Imagine Mars in the Schools

Last year we had the good fortune to match NASA Solar System Ambassadors with three schools where Open Dream Ensemble carried out week-long, arts-integrated residencies. The residencies featured a performance of The Red Planet: the Show Must Go On and daily work with students from selected classrooms lead by the Open Dream Teaching Artists. Each session incorporated the arts and Mars science with the standard curriculum in science and/or social studies and worked toward a final informance by the students.

After the residency was complete, a NASA Solar System Ambassador visited each of the schools, did a presentation about the latest in Mars research and answered student questions.

While we intend to utilize the well-informed NASA Solar System Ambassadors again this season, we are extremely pleased that a Imagine Mars team of facilitators is coming to Winston-Salem to lead a day-long session about using their program in the classroom. Teachers, curriculum coordinators and administrators are eligible to participate in the training. And while some of the training will certainly tie into the new Open Dream Ensemble production, Peril on the Red Planet, all aspects of the training will examine how to make science a subject that is vital, alive, and reaches across curriculum.

More information about the training is available here.