also working with students in our 3D animation class to create a series of animations on the origin, evolution, and selenography of Earth’s moon for the Center for Lunar Origin and Evolution in Boulder, CO.
David Black has taught astronomy, chemistry, and multimedia courses at the high school level for over 20 years. He has been a NASA/JPL Solar System Educator and an Educator Facilitator for the NASA Explorer Schools program at JPL. This year, he won third place nationally in the Mars Education Challenge sponsored by Explore Mars, Inc. and the National Science Teacher Association. He is a frequent presenter at state and national science and technology teacher conferences. To contact David Black with questions about our projects, please e-mail him at: elementsunearthed@gmail.com.
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