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Updated text lexile estimate:

The readability aligns with Grade 5-6 nonfiction texts, likely falling within the Lexile range of 900L-1050L.

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G5 Revised Text: Exploring Space: Driven by Curiosity and Technology

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G5 Demo Comprehension/Read Aloud Planner

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G5 Demo Read Aloud Comprehension Planning

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G5 Labsite: AI Generated Read Aloud Example: "Exploring Space: Driven by Curiosity and Technology"

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G5 Labsite: AI Generated Read Aloud Example: "Exploring Space: Driven by Curiosity and Technology"

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Read Aloud Example: The Tantrum that Saved the World

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Read Aloud Example: The Tantrum that Saved the World

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The Cosy Bookworm - Kids Books Brought To Life

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The Tantrum That Saved The World - AMAZING rhyming story by Megan Herbert & Michael E. Mann

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G4 Demo Read Aloud Comprehension Planning Guide

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Teaching Ideas for Youth Climate Activism: The Tantrum That Saved the World

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Written primarily in rhyming couplets and iambic pentameter, The Tantrum that Saved the World centers on a young child who decides to do something about climate change. Just in time for Earth Day, in the classroom this engaging picture book offers an action plan to help students, families, and communities to work together in preserving the planet for future generations.

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Build a collaborative culture of learning

Identify and reflect on student learning

Inspire conversations around teaching and learning

Build understanding as a school team

Celebrate observed practices and identify trends to support next steps

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Key moves to supporting learners with growing language comprehension skills.

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XCL XAAXWA Grade 5 Onsite Responsive InteractiveShared Reading (Mar 2025)

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Consider how these methods and structures can enhance learning and exploration of the UOI Lines of inquiry...

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Teaching Reading Across the Day, Grades K-8

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Research-based and classroom-tested lesson structures help K–8 teachers plan and deliver lessons that ensure students meet both reading and cont…

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/justine-otte/

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Shifting the Balance, Grades 3-5: 6 Ways to Bring the Science of Reading into the Upper Elementary Classroom

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In this much anticipated follow-up to their groundbreaking book, Shifting the Balance: 6 Ways to Bring the Science of Reading into the Balanced Literacy Classroom, authors Jan Burkins and Kari Yates, together with co-author Katie Cunningham, extend the conversation in Shifting the Balance, Grades 3-5: 6 Ways to Bring the Science of Reading into the Upper Elementary Classroom. This new text is built in mind specifically for grades 3-5 teachers around best practices for the intermediate classroom.

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The Six Shifts Where Science of Reading Meets Balanced Literacy. We provide resources, professional development, and literacy audits for busy literacy educators like you.

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"Finally, a book that has the power to stop the literacy pendulum swings! In Shifting the Balance, Burkins and Yates skillfully explore 'balanced literacy' and 'the science of reading' to find the sweet spots where they overlap, connect, and actually complement one another. The result is a resource that raises our level of instruction while helping children discover and reap the joyful rewards of reading."

"What are the research-based, critical elements for teaching reading? In Shifting the Balance, Jan and Kari give you the information, classroom examples, and tools to help you make the best decisions around six key shifts for instruction. After reviewing the misunderstandings, the science, and the needs of your students, you will be able to audit your current practices (individually, in a PLC, or system-wide) to provide responsive and effective literacy learning for all your students."

"In Shifting the Balance, Jan and Kari invite us to reflect and reexamine our beliefs about teaching reading. They gently nudge us to rethink and possibly adjust our early literacy practices. Jan and Kari have taken on this controversial topic by embracing vulnerability and modeling what it means to be truly reflective practitioners. This book is a must read for new and veteran teachers!"

"In Shifting the Balance, Kari and Jan have masterfully dispelled many of the myths and misunderstandings associated with reading instruction. Additionally, they offer classroom teachers and coaches six simple, practical shifts that have the power to transform the way we teach children how to read. Indeed, balanced literacy and science do exist in harmony, and we practitioners can offer our children both concurrently. Thank you, Kari and Jan, for this important work that is sure to change lives!"

