Classroom and Lab Days will take place at the University of Nevada, Reno
Sunday, July 10 - Orientation
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| Monday, July 11 – Classroom and Field Day | |
| 8:00 am Discussion | Detecting Life / NASA's Phoenix Mission |
| 11:00 Discussion | Geologic and Geochemical Setting for Hypersaline Lakes |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch and Pack for Field |
| 1:30 | Depart for Field |
| Grimes Point | |
| Carson Sink | |
| Tuesday, July 12 – Classroom Day | |
| 8:00 am | Field Sample Examination and Discussion |
| Classroom Connections – Hypersaline Environments | |
| 11:30 | Lunch and Pack for Field |
| 1:00 pm | Classroom Connections – Spectrometers |
| 2:00 | Discussion - Geochemical and Geological Setting of Mono Lake Area |
| 3:00 | Depart for Field |
| Wednesday, July 13 – Field Day | |
| 8:00 am | Field Day (Mono Lake and Vicinity) |
| Thursday, July 14 – Field Day | |
| 8:00 am | Field Day (Long Valley, Hot Creek, and Yosemite Regions) |
| Friday, July 15 – Classroom Day | |
| 9:00 am | Examine Field Samples |
| 1:30 pm | Classroom Connections – Thermophiles |
| 4:00 | Discussion - Sustainability and Adaptability |
| 4:30 | Classroom Connections - Planet Habitability |
| Saturday, July 16 – Classroom Day | |
| 8:30 am | Classroom Connections – Spectrometer |
| 10:30 | Discussion – Unique Earth |
| 8:30 am | Classroom Connections – Salinity Experiment Results |
| 12:00 pm | Lunch |
| 2:00 | Discussion – Why Mars? Other Places in Our Solar System? |
| 3:00 | Classroom Connections
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| 4:45 | Wrap-Up and Evaluations |
| Sunday , July 17 - Departure | |
| Safe Travels! Go Forth and Live at the Limits! | |
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