Send a Message to Mars In the Form Of a Haiku

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br/><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6eBE4NCFXCh9GrmnaJwxyavvABTQIXks_5PrTI-UrOC6ckCCbypG0EoNa3tyykdW6q3MbyTDFZjf99OD7XUkVRWCi26ydYGal6IC5zpzgqIydfFjRJBS-czkeX-TlTJCdCGxpdfCSWmY/s1600/Screen+Shot+2013-05-05+at+9.37.39+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="51" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6eBE4NCFXCh9GrmnaJwxyavvABTQIXks_5PrTI-UrOC6ckCCbypG0EoNa3tyykdW6q3MbyTDFZjf99OD7XUkVRWCi26ydYGal6IC5zpzgqIydfFjRJBS-czkeX-TlTJCdCGxpdfCSWmY/s1600/Screen+Shot+2013-05-05+at+9.37.39+PM.png" width="200" /></a></div><br/>NASA's MAVEN mission will launch later this year. Earlier this year NASA hosted a student art contest through which students could have their work sent to Mars. Last week NASA opened a <a href="http://lasp.colorado.edu/maven/goingtomars/send-your-name/" target="_blank">MAVEN Haiku contest</a>. The contest will select three Haikus to send on the MAVEN mission.<br/><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br/><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuysneqNTZ6ZyNf6cQY1nDa1R9-Ix2zQOxhT_gq12HISMcuUZRPUJmydeTLHr7wgA-Sfx2KKlyM_zHND2rjHcexh-Bgcaju5ertu6KhpG94B61Ze64uPbbLSOEWvOCINnLucglZehBZCI/s1600/mars-11608_640.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuysneqNTZ6ZyNf6cQY1nDa1R9-Ix2zQOxhT_gq12HISMcuUZRPUJmydeTLHr7wgA-Sfx2KKlyM_zHND2rjHcexh-Bgcaju5ertu6KhpG94B61Ze64uPbbLSOEWvOCINnLucglZehBZCI/s1600/mars-11608_640.jpg" width="355" /></a></div><br/><br/><span style="color: #38761d;"><b>Applications for Education </b></span><br/>To <a href="http://lasp.colorado.edu/maven/goingtomars/send-your-name/" target="_blank">enter the contest</a> you have to be 18 or have a parent or teacher make the submission on your behalf. This could be a fun poetry-writing activity to combine with a lesson on space exploration. <div class="blogger-post-footer"><i>This post originally appeared on <a href="http://freetech4teachers.com/">Free Technology for Teachers</a><br/></i>.<br/><br/>Come learn with me at the <a href="http://practicaledtech.com/2013/04/08/come-to-the-practical-ed-tech-summer-camp/">Practical Ed Tech Summer Camp</a>.<br/><br /></div><div class="feedflare"><br/><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?a=LMP7jcphAZo:iV1HZgJtAV0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?d=yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?a=LMP7jcphAZo:iV1HZgJtAV0:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?i=LMP7jcphAZo:iV1HZgJtAV0:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?a=LMP7jcphAZo:iV1HZgJtAV0:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?d=7Q72WNTAKBA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?a=LMP7jcphAZo:iV1HZgJtAV0:qj6IDK7rITs"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?d=qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?a=LMP7jcphAZo:iV1HZgJtAV0:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?i=LMP7jcphAZo:iV1HZgJtAV0:gIN9vFwOqvQ"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?a=LMP7jcphAZo:iV1HZgJtAV0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?i=LMP7jcphAZo:iV1HZgJtAV0:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?a=LMP7jcphAZo:iV1HZgJtAV0:I9og5sOYxJI"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?d=I9og5sOYxJI"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?a=LMP7jcphAZo:iV1HZgJtAV0:bcOpcFrp8Mo"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?d=bcOpcFrp8Mo"></img></a><br/></div><img height="1" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/freetech4teachers/cGEY/~4/LMP7jcphAZo" width="1"/><br/><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/freetech4teachers/cGEY/~3/LMP7jcphAZo/send-message-to-mars-in-form-of-haiku.html" rel="nofollow">Free Technology for Teachers</a>

Send a Message to Mars In the Form Of a Haiku

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