Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
FutureLearn and UCL (University College London)
This course applied lessons learnt so far and assessed the habitability and possibility of life on Mars. It covered topics including the structure and composition of Mars, the geological record, how to date rocks on another planet, the history of water on Mars, missions to Mars past and present, the environment on Mars today, habitability, hunting for signs of past life and following the carbon.
3 weeks, 3 hours per week
Louisa Preston
Astrobiologist, geologist, author and UK Space Agency Research Fellow
FutureLearn
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Compare the structure, environment and weather of Mars with Earth
- Explain the significance of the geological history and environmental changes of Mars
- Describe the process of impact cratering on Mars
- Evaluate the evidence for past water on Mars
- Evaluate the evidence the missions found and the implications for past life
- Identify the different ways we can characterise water on other planets
- Describe the elements needed for life
- Discuss the physical limits to life existing on Mars
- Describe the missions sent to Mars to detect life
Syllabus
Week 1: Mars inside and out
- Getting to know the Red Planet
- The geological record on Mars
- Dating Mars
Week 2: Water
- Water on Mars
- Missions to Mars
- Mars today
Week 3: Searching for life
- Mars habitability
- Hunting for life on Mars
- Follow the carbon
Issued on 12th November 2024
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