MIKE THORPE
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  • DIGMARS Project
  • In the Press
  • Invited Talks
  • Outreach & Community Involvement
MIKE THORPE

Outreach & Community


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Summer 2022 | Planetary ReaCH
Workshop to become "Content Heroes" and engage Latinx and Black youth in science
Spring 2022 | Route Life
Flag Football coach for local elementary school in Houston, TX. 
April 20, 2022 | NASA Astromaterials
Pathways to Careers in NASA Science

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February, 2022 | Space Exploration Educators Conference 
Discover M.A.R.S; Missions to the Ancient Red Planet Surface
Winter, 2022 | Roving on Mars 
Outreach talk at local elementary school in Houston, TX.
August 2021 | NASA STEM Enhancement in Earth Science
A nationally competitive STEM program for high school students

Outreach Efforts
2021                          NASA ARES webinar: DIGMARS
2021                          Haldane Middle School, Cold Spring, NY: From Haldane to Mars
2021                          St. Mark's Episcopal School- 5th grade: Roving on Mars
2021                          Geological Society of America’s Planetary Science Division Twitter takeover
2021                          American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics: Space Geek Speak
2021                          Haldane Middle School, Cold Spring, NY: Mars Rocks Haldane!
2021                          Houston Cub Scott Troop 55 Annual Award Banquet: Exploring Mars with Curiosity and Perseverance!
2021                          Haldane Elementary School, Cold Spring, NY: Exploring Mars with Curiosity and Perseverance!
2021                          Featured Scientist at the Jacobs Booth for the Lunar Planetary Science Conference
2021                          Hillsborough Elementary School, NJ: Space week and Exploring Mars
2021                          Mars Perseverance: Mission Overview and Countdown to Mars: Panelist: NASA JSC Webinar Event
2021                          American Geophysical Union’s Earth and Planetary Surface Process group Twitter takeover.
2020                          Woods Road Elementary School, Hillsborough, NJ- 3rd Grade:  Curiosity and Perseverance on Mars.
2020                          NASA SEES Mentor: Rovering on Mars
2019                          St. Vincent de Paul- 5th Grade: Naming the Mars 2020 Rover!
2019                          Bendwood Elementary, Houston, TX, STEM students: To Mars & Back; future of planetary exploration
2019                          Waltrip High (Houston) & Woodroffe High (Ottawa)- High School: Mission Control Academy…Driving Rovers!
2019                          Rice University STEM engagement talk- M.S. students: Getting Young STEM Students Engaged in Mar Science.
2018                          School of the Woods, Houston, TX- 12th Grade: Shadowing a Geologist for a day.
2017                          Woods Road Elementary School, Hillsborough, NJ- 3rd Grade: Rocks on Earth and Mars by Geologist Mike
2014-2018               Hillsborough Elementary School, Hillsborough, NJ. Invited- 3rd Grade: Rocks on Earth and Mars by Geologist Mike
Community Involvement  
​2022                          Route Life- Club Football Coach for middle school students from St. Mark’s in Houston, TX. Working on building character and chooses the right “routes” in both                                              football and life
2017                          Invited Speaker for Haldane High School Varsity Football team

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