Use “Windows on Mars” to discover and research ways that scientists and artists view the potential of living on Mars. “Windows on Mars” brings 17 nationally and internationally recognized artists, as well as 11 scientists from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and its Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to your classroom. Produced by the National Endowment for the Arts, provides teachers and students in both formal and informal learning environments with insights and thought-provoking questions and ideas for the study of planet Mars and space science. The video is divide into four parts, based on experiences in art and architecture, music storytelling and folk arts, and dance; and then broken down into three segments: Weather Reports, Facts and Factoids, and Stories. Teachers can use one or all of the segments to support lesson plans and units .Segments can stimulate brainstorming about how a particular art discipline or form can be adapted to the planned Mars habitat.
(60 min)