"In Shifting the Balance, Jan Burkins and Kari Yates provide a safe space for teachers to courageously examine some long-held balanced literacy practices and turn a critical eye to where those practices have gotten out of balance. If you're willing to be vulnerable and move towards resolving the gap between research and practice, this book provides actionable steps you can take to shift your thinking and bring instruction into alignment with the scientific evidence."

"Shifting the Balance is a welcoming opportunity to reexamine our familiar teaching practices. Without judgment, Burkins and Yates invigorate these practices by inviting educators to make scientific shifts in the systems that have been in place for years. This book will revolutionize reading instruction and in turn, the lives of countless students."

"This book speaks to teachers. It is overwhelmingly clear that Jan Burkins and Kari Yates have been and are immersed in the world of today's classrooms. Shifting the Balance will help many rethink instruction in ways that will support all students. In the current version of the Reading Wars, it is difficult for any of us to say we were wrong about some of our beliefs or practices. And thus, few do. However, Jan Burkins and Kari Yates have done just that. This is as commendable as it is unusual."

"This book found me at just the right time! Shifting the Balance gives voice to the questions I've had in my mind about Balanced Literacy and the Science of Reading and provides clear insights on how to connect the best parts of both to benefit early readers. Throughout the book, Jan and Kari confirm practices worth holding onto while providing actionable next steps I can't wait to implement with students to strengthen my reading instruction."

Dr. Jan Burkins was an elementary classroom teacher for seven years and a literacy coach for seven years. She has worked as a part-time assistant professor, a district literacy leader, and is currently a fulltime writer and consultant.

Kari Yates is an author, speaker, consultant and staff developer with a passion for helping busy literacy educators thrive. Her experiences include classroom teacher, special education, Reading Recovery teacher, elementary principal and district literacy coordinator.

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Shifting the Balance: 6 Ways to Bring the Science of Reading into the Balanced Literacy Classroom

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Shifting the Balance: 6 Ways to Bring the Science of Reading into the Balanced Literacy Classroom

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Your Research-based Guide to Developing Skilled Readers. 300+ strategies with learning progressions support 13 reading goals, with each strategy cross-linked to skills, teacher tips, prompts, research, and reading levels-everything from fluency to literary analysis.

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Conversations with researchers and scholars and how to apply what research suggests in classrooms.

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conversations with researchers and Educators

The collection of knowledge and advice about best practices in literacy education is always evolving. This is both a gift and a challenge. In my new podcast for educators,I interview leading researchers and scholars to understand current, relevant, and digestible answers to all things literacy, learning, and best-practice, regardless of an educator's approach to literacy instruction. I'm joined by colleagues from my consulting team, and classroom educators, to debrief the researcher interview and answer the question, "How will we take what we've learned to the classroom?"

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To the Classroom: Conversations with Researchers and Educators - Jennifer Serravallo Author & Consulting

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Jennifer Serravallo interviews leading researchers and scholars about important findings, and has post-interview conversations about practical takeaways with colleagues from her consulting team.

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Melissa and Lori Love Litereacy

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Hi Teacher Friends! Welcome to Melissa and Lori Love Literacy, the weekly podcast that discusses all things literacy. We love to tackle big ideas about the way we teach reading and writing within the science of reading.

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Teaching Kids to Talk with Clarity and Purpose

Practical strategies for teaching talk across the school day and in every subject. Classroom video shows the work in action!

Shana Frazin and Katy Wischow passionately believe in the need to help students develop strong talk skills across the school day, in every subject, to prepare them for their academic lives and lives as active citizens outside of school. Using a unique "cycle" for talk that's similar to the writing process (generating, choosing, developing, acting, and reflecting), they name the predictable things we do most times we engage in a conversation, and show us how we can teach into those parts.

Shana and Katy provide practical strategies for teaching four important purposes for talk that exist both in the classroom and in the real world:
* talking to build relationships
* talking to play with ideas
* talking to clarify, analyze, and argue
* talking to report.
They offer a clear description of each purpose, the "when and how" to teach into those purposes, and what to do when things go awry. Classroom video brings the content to life showing what the talk looks and sounds like in action.

