Introduction
You and two of your team members have been recruited by NASA to go into space to the International Space Station. You are new to the space exploration program and will have to learn as much as you can about your journey. What is the ISS and how will you survive during your stay?
Task
You are part of a group of astronauts. Your Commander has divided your class into teams of 3. You and your team are about to be sent to the International Space Station. You have no experience of travelling in space and will need to do research to learn about where you are going, why it is important you are going and how you are going to survive while you are there.
Your team consists of 3 members. Each of you must choose one task that you will be responsible for. Your mission is to research your task, create a written report and a powerpoint or video so that they are prepared for your voyage into space. When you return to Earth, you will then report to your classmates and your Commander about where you went, why it is important that you went and how you were able to survive in Space, using your written report and powerpoint or video to explain what you did.
Your survival and the future of space travel depends on your research! Make sure you find out as many important things as you can!
Process
The Mission
The Mission requires you and your team members to prepare yourselves as much as possible for your trip into space. You need to do the research and prepare an account of your time in space and what you had to learn to survive.
There are some helpful links below to help you do your research but these are only a guide, try to find out more.
You will have to give a written account of your time in space and also provide other teams with a 5 minute presentation of the ISS and your experience up there!
Good Luck!
- What is the International space station?
- Living in space
- Life on the space station
- Construction of the space station
- Brushing your teeth in space
- Exercise on the space station
- Cleaning up spills in space
- Getting sick in space
- Going to the bathroom in space
- Your eyesight in space
Evaluation
You will be evaluated as a group. Your written report will be evaluated by the commander and the presentation from your video or powerpoint will be evaluated by the other astronaut teams in the class.
The table below will indicate the title you will receive after you have been evaluated:
| # | Space Participant - 1 point | Officer - 2 points | Space Engineer - 3 points | Space Captain - 4 points | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Knowledge Of space and ISS |
Little information known and innacurate. Many errors and no facts | The report has some good information but many blank parts and errors throughout | Report has good information and some facts included with some errors made. |
Report extremely accurate and has unique information and presented in a descriptive way. Facts included in report |
4 |
| Project Focus | You were disruptive during class | You sometimes worked on the project in a respective manner. | Time was spend quite productively and helped others work. | Worked extremely well and as a team. developed a good working strategy | 4 |
| Mechanics | difficult to read and had many errors. | Some mistakes but was readable and understood | A few mistakes but overall a descriptive account and well thought out | excellent account and no mistakes. Enjoyable | 4 |
| Presentation | Presented information that was hard to read and not well thought out | Poorly made presentation with some good information but not timed well | A well laid out presentation with only a few mistakes but intrigued too. | Excellently laid out and a clear and concise presentation with suitable pictures and kept class interested throughout. | 4 |
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Total Score: 16 |
Conclusion
Well Done! You have safely and successfully completed your mission. You know should have a great understanding of what life is like on the International space station. Your research, participation and sharing of your mission has educated other teams and prepared others for future journeys into space!
Congratulations!
