Recent focus on the planet Mars has led to incredible teaching opportunities, such as the Mars Student Imaging Project (MSIP) facilitated by Arizona State University's (ASU) Mars Education Program. The MSIP curriculum serves as an excellent model for scientific inquiry, allowing students to design and carry out a research project. This project provides a unique community context in which teachers and students collaborate with scientists at the NASA/ASU Mars Space Flight Research Facility and online with other teams across the United States.