(click any section below to continue reading)

Contents

Part One: Foundations of Talk
Ch. 1: Why Teach Talk?
Ch. 2: Talk Is a Cycle, Too
Part Two: Purposes for Talk
Ch. 3: Talking to Build Relationships
Ch. 4: Talking to Play with Ideas
Ch. 5: Talking to Clarify, Analyze, and Argue
Ch. 6: Talking to Report
Part Three: Leveling Up Your Talk
Ch. 7: Reciprocity: The Relationship Between Listening and Talking
Ch. 8: Making Talk Visible: Celebrating, Going Public, and Assessing
Ch. 9: Tackling Talk Trouble

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Practical strategies for teaching talk across the school day and in every subject. Classroom video shows the work in action! - Heinemann

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This informational text is connected to the UOI and offers rich opportunities for tecxt centered planning and learning.

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Going green: Environmental sustainability a big part of life in schools

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SINGAPORE - After Pratibha Naidu, 16, learnt about environmental sustainability in school, she decided to make a conscious effort to reduce her carbon footprint. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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Leverage UOI Knowledge Building to Increase Comprehension

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Leverage UOI Knowledge Building to Increase Comprehension

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XCL Singapore Leadership Curriculum Planning (Mar 2025) (2)

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XCL Singapore Leadership Curriculum Planning (Mar 2025)

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Building Knowledge and understanding so we can generalize, apply and transfer!

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XCL Singapore Leadership Curriculum Planning (Mar 2025) (1)

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Make a copy of the document and use the template to plan for an upcoming read aloud.

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EKC Read Aloud Comprehension Planning Guide

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G3 Example Read Aloud: Once Upon a Time Online

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G3 Example Read Aloud: Once Upon a Time Online

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Once Upon a Time- Online, Happily ever after is only a click away! by David Bedford and Rosie Reeve

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Text is available in the school library.

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How do sugar beets from the farm become the sugar in your favorite treat? Follow each step in the process—from harvesting the sugar beets to shipping the sugar to stores—in this fascinating book!

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Shared/Close Reading can be a whole class or responsive small group learning experience.

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XCL Onsite Responsive Interactive Shared Reading (Mar 2025)

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XCL XAAXWA Grade 2 Onsite Responsive InteractiveShared Reading (Mar 2025)

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Selecting Texts with More or Less Teacher Support

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Selecting Texts with More or Less Teacher Support

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XCL Singapore Leadership Curriculum Planning (Mar 2025)

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XCL XAAXWA Grade 2 Onsite Responsive InteractiveShared Reading (Mar 2025) (2)

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Literacy Lesson Format with Collaborative Reading Experiences

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Literacy Lesson Format with Collaborative Reading Experiences

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Example of Shared/Close Reading Plan Across a Week

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Example of Shared/Close Reading Plan Across a Week

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Example Shared Reading Planning Notes (4 Reads)

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Using AI to Support with Planning Interactive and Close Reading Experiences

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Using AI to Support with Planning Interactive and Close Reading Experiences

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This AI exploration offers sample prompts and a step-by-step guide to planning for interactive reading experiences using Scarborough's Reading Rope.

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Using AI to Support Interactive Read-Aloud & Shared Text Planning

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Using AI to Support with Planning Interactive and Close Reading Experiences

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Using AI to Support with Planning Interactive and Close Reading Experiences

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This AI exploration offers sample prompts and a step-by-step guide to planning for interactive reading experiences using Scarborough's Reading Rope.

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Using AI to Support Interactive Read-Aloud & Shared Text Planning

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G3 Demo Comprehension / Read Aloud Planner

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G3 Demo Comprehension / Read Aloud Planner

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G3 Demo Read Aloud Comprehension Planning Guide

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G1 Demo Read Aloud Comprehension Planning Guide

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XL Singapore Onsite K-5 Meeting - Shared & Close Reading (Mar 2025)

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Close Reading Example: Multiple Reads Across a Week

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Close Reading Example: Multiple Reads Across a Week

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Notice how the same passage is used to closely analyze different aspects of the text. The class novel read-aloud can continue parallel with revisiting of the 'close passage'.

