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The class is organized into 5 planet teams to help
NASA locate and rescue a lost space ship that is
orbiting one of the outer planets. Each planet team
consists of Cargo, Navigation and Transmissions
Specialists. The Cargo Specialists calculate the number
of days for a round trip to their planet and the amount
of food, water and oxygen needed for the rescue
trip. The Navigation Specialists plots coordinates to
help get some location information on the lost space
ship. The Transmissions Specialists decode messages
which give them clues about the location of the space
ship over the last 5 days. All teams work together using
information they receive to determine where the lost
ship is located. The Communications Team relays all
information to Mission Control so that a rescue ship
with all the loaded cargo can be launched from our base
on Mars to that planet. Your class will locate and
rescue the lost ship.
Standards: X-Y graphing,
graph interpretation, team problem solving, math in
everyday life, multiplication (using units), objects in
the solar system.
Moon, Mars, and Beyond! GLEs
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