Just like the great explorers of the old world who reached the shores of Aotearoa, New Zealand based on their skill and driven by curiosity, KiwiMars Outreach is a pilot project that will take students, teachers and the public on a journey of discovery, reaching new frontiers and developing cultural awareness, to find out what it takes to be an explorer of another world.
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Just like the great explorers of the old world who reached the shores of Aotearoa, New Zealand based on their skill and driven by curiosity, KiwiMars Outreach is a pilot project that will take students, teachers and the public on a journey of discovery, reaching new frontiers and developing cultural awareness, to find out what it takes to be an explorer of another world.
Just like the great explorers of the old world who reached the shores of Aotearoa, New Zealand based on their skill and driven by curiosity, KiwiMars Outreach is a pilot project that will take students, teachers and the public on a journey of discovery, reaching new frontiers and developing cultural awareness, to find out what it takes to be an explorer of another world.
Just like the great explorers of the old world who reached the shores of Aotearoa, New Zealand based on their skill and driven by curiosity, KiwiMars Outreach is a pilot project that will take students, teachers and the public on a journey of discovery, reaching new frontiers and developing cultural awareness, to find out what it takes to be an explorer of another world.
Programme descriptionKiwiMars Outreach provides New Zealand school students with an opportunity to experience space science in a practical way. Through interaction with the KiwiMars 2012 crew they can engage in space science in a novel approach that will add meaning and understanding to often complex ideas.Teachers, students and the general public will have the opportunity to participate in the KiwiMars 2012 expedition through:* Submitting research ideas for the onsite crew to undertake during the mission;* Engaging with the students via live telemetry, video conferences, Skype calls and updates from the mission;* Visits to the dedicated Mission Control facility (see next page), hosted at Carter Observatory.* Talking to experts through the Mission Portal, hosted on our website. The mission portal will provide news and updates, but also the ability for students to interact with the crew and a team of specialists (teachers) that can answer students' questions related to the experiments undertaken in real time during the mission. * Resources and guides produced by the wider project team, which includes KiwiSpace and curriculum-expert educators. We are working closely with the Royal Society of New Zealand, the New Zealand Association of Science Educators, Carter Observatory, Capital E and LEARNZ;* Attending a series of talks and seminars by the crew after they return, targeting the public, schools and other institutions culminating in World Space Week 4-10 October 2012.