1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,360 I'm here at Bayside High School in Virginia Beach, Virginia where students from Bayside 2 00:00:05,360 --> 00:00:09,440 Middle School along with their partner school, Brandon Middle School, have been involved 3 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:14,640 in a quest as participants in the Mars Millennium Project, a national arts, sciences and technology 4 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:16,400 education initiative. 5 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:19,840 Let's check in with the students to learn about their quest. 6 00:00:19,840 --> 00:00:25,200 The Mars Millennium Project challenges teams across the nation to design a community for 7 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:28,960 100 people arriving on Mars in the year 2030. 8 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:33,920 We have used this challenge to create an online activity to work on one aspect of building 9 00:00:33,920 --> 00:00:39,520 a Mars community, the development of a public relations campaign to gather public support 10 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:41,440 for the Mars mission. 11 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:45,520 Our quest can be broken down into five simple steps. 12 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:47,160 Step one, reflection. 13 00:00:47,160 --> 00:00:49,800 Our teachers explained to us our mission. 14 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:55,680 We divided ourselves into four groups, mission commanders, environmental specialists, natural 15 00:00:55,680 --> 00:00:58,800 resource engineers, and astronomy specialists. 16 00:00:58,800 --> 00:01:03,320 Each group had specific questions to research and think about. 17 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:05,200 Step two, imagine. 18 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:10,440 We took the knowledge gained from our research to write a survey and then brainstormed how 19 00:01:10,440 --> 00:01:16,360 to use technology to conduct an electronic poll and to tabulate the results. 20 00:01:16,360 --> 00:01:23,160 In the process, we gained experience in the use of software for word processing and spreadsheets. 21 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:24,880 Step three, discover. 22 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:28,840 The results of our electronic survey were analyzed. 23 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:34,240 This information helped us see what were key issues to the public so we might address them 24 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:37,200 in our advertising campaign. 25 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:38,960 Step four, create. 26 00:01:38,960 --> 00:01:44,200 We have now entered the design phase of our quest where we are creating ads and sharing 27 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:50,340 our presentations with our partner school using video conferencing technology. 28 00:01:50,340 --> 00:01:52,020 Step five, share. 29 00:01:52,020 --> 00:01:57,620 Our final step will be to share with NASA and others our Mars advertising campaign in 30 00:01:57,620 --> 00:02:03,620 the form of a multimedia presentation that we will post on the NASA Connect website. 31 00:02:03,620 --> 00:02:11,100 Also, we will post our electronic survey for others to try and to make their own comparisons. 32 00:02:11,100 --> 00:02:15,940 But Jennifer, if any of our viewers would like to learn more about the Mars Millennium 33 00:02:15,940 --> 00:02:21,340 Project, they should visit the NASA Connect website for a link to the Millennium website. 34 00:02:21,660 --> 00:02:27,220 Now, as a final incentive, registered submissions to the Mars Millennium Project received by 35 00:02:27,220 --> 00:02:33,900 June 1, 2000 will be placed on a microchip for transfer to Mars on a future NASA mission. 36 00:02:33,900 --> 00:02:38,940 How's that for connecting thousands of young people through technology and then using technology 37 00:02:38,940 --> 00:02:42,260 to take their plans for the future to another planet?