Designing a Deep Dive into Mars: Getting Started

In this short introduction to the design challenge, you’ll meet National Air and Space Museum Educator Laura and National Museum of Natural History Q?rius Educator Christian, who will give you some quick tips and tricks for getting started! Continue on to the Workshopping Design Video below from here, or use the following links to begin learning more about abiotic, or nonliving, factors in the deep sea on Earth and on the surface of Mars!

To learn more...
Smithsonian Ocean Portal: The Deep Sea offers a great introduction to the deep sea environment and the creatures that live there!
NOAA’s Ocean Exploration and Research Deep Sea Exploration Tools shows several examples of how we research and explore the deep sea
NMNH’s Archived 2020 Natural History Exploration: Deep Sea Animal Adaptations provides more opportunities to engage with the deep sea through various art and activities
NASA: Why we explore
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab Mars in a Minute videos for younger learners
NASA Mars Exploration Program
NASM’s Stem in 30 Mars Rover Perseverance

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This is a fantastic program exploring the links between adaptations made by creatures in the extreme environments on earth to survival by explorers on Mars. The collaboration between the presenters from the the Smithsonian Natural History and Air and Space Museum's opens connections across different sciences. The workshop video offers some creative extraterrestrial habitat designs.