A Field Expedition for Pre-Service Teachers and Undergraduate Science Majors interested in teaching K-12, in partnership with the The California State University Chancellor’s Office and San Francisco State University and the California State University Desert Research Station at Zzyzx, California.

From April 6-11, 2008, pre-service teachers and undergraduate science majors from San Francisco State University will be studying side-by-side with world-renowned planetary scientists who search for life in extreme environments.

Why the Mojave – an inhospitable, parched, sun-drenched, spot in southern California? This natural setting present scientists with opportunities to study environments that are analogous to what explorers will find on the Moon and Mars. Teachers, students and scientists will perform scientific fieldwork in lunar geology, Mars astrobiology, Mars geology, and issues of temperature and solar inundation and radation.

Mojave Profile

• Get to know the expedition team by reading their bios and
  learn about the expedition planning
• Read journals and see photos of Spaceward Bound:Mojave 2008 as submitted
• Read scientist’s descriptions of their work on the expedition
• Read about the Mojave Desert and research that has been done there
• Read journals and articles written by participants in Spaceward Bound: Mojave 2007

Follow the Expedition

• Read journals and see photos as posted during the expedition
• Watch vignettes of scientists, teachers and students describing and demonstrating their research in the field