Send your students to Mars

Here’s some information on a virtual field trip to Mars!  Explore the Mars Base Camp experience.   Want some details- keep reading:

Travel to Mars Without Leaving Your Classroom! Introducing: Mars Base Camp Experience Discovery Education and Lockheed Martin are excited to introduce Mars Base Camp Experience, a new digital exploration from Generation Beyond delivering the wonder and complexities of deep space travel directly to your students. Showcasing the work of scientists and engineers from around the world, Mars Base Camp walks students through past milestones of the space program and provides an interactive look at all of the innovations required to make the challenging trip to Mars a success. Learn about the journey to Mars, how engineers work to keep astronauts safe and what they expect to encounter along the way through a simulated walk through the logistics required when planning for the ultimate trip. Feeling Inspired? Enter the Generation Beyond Video Challenge for a Chance to Win $10,000! Future innovators in grades 6-8 can enter the Generation Beyond Video Challenge to show us how they would design a habitation module on Mars Base Camp. Challenge window closes on December 14, 2017. Learn More Extend the Experience: Virtual Field Trip available on demand.  Still curious? Check out our Space Week virtual field trip, now available on demand. Meet the STEM professionals shaping the future as we take students behind the scenes at the state-of-the art Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center exploring the newest innovations in deep space exploration. Watch on Demand Visit  www.generationbeyondinschool.com for standards-aligned resources designed to inspire students with STEM concepts leveraging the principles faced by innovators tackling the variables of space as they innovate the future.