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XL Singapore Onsite K-5 Meeting - Shared & Close Reading (Mar 2025) (1)

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Refer to the K-2 Shared Reading Menu for ideas on planning for shared reading with a decodable text.

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Close Reading Example with a Nonfiction Text

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Close Reading Example with a Nonfiction Text

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Multiple Shared Reads with a Decodable Text

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Multiple Shared Reads with a Decodable Text

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G2 Demo Read Aloud Comprehension Planning

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XCL Singapore Onsite K-5 Meeting - Shared & Close Reading (Mar 2025)

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The Importance of Teaching Grade Level Complexity

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The Importance of Teaching Grade Level Complexity

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XCL XAAXWA Grade 5 Onsite Responsive InteractiveShared Reading (Mar 2025) (2)

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G5 Sentence Expansion / Comprehension Work

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G5 Sentence Expansion / Comprehension Work

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Expansion prompt and stem are translated in Chinese & Japanese.

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Two space rover prototypes that could be used to help search for life on Mars are being trialled at a quarry in Bedfordshire. The robots are being put through their paces by the European aerospace giant Airbus, which is considering using the technology to aid missions to the moon.

A four-wheeled rover, named Codi, features navigation cameras and a robotic arm that it can use to collect rocks sealed in small tubes without the need of a human operator.

Charlie, a six-wheeled robot, has a "rocker bogie" suspension and can navigate obstacles twice the diameter of the wheel without getting stuck or falling on its side.

Charlie, the six-wheeled rover prototype, boasts a 'rocker bogie' suspension to navigate obstacles. Photograph: Joe Giddens/PA

Chris Draper, rover programme manager at Airbus, said: "The thing we are excited about the most at the moment is the moon. The moon is a stepping stone to Mars, so there is obviously a lot of interest in going back to the moon and you can envisage rovers being part of the lunar ecosystem.

"Rovers can really support transporting things around at the base and support astronauts in their day-to-day activities. And then, once we can prove we can do that on the moon, we [will] want to do the same on Mars."

Codi, based on another European Mars rover called the Sample Fetch Rover, which was built by Airbus in Stevenage, is able to drive to and retrieve samples with an accuracy of around 10cm.

Meanwhile, Charlie is testing a new navigation system developed for the European Space Agency's flagship Mars mission, known as the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover, which is expected to launch in 2028.

Pantelis Poulakis, Esa's Mars sample return project team leader, said: "When you are doing robotic missions that interact with the environment of another planet, being able to do field trials and testing is a very important part of the development.

"Nasa has a culture of testing, so even when they do not have a mission, they have an annual field-testing campaign with robotics, because this creates competence."

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Airbus trials prototype space rovers in Bedfordshire quarry

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Fitted with robotic arms and navigation cameras, the rovers are being developed for mooted missions to the moon and Mars

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Additional Information Specific to Rovers

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Additional Information Specific to Rovers

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The Mars 2020 rover, Perseverance, is based on the Mars Science Laboratory's Curiosity rover configuration, with an added science and technology toolbox. An important difference is that Perseverance can sample and cache minerals.

The Mars 2020 entry, descent, and landing camera suite included:

Sounds of Mars

Grab your headset, turn up the volume and listen for the subtle differences between the sounds on Earth versus how they would sound on the Red Planet.

Step 1: Collecting the Samples

Samples are sealed in tubes and left in a well-identified spot, or spots, place on the Martian surface. Detailed maps will be provided for any future mission that might go to Mars and pick up these samples for study by scientists on Earth.

Step 2: Sample Sealing and Storing Onboard

After a sample is collected, the sample tube is transferred back to the rover's belly, handed off to the small interior robotic arm and moved to inspection and sealing stations. Once the tube is hermetically sealed, nothing can enter or leave it. The tubes are stored in the rover belly until the team decides on when and where to drop off the samples on the surface.

