Open Dream Ensemble Season Five marks the second year that we have the privilege of working with Imagine Mars. The cooperating organization status that we enjoy benefits our program in numerous ways including giving us access to the Imagine Mars staff, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory scientists and the NASA Solar System Ambassadors. More on our cooperative plans for this season in the next post, but for now, here is Imagine Mars in their own words.
Imagine Mars is one of NASA’s most unique, creative and inspiring educational programs. It is a national science and technology education initiative that challenges students to design a futuristic community on Mars that is scientifically sound and offers a high quality of life. This challenge ignites students’ imaginations, motivates them to learn about the planet Earth, the planet Mars, and hones their critical thinking skills. The process of creating imagined communities on Mars not only exposes students to the world of science and mathematics, but opens the door to an appreciation of learning, curiosity, and the possibilities of their own community. As students work through the five steps of Reflect, Imagine, Discover, Create and Share, they learn about their community, discover things to appreciate about it, and decide how they would improve it; they explore Mars and interact with scientists and engineers; using their abilities and interests, they create something - a play, a painting, a story, a model - that depicts their envisioned community; and finally they share their finished project by presenting it to their home community, and posting it in the on-line gallery.
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