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Topic:
Light and Spectra
Grade Level: 5-8, 9-12
Body:
Venus
Mission:
Venus Express (Venus)
Science Education Standards: Physical Science: Conservation of Energy and the Increase of Disorder
Short Description: Participants model the greenhouse effect on Venus by taking temperature measurements in closed systems overtime to demonstrate greenhouse warming observed in planetary atmospheres.
Source: Cassini-Huygens