When:

Saturday, March 10, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Where:

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California

Target Audience:

Teachers for grades K-12 and informal educators (museums, after-school programs, etc.)

Overview:

Update: March 5, 2018 – This workshop is full. See below for online lessons and resources related to this workshop.

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The next mission to Mars departs Earth in early May, arriving just after Thanksgiving of 2018. The Mars lander called InSight, which stands for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, will drill beneath the surface to investigate the Red Planet's interior structure. The mission is designed to give scientists a better understanding of the evolution of rocky planets. 

InSight, which is based on NASA's successful Phoenix Mars lander design, will be equipped with a seismometer and a heat-flow probe to study Mars' interior.

Join us at JPL to hear from the mission’s principal investigator and the Mars Program scientist, and discover ways to bring InSight science into classrooms, museums and after-school programs.

• There is no charge for this workshop, but registration is required. No walk-in participation will be allowed.
• This workshop is not available online; you must physically be present to participate.
• This workshop is limited to educators at U.S.-based institutions and organizations

Questions? Call the Educator Resource Center at 818-393-5917

Can't attend the workshop? Explore these standards-aligned activities on our website!

• Let's Go to Mars (Grades 9-12) – This lesson has students use geometry to determine the distance travelled by a satellite as it moves from Earth to Mars.
• Marsbound (Grades 3-12) – This board-game activity teaches students the process of design, engineering and technology for a mission to Mars.
• Mars InSight Mission Website 
• Mars InSight Mission Lithograph