Rendezvous
with a
Comet
Pre-Mission Activities
Post-Mission Activities
Assessment
Pre-Mission Activities
Your teacher will inform you about which of the following activities you will conduct and when you will do so.
Whole Group Activities:
- Can We Talk?
- Can Your Notebook Hold a Cup of Water?
- Challenger Crew
- Comet Crossword Puzzle
- Comet Research Companion
- Comet Vocabulary
- Comet Word Search
- Job Application
- Task Card Practice
- Teamwork Activity (All Teams)
- Teamwork Practice Activity
- Vocabulary
Team Activities:
Communications (COM) |
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Medical Team (MED) |
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Isolation Team (ISO) |
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Life Support Team (LS) |
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Data Team (DATA) |
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Navigation Team (NAV) |
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Probe Team (PROBE) |
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Remote Team (REM) |
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Press Team (PRESS) |
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Individual Research:
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Each member of your team should research his or her assignment using the “Resources” page, and find the answers to the assigned questions. By no means, however, limit yourself to only the questions listed. If something catches your eye as interesting that you were not aware of before, make note of it. After doing your research, you should be able to answer each question provided on the Research Tasks page at the very least.
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Make sure to keep track of resource references used for your research as well as the use of any important quotations found throughout your research.
Sharing Research Findings:
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After each member has finished the appropriate research, your group members will meet to share your findings with your other group members. Class time will be provided for all groups to meet; however, there will be a limited amount of class time, so be prepared when it is time to share your research findings. This will help to ensure that every member in the group is knowledgeable of the topics researched by the other group members and will allow every member to participate with other group discussions.
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To prepare for your congressional hearing, your team must produce one of the three following types of visual aids: a brochure (plus enough copies to go around to everyone in the class), a poster large enough to be seen by everyone in the class, or a PowerPoint presentation to describe your findings and the role of your team.
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See the "Evaluation" page in order to determine what should be included in the visual aid.
Congressional Hearing:
- Your group will prepare an oral presentation communicating your findings. The oral presentation must incorporate your visual aid that helps to present the information.
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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. Copyright (c) 2007 Challenger Learning Center at Prairie Aviation Museum and Challenger Learning Center of Northwest Indiana. Staff of Challenger Learning Centers and instructors of classes involved with Challenger Learning Center missions may reproduce this WebQuest guide for classroom and educational purposes. Otherwise this work may not be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transcribed, in any form or by means – electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise – without the prior written permission of the copyright owners. This page is based upon the WebQuest model. |