Moon, Mars, and Beyond - Grades: 3-5

The class is organized into five 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 Specialist will calculate the number of days for a round trip to 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 ship. The Transmissions Specialists decode messages which give them clues about the location of the space ship over the last five days. All teams work together using information they receive 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.

 

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