Explore Space and the Possibility of Life on Mars
Nathalie Cabrol - Leader of the Mars Probe Project
Nathalie Cabrol has been the SETI
Institute Principal Investigator at
NASA Ames Research Center since
1998. Her interest is in understanding
the evolution of water on Mars from
the past to the present. She is trying to
find out if Mars developed environments
that could have been (or still could be)
habitable by living organisms. Nathalie
worked with a group of highly trained
NASA scientists to create the
Mars Probe!
Nathalie's search for life in mysterious
places doesn't extend only to outer space.
She has traveled to the harshest
environments on Earth searching for proof
of life to establish when and where life
stops existing. She has been to the highest
mountains and the coldest regions of Earth
doing her research.
Art of Exploration Student Explorer Program
Explore Mars and the Future!
"Imagination Explorers" are invited to meet Nathalie Cabrol and learn how her contributions to science have opened and will open
many doors for future research as rovers continue to explore the terrain on Mars. Students will see a film on Ms. Cabrol's work.
Students will have workshops with specialists from NASA. They will soar to the music of Arturo Rodriguez' symphony From Earth
to Mars… a Symphonic Journey, written especially for Imagination Celebration Fort Worth as a part of the National Millennium
Celebration and selected by the White House to represent the Mars Millennium project in the National Archives! Students will
create and launch rockets, create habitats for Mars with CrayolaDreamaker artists, plant sweet potatoes in simulated Martian soil,
and work with professional musicians to create their very own music for Mars!
Location: Fort Worth Community Arts Center
Dates: September 24 - 26, 2007
Grades: 4th through High School
TEKS: SCIENCE-conduct field investigations, history and contributions of scientists, tools and methods of inquiry, characteristics
of living and nonliving organisms, properties of soil, gravity, components of solar system, characteristics of the universe,
astronomy SOCIAL STUDIES-impact of science and technology on Texas, identify famous scientists and their contributions,
predict how future scientific innovations might affect life in Texas and the USA, examine how music reflects history FINE ARTSidentify
connections between music and others subjects, respond to musical performance, incorporate basic rhythmic patterns in
musical compositions