In the year 2035, NASA intends to send humans to Mars (the red planet). 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

2. STEM

3. STEM

4. &angelahousand.com

6. YOUR Mission…

9. NASA

13. Mission Possible
306 Human Spaceflights
7757 Spacecraft Launched
1941 Launched by U.S.A.

20. Why Mars?

21. (NASA)

27. YOUR Mission…

28. 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.

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

30. 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

31. 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)

32. TYPE I
GENERAL
EXPLORATORY
ACTIVITIES
(Renzulli, 1977)

45. TYPE I
OBSERVE
THINK
GO DEEPER
DO

52. newsela.com

53. newsela.com

68. Poetry

69. Culture

70. History
Advanced
Option

71. Leveled Activities

72. Math
Advanced
Option

73. scaleofuniverse.com
Advanced
Option

74. Activities
Advanced
Option

83. 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.

84. 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.

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

89. YOUR Mission…

90. TYPE I
DEVELOP A TYPE I:
OBSERVE
THINK
GO DEEPER
DO
(Renzulli, 1977)

91. 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)

92. TYPE II
METHODOLOGICAL
TRAINING /
HOW-TO ACTIVITIES
(Renzulli, 1977)

93. TYPE II
(Renzulli, 1977)

95. COGNITIVE

96. COGNITIVE
AFFECTIVE

97. COGNITIVE
AFFECTIVE
HOW-TO-LEARN

98. COGNITIVE
AFFECTIVE
HOW-TO-LEARN
ADVANCED RESEARCH

99. COGNITIVE
AFFECTIVE
HOW-TO-LEARN
ADVANCED RESEARCH
COMMUNICATION

103. Curiosity…

105. Episodic Curiosity

106. Episodic Curiosity

107. Episodic Curiosity

108. Episodic Curiosity

113. A Pedagogical Road Map
Connecting Interests & Passions to
Academic Content
FutureCasting®
© Angela Housand, 2013

116. • Interesting
• Integral to one’s
vision of the
future
• Immediately
useful
• Tied to one’s identity
Achievement Motivation

117. Motivated
All members must be motivated to engage
without knowing the outcome value.

118. (Otta & Tavella, 2010)
Autonomyw/Competence

119. (Otta & Tavella, 2010)
Autonomyw/Competence
IntrinsicMotivation

120. (Otta & Tavella, 2010)
TooEasyorTooHard
IntrinsicMotivation

121. High achieving students
demonstrated greater
autonomy and
competence than low
achieving students in
computer-based learning
tasks.
(Otta & Tavella, 2010)

122. 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)

125. Creative

127. ITERATE

135. ∞

136. YOUR Mission…

137. THE MARSHMALLOW CHALLENGE

138. 1. Build the Tallest Freestanding Structure
2. The Entire Marshmallow Must be on Top
3. Use as Much or as Little of the Kit
4. You may break up the Spaghetti, String or Tape
5. The Challenge Lasts 18 minutes:
• Those touching or supporting the structure
at the end of the exercise will be disqualified.

139. What did we learn?
• Collaboration
• Process
• Problem Solving

142. Height in Inches

144. ITERATE

151. Resilient

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

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

158. Persevere Pivot

160. Overcome adversity.

161. Learn Contingency Planning

162. Stay
in the
Struggle

166. Resourceful

173. The probability of success
is difficult to estimate;
but if we never search
the chance of success is
zero.

174. Systematic Risk Taking
Intellectual
Social
Emotional
Physical
Spiritual

175. “Anyone who sits on
top of the largest
hydrogen-oxygen fueled
system in the world,
knowing they’re going to
light the bottom, and
doesn’t get a little
worried, does not fully
understand the
situation.”
JohnYoung

176. Trust

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

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

185. Lack of
Honest
Self-Appraisal
Skills

186. 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

191. Logic
Mathematics
Science History & Humanities
Philosophy
Preservation of
Knowledge

192. Adaptability

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

200. Let’s Make

205. TYPE II
(Renzulli, 1977)

206. 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)

207. TYPE III
INDEPENDENT OR SMALL
GROUP INVESTIGATIONS
PRODUCTS AND/OR
PERFORMANCES
(Renzulli, 1977)

211. TYPE II 1/2
INDEPENDENT OR SMALL
GROUP INVESTIGATIONS
PRODUCTS AND/OR
PERFORMANCES
(Renzulli, 1977)

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

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

216. Terraforming Mars
What Da Math -Anton Petrov

217. pioneeringmars.org

229. Interior View From the International Space Station (NASA

230. Humans to Mars 2030s

232. NASA

233. NASA/Chris Gunn

234. NASA/Bill Ingalls

236. James Webb, Cosmos

239. Thank you.