Sampling Equipment in the Rover Belly

The rover belly houses all the equipment and supplies needed to collect samples. It contains a rotating drill carousel with different kinds of drill bits. Next to that are 43 sample tubes waiting to be filled.

While the rover's big arm reaches out and drills rock, the belly hosts a small robotic arm "lab assistant." The small arm picks up and moves new sample tubes to the drill, and transfers filled sample containers into a space for sealing and storing.

Perseverance must meet extraordinary cleanliness requirements to avoid contaminating Martian samples with terrestrial contaminants that may have inadvertently been brought from Earth. Strict rules limit the amount of inorganic, organic, and biological materials from Earth in the rover and its sample handling system.

Perseverance carries five "witness tubes'' along with sample collection tubes. The witness tubes are like sample tubes except they are preloaded with various materials that can capture molecular and particulate contaminants, such as:

- Gasses that may be released, or "outgassed," from materials on the rover;
- Chemical remnants from the firing of the landing propulsion system;
- Any other Earthly organic or inorganic material that may have arrived on Mars with the rover.

In the future, if the Perseverance samples are returned to Earth for analysis, the witness tubes would show whether Earth contaminants were present during sample collection. This would help scientists tell which materials sampled may actually be of Earth origin.

Step 3: Depositing the Samples on the Surface

Samples are deposited on the Mars surface at a sample cache depot.The depot location or locations must be well-documented by local landmarks and precise coordinates from orbital measurements. The Mars samples remain at the depot, available for potential pickup and transport Earth.

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Perseverance Rover Components - NASA Science

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Differences Between Perseverance and Curiosity The large robotic arm on the front of the rover differs from Curiosity's: Curiosity collected and studied samples collected onsite with its tools, using the rover's onboard laboratory. Perseverance collects rock cores for possible future advanced study by scientists back on Earth.

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XCL XAAXWA Grade 2 Onsite Responsive InteractiveShared Reading (Mar 2025) (4)

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KG2 Demo Read Aloud Comprehension Planning Guide

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Universal Design for Learning: AI Planning Assistant

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Universal Design for Learning: AI Planning Assistant

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LUDIA = UDL + AI Designed by Beth Stark and Jérémie Rostan: Ask specific questions to find suggestions for learning design that supports learners.

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LUDIA = UDL + AI Designed by Beth Stark and Jérémie Rostan http://bit.ly/LUDIA_FYI ...Discover the 4T's Process and Learn More About LUDIA. LUDIA, your AI-powered UDL partner, can help you reduce learning barriers and discover ways to support all learners in reaching their full potential as expert learners. Disclaimer: Nobody is perfect. LUDIA's suggestions are here to enhance, not replace, your own professional reflection and judgment. Get in touch! [email protected] Please Note: As the creators of LUDIA, we do not have access to the information generated by the use of LUDIA or any identifying information about users or followers of LUDIA. We receive no financial revenue from LUDIA. Universal Design for Learning. Universally Accessible. That is Our Goal. Accessibility Statement: In anticipation of user variability, we have followed the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0, Level AA), published by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), as closely as possible. Conformance with these guidelines will help to reduce barriers and expand web equity worldwide. If you have any comments or suggestions about improving the accessibility of LUDIA, please contact us, or the Platform for Open Exploration (Poe): https://help.poe.com/hc/en-us/requests/new View more

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LUDIA = UDL + AI Designed by Beth Stark and Jérémie Rostan http://bit.ly/LUDIA_FYI ...Discover the 4T's Process and Learn More About LUDIA. LUDIA, your AI-powered UDL partner, can help you reduce learning barriers and discover ways to support all learners in reaching their full potential as expert learners. Disclaimer: Nobody is perfect.

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This chat bot coach is trained to support responsive SoR aligned planning.

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I am SoR Coach, an AI specialist in effective reading instruction and literacy development across languages and content areas. I help educators implement effective reading instruction strategies aligned with the Science of Reading, whether they teach languages or other subject areas.