Voyage to Mars Teacher's Guide

DEER PROBLEM POWERPOINT

MARS - THE RED PLANET POWERPOINT

Made possible in part by STScI/NASA IDEAS Grant Program HST-ED-90285.01-A

Copyright (c) 2007 Challenger Learning Center at Prairie Aviation Museum
and Challenger Learning Center of Northwest Indiana.

(Last updated 7/10/2007)

Welcome to the Voyage to Mars Teacher's Guide. Here you will find curriculum and instructional materials for implementing a 4-6 week unit associated with the Challenger Learning Center mission by the same name. This unit provides for 3-4 weeks of pre-mission activities, and for several days of post-mission activities. Whole chapters of the Teacher's Guide may be downloaded as PDF's by clicking chapter titles; sections of each chapter may be downloaded individually by clicking section headings.

Chapter 1:
 INTRODUCTION
  • Problem-Based Learning
  • PBL Benefits
  • PBL Methodology
  • Cooperative Learning
  • The Role of the Teacher in PBL
  • PBL Climate Setting
  • Setting Rules of Social Engagement
  • PBL Mentoring
  • PBL Assessment
  • References
 
Chapter 2:
 EXTREME TRAVEL ADVENTURE CHALLENGE
 
Chapter 3:
 VOYAGE TO MARS - MISSION BASICS
 
Chapter 4:
 WHOLE GROUP ACTIVITIES
   
  General Mars Information:
  Communications Practice:
  Following Directions:
  Problem Solving:
   
Chapter 5:
 TEAM TRAINING
 
Communication (COM)
   
  Data (DATA)
 
 
Isolation (ISO)
 
Life Support (LS)
 
Medical (MED)
   
Navigation (NAV)
 
Probe (PROBE)
 
Remote (REM)
 
Press (PRESS)
 
   
Chapter 6:
 CLASSROOM CONNECTIONS
 
  Language Arts
 
   
  Mathematics
 
   
  Science
 
   
  Social Studies
 
   
Chapter 7 :
 POST-MISSION ACTIVITIES
 
   
Chapter 8:
 ASSESSMENT
 

Support for program number HST-ED-90285.01-A was provided by NASA through a grant from the Space Telescope Science Institute, which is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Incorporated, under NASA contract NAS5-26555.