Special thanks to Tony LaConte of Honeywell and Craig Weeks at CLC of AZ for these links. Outreach Programs - click here Mars City Alpha Students work as scientists and engineers to develop the first international human settlement on Mars. Solar System Basics, Planetary Features, and Planetary Excursions. Upon graduation PEPers plan a Planet Fair. The Cosmic village Marsville is a classroom-based project that allows students to create a prototype habitat for Mars.
Students create their own living environment using a multitude of interdisciplinary skills.
The program culminates with a link-up day when all the classes rendezvous at one site to construct their cosmic village and share the experience of creating a settlement on Mars. The program introduces participants to Challenger Centers materials and methodology to stimulate student interest in various subjects. Participants will be introduced to the current concepts of Multiple Intelligence and Situated Cognition and how the application of these constructs is facilitated by the use of simulation as a teaching tool. Arizona Parenting Magazine - provides Arizona parents with multiple topics relating to parenting, including educational opportunities. Big Bear Solar Observatory - Daily images of the sun with links to other observatories.