“Discoveries In Planetary Science” Classroom Powerpoints Available

The DPS Education Subcommittee announces the 3rd release of “Discoveries in Planetary Science” Classroom Powerpoints, covering five new topics:
- Venus’ Active Volcanism
- Martian Glaciers
- Titan Lakes
- Explaining Iapetus
- Waterworld at 40 Lightyears?

These are succinct summaries of discoveries too recent to appear in “Intro Astronomy” college textbooks; each set consists of just three slides to be shown: the discovery itself, a basic explanation based on good planetary science, and the “big picture” context. Another page for further information is provided as well. Please click here to download Powerpoints and pdf’s.

Feedback from the community on how these slide sets are used and received is welcomed, and will be used to improve future releases. Planetary scientists with recent or upcoming results of broad interest are encouraged to submit them for consideration by providing an initial draft using the template provided on the website.

For more information, contact Nick Schneider & Dave Brain at dpsdisc@aas.org.