Lesson 3 : Team Building/ Letters of Commitment
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Basic Readings
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Recommended Readings
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Homework Due
- Bring ideas to share about what to put in the Letter of
Commitment
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Overview
- Second Step—Students begin team building process
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Duration
- 25 min. Teams discuss Team Building/Rules
- 15 min. Teams draft ideas for the Letter of Commitment
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Materials
Articles
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Topics
- What makes a team work well together? What are our team's strengths?
- Earth as a system. The earth system is a set of interrelated and
interdependent spheres (biosphere, lithosphere, atmosphere and hydrosphere)
- Focus on definitions of the spheres and the "system" nature
- Vocabulary: ecosystem, natural hazards, consequence, ecologist,
interrelationship, interaction
Outcomes
- Students choose rules which apply to their team
- Students create Letter of Commitment
Discussion Tips
Discuss the things that make good teams. Discuss the things which make
teams not work succeed (one person doing all the work, one person doing
all the talking, etc.) Perhaps have each student share one thing they
believe is one of their strengths (what is one "Job well done" you've
had in your life?). Review the features of what makes a good letter.
How should each team "sell" itself to Challenger to be "accepted" for
the mission?
Procedure
In their emergency response teams, students read and discuss team building
articles. Now is a good time to use a team building activity such as
the "Sheet Activity" the CLC uses in teacher workshops. Students begin
team building process by discussing how teams work and agree upon the
measures they will use to evaluate their team's effort.
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Basic Homework
- Complete: Letter of Commitment
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Recommended Homework
- Take home resume form and complete it
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Extensions
See the Careers section of the Launch Pad. There are some valuable resources
here to encourage students to begin thinking about careers as technicians,
engineers, programmers, specialists, and scientists. Note: To view "Extensions",
select "Show All in upper right pull-down menu on student website.
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