Getting Started

This list gives you a general overview of what you will want to do as you get started in your participation of MSIP.

Submit an application.

Work with staff at Arizona State University's Mars Space Flight Facility to help guide you with a schedule that would work with your particular classroom situation and time frame.

Incorporate hands-on activities that will assist your students in developing their project (available from the MSIP site).

Participate in optional monthly teleconferences/video-conferences to increase teacher and student background knowledge about Mars

For On-Site and Distance Learning teams, submit a Proposal to Arizona State University or for Archived teams, conduct research using archived THEMIS images. This is not an all-inclusive list. For additional details on the different MSIP formats of participation and teacher checklists, see the activity format page.