The Mars Millennium Project offers teams of explorers in grades K through 12 an opportunity to imagine and design a new community for 100 humans on Mars in the year 2030. The project, which began last September, will end this summer. Each team works to define engineering, science, artistic, societal, and governmental issues relating to their community. Students research their ideas and present them in some format, which is then shared publicly, online and elsewhere. The Mars Millennium Project offers a complete guide to help teachers get started.
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Information on those chats is available at What's Happening at Quest . Each year, The Jason Project , the granddaddy of online exploration, offers a new scientific expedition designed to engage and educate students and provide professional development for teachers. The project includes scientific exploration, online information, teacher training, and curriculum units aligned with national science, geography, and technology standards. Students visit and compare the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Aquarius Underwater Laboratory with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's International Space Station. During the 2000-2001 school year, Jason XII will explore Hawaii and compare volcanic events on Earth with those throughout the solar system.