The students will follow the rover Curiosity on its way to the red planet Mars by using the World Wide Telescope. The didactical approach is based on scientific inquiry in order to give students the enjoyment of finding out for themselves and initiates appreciation of the nature of scientific activity, of the power and the limitations of science. The main question will be: Where is Curiosity now? The educational activity will benefit of e-learning tools like WWT, and some web resources. Because the students will have to solve a real problem of the humankind they will have to accompany the rover Curiosity on Mars. Students will compile a report to describe and present what they have discovered as a result of following the Curiosity rover on Mars, a reflective journal report.
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