Briefing |
Lesson 1: Introduction & Overview of Teams (Required) |
Teacher
Students |
Describes the Moon, Mars, and Beyond scenario.
Describes the team tasks for the Communication,
Transmissions, Navigation, and Cargo Specialists. |
How To Apply |
Lesson 2:
Application (Required) |
Teacher
Students
3rd
Grade Application
4th
Grade Application
5th
Grade Application
Acceptance Letter request |
Describes the school application process and
guides the student through individual applications;
reviews career information and how to apply for
the mission.
Students design a mission emblem to represent
their school, class, planet team, or task team.
(Mission Patch design is Optional) |
Training/Mission Prep |
Lesson 3: Mission Prep Understanding Distance
in Space (Optional) |
Teacher
Students |
Lesson plan with teacher and student worksheets;
Reviews vocabulary for distance in space, measurement
units and instruments, and creates a scale for
modeling distances to planets. |
Lesson 4: Memorizing the Planets in Order and
Size (Required) |
Teacher
Students |
Creates a mnemonic device for remembering the
names of the planets in order from the Sun and
in order for size. |
Lesson 5: Decoding Activity (Required) |
Teacher
Students |
Lesson plan with symbol code for words; reviews
using codes to represent words in a message. Students
practice decoding for mission task. |
Lesson 6: Metrics and measurements (Optional) |
Teacher
Students |
Students generate a map of their classroom and
identify specific locations on the map. Reviews
map scales and map symbols. |
Lesson 7: Coordinate Graphs (Required) |
Teacher
Students |
Students learn the parts of a coordinate graph
and how to plot points of an ordered pair; students
also learn the importance of coordinate graphs
in finding locations. |
Lesson 8: Reading and Listening for Information
(Optional) |
Teacher
Students |
Students practice reading and listening skills
to improve their ability to get accurate information
for their mission tasks. |
Lesson 9: Aircraft Construction-Task Card Activity
(Optional) |
Teacher
Students |
Students practice reading directions and using
Task Cards to construct paper models of NASA aircraft. |
Lesson 10:
Cargo Activity Practice (Required) |
Teacher
Students |
Students practice skills needed for Cargo Team
tasks by calculating the amount of food and water
needed by their family for a trip to and from
the beach. |
Lesson 11: Planetary Trading Cards (Required) |
Teacher
Students
Answer Sheets |
Students gather information on the 9 planets
and construct cards to learn major characteristics
and features of the planets. |
Lesson 12: Planetary Posters (Required) |
Teacher
Students
Answer Sheets |
Students use their Planetary Trading Cards to
construct a poster to compare and contrast major
features of the planets. Students will use this
poster during the Moon, Mars and, Beyond Mission. |
Lesson 13:
Outpost Communications Exercise (Optional) |
Teacher
Students |
Students use context clues within letters to
determine the location of mission specialists
writing status reports. Students use prior knowledge
and their Planetary Trading cards to figure out
the location of the planet. |