By 2040, NASA intends to send humans to Mars. Gifted students in our classrooms today are the scientists, engineers, pioneers, and innovators who will make that plan a reality, but they cannot accomplish this without motivation, determination and perseverance. These students must learn the skills that will enable them to take initiative, work autonomously, make decisions, and persevere in the face of obstacles to become the creative and independent producers that the future needs. Join us as we explore activities that support students in developing the strategies for awesomeness.

1. Mission Possible

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6. NASA

10. 306
Human Spaceflights
7757
Spacecraft Launched
1941
Launched by U.S.A.

20. Amersfoort, 16th February 2015
From the initial 202,586 applicants, only 100
hopefuls have been selected to proceed to the
next round of the Mars One Astronaut Selection
Process. These candidates are one step closer to
becoming the first humans on Mars.

21. Stance or Suggestion
for moving forward
Worrisome
Need to Know
Excited

22. What excites you about the idea
of going to Mars?
What do you find worrisome
about the idea of going to Mars?
What else do you need to know
about going to Mars?
What is your current stance on
the prospect of going to Mars?S
N
W
E

25. Curiosity…

28. Episodic Curiosity

29. Episodic Curiosity

30. Episodic Curiosity

31. Episodic Curiosity

35. TYPE III
INDEPENDENT OR SMALL GROUP INVESTIGATIONS
PRODUCTS AND/OR PERFORMANCES
TYPE I
GENERAL
EXPLORATORY
ACTIVITIES
TYPE II
METHODOLOGICAL
TRAINING /
HOW-TO ACTIVITIES
(Renzulli, 1977)

36. Creative

37. ITERATE

45. ∞

46. Persevere Pivot

47. Resilience

48. I have not failed 1000 times…
-Thomas Edison

49. I have not failed 1000 times…
I have successfully
discovered 1000 ways to NOT
make a light bulb.
-Thomas Edison

55. Resourceful

57. Adaptability

62. STEM

67. Overcome adversity.

68. Learn perseverance…

69. Learn contingency planning…

70. Stay
in the
Struggle

72. Find the good in a bad situation…

73. Take responsibility for their mistakes…

81. 5 Categories of Risk
Intellectual
Social
Emotional
Physical
Spiritual

82. Systematic Risk-Taking
• Understand benefits of risk-taking
• Self-Assess for risk categories
• Identify personal needs
• Determine risk to take
• Take the risk
• Process the risk experience
(Neihart, 1999)

84. Failure taught me things
about myself
that I could have
learned no other way.
J.K. Rowling

85. Trust

90. False praise can be as
harmful as no praise!

92. Don’t
you
think
if I were
wrong,
I’d
KNOW it?

93. Lack of
Honest
Self-Appraisal
Skills

94. S
TO
W
Helpful
to achieving the
objective
Harmful
to achieving the
objective
Internal Origin
Attributes of the
Individual
Strengths Weaknesses
External Origin
Attributes of the
Environment
Opportunities Threats
SWOT
Analysis

95. Diminishes Value of Authentic Praise

109. Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech.
Live on
Kepler-186f…
Where the grass
is always redder
on the other side.

113. Twice as big in volume as
the Earth, HD 40307g
straddles the line between
"Super-Earth" and "mini-
Neptune" and scientists
aren't sure if it has a rocky
surface or one that's buried
beneath thick layers of gas
and ice. One thing is certain
though: at eight time the
Earth's mass, its
gravitational pull is much,
much stronger.
Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech.

114. Like Luke
Skywalker's planet
"Tatooine" in Star
Wars, Kepler-16b
orbits a pair of stars.
Prospects for life on
this unusual world
aren't good, as it
has a temperature
similar to that of dry
ice.
Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech.

116. 1. Design a Spacesuit
2. Research Space Law
3. Analyze Soil Samples
4. Build an RC Vehicle
5. Program a Microcontroller
6. Share Your Opinions on Extra-Terrestrial Life
diy.org

117. http://btc.montana.edu/ceres/html/EdActivities.html

118. http://marsed.asu.edu/lesson_plans/marsbound

120. pioneeringmars.org

132. Interior View From the International Space Station (NASA

133. Humans to Mars 2030s

135. NASA

136. NASA/Chris Gunn

137. NASA/Bill Ingalls

139. James Webb, Cosmos