Three years with &#8220;Insight Mars (NASA)&#8221; in class
Authors: Bigot-Cormier Florence J , Berenguer Jean-Luc 
Published: March 2020

&lt;p&gt;NASA&amp;#8217;s InSight Mars Mission is the first mission dedicated to investigate the deep interiors of Mars. By studying Mars&amp;#8217; interior structure, researchers will be able to answer key questions about the early formation of rocky planets in our solar system.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Associated to this outstanding research program, an educational project has been developed to allow middle and high schools to work with SEIS, a seismometer deployed on Mars since the beginning of 2019. These last 3 years, the French School of Shanghai has actively taken part in the educational project with a group of 8&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; graders for 2 hours on a weekly basis.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Since 2013, our school has created a &amp;#8220;seismology workshop&amp;#8221; allowing 8&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; graders to work on seismic Data from our own seismometer or from records coming from &amp;#8220;Sismo &amp;#224; l&amp;#8217;&amp;#233;cole&amp;#8221;, a worldwide network of seismometers present in schools recording and sharing real time data (Courboulex &lt;em&gt;et al.&lt;/em&gt;, 2012).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In a previous educational study, that we produced with this &amp;#8220;seismology workshop&amp;#8221; (Bigot-Cormier and Berenguer, 2017), it clearly appeared that collaboration between a research program and middle-high school students can be profitable for both parties. On the one hand, it creates callings for future researchers, while also helping students&amp;#8217; learning - through the strong motivation derived from being part of the usually closed research world. It also permits them to discover new phenomenon, processes, tools, etc. on their own, and enables the development of their analytical skills.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In this poster, we will present to you a sample of our students&amp;#8217; activities since 2017, such as, for example, their work to analyze simulated synthetic data during the &amp;#8220;Blind Test&amp;#8221; (Balestra &lt;em&gt;et al.&lt;/em&gt;, accepted). Moreover, since 2018, we have taken part in answering to challenges of an international educational contest (named Namazu) regarding the setting and the evolution of InSight Mars. Students used specific tools, and by working together, they created modeling such as realizing the landing of Insight Mars Lander with an egg, creating the robotic system to set up SEIS on Mars&amp;#8217; surface from the lander, measuring the impact of the thermic protection on SEIS, etc&amp;#8230;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;By taking part in this present scientific mission, French students from Shanghai are developing their creativity, their curiosity, their team-spirit, their knowledge and their pleasure to do sciences.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Balestra J., J.-L. Berenguer, F. Bigot-Cormier, F. Courboulex, L. Rolland, D. Ambrois, M. Van Driel and P. Lognonn&amp;#233; (accepted). Education: Bring &amp;#8216;InSight Blind Test&amp;#8217; into the classrooms. Seismological Research Letters.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Bigot-Cormier F. and J.-L. Berenguer (2017). How students Can Experience Science and Become Researchers: Tracking MERMAID Floats in the Oceans. Seismological Research Letters, Volume 88, Number 2A, doi:10.1785/0220160121.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Courboulex, F., J.L. Berenguer, A. Tocheport, M.P Bovin, E. calais, Y. Esnault and J. Virieux (2012). SISMOS &amp;#224; l&amp;#8217;Ecole : A Worldwide Network of Realtime Seismometers in Schools. Seismological Research Letters, volume 83, number 5, September/October 2012, doi:10.1785/0220110139.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;