By on June 5th, 2014

Mars: The Coolest Destination for Exchange Students

The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) recently announced a new type of virtual exchange program to engage youth around the world in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education through a virtual field trip to Mars.

Here is a video from Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs where middle school students from around the globe learned how to identify life on Mars during the NASA, ECA Collaboratory, and Google Mission Mars Virtual Field Trip.