Mission Control needs you!
Protect the men, women, and children on beautiful Montserrat
Island. Form emergency response teams. Plan. Prepare. Live the
mission
STEP
2:
Apply now. Write a cover
letter, complete a resume, design a mission patch. If mission
control accepts your proposal, your class will be scheduled
for a mission.
STEP
3:
Is Mt. Pinatubo volcano
like Montserrat's? Examine seismic data. Make predictions. Watch
out for lahars, pyroclastic flows, and exploding tephra!
STEP
4:
An Atlantic Ocean storm
cell forms. Is it another Hurricane Georges? Will 150 mph gusts
rake the sleepy town of Plymouth? Math helps forecast the path
of destruction.
STEP
5:
As you walk the crystal
white Caribbean beaches, do you feel the tremors? Can peaceful
Montserrat Island survive nature's violence? What is your emergency
plan?
STEP
6:
Data tells stories. Data
helps predict the future. Data, graphs, charts, and rapid information
flow. Emergency response experts organize for the big day.
STEP
7:
Communicate, coordinate,
and meet the challenge. The Internet lifeline links your Emergency
Response Teams to Mission Control and a Caribbean island under
siege.
STEP
8:
Wrap-it-up! Did your Emergency
Response Teams succeed? Did the volcano erupt? Did the hurricane
hit the island? Are the men, women, and children of Montserrat
safe?
e-Mission: Operation
Montserrat is based on a real historical event. The volcano on
the normally tranquil island of Montserrat has come to life. As
flaming pebbles and lava begin their devastation, emergency response
teams learn a hurricane is approaching. Using real-time hurricane
and seismic data, teams of student specialists assist Mission
Control in saving the residents from certain destruction