Virtual Visits with the New York Hall of Science

Extremeophiles are microorganisms that live and thrive in extreme conditions such as intense heat, arctic waters and methane lakes. These recently discovered hardy life forms might unlock the keys to imagining life on other planets. This program allows students to study Earth environments such as Atacama Desert in Chile or deep-sea smoker vents and learn about similar environments on places like Mars and the Jupiter moon, Europa. Students will learn the requirements for life, interact with the exhibits multimedia elements and extend these ideas in our post-visit project, Profile an Extremeophile!?

Learn more about this program by clicking this link.

You can also see a short clip down below:

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This entry was posted on September 8, 2008 at 2:57 pm and is filed under Search For Life.