The Mars Exploration Education Program at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory has developed and is implementing an Education and Public Outreach Program aligned with and responsive to NASAs' Education goals. The primary focus of this effort is to educate teachers and students with diverse backgrounds, in a gender sensitive manner, over a wide geographic area of the United States in grades Kindergarten through 12. The secondary focus of the effort is to reach and educate the public at large.

 Partnerships

Partnership and synergy are the key concepts in this Educational Outreach Program. Extensive outreach is achieved through leveraged resources by working together with:

University partners
An advisory board of educators and scientists
Curriculum writers
Community organizations
Industry partners
Museums and science centers

Program Materials and Services

Materials produced and services provided as a result of this effort include:

Teacher workshops
Students support
Curriculum supplements
Brochures
Models
Movies
Rover telepresence and other experiments
CD-ROM's
Educational TV programs
Slides
Pictures
Challenging problems for problem solving Exercises
Displays at museums

 The goal of providing these extensive materials and services is to capture the educational communities and the publics' interest. Conducting public lectures and town hall discussions with partners in states around the country gives NASA recognizable voices and familiar faces. It also very importantly provides people charged with the responsibility for communicating the Mars Exploration Program stories, who come from and share the background of the local community.

Mars Exploration Education Program

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