Parent "Launch"
10/4/2019
Working with a team can be challenging. It doesn’t matter if it’s a sports or a work team, many of the necessary skills are the same: communication, understanding the goal, problem solving, knowing the resources available, and many others. The pipe cleaner challenge at the parent “launch” on Friday required teams to use and develop skills that will help them with their future Mars Colony Design Project. We wanted to underscore the importance of these skills for students as they start imagining a design for a Mars colony. What is really involved? What are the consequences if what we thought didn’t really work out?? Beginning next week, students will work to understand the complex components of society here on Earth and transfer these ideals to a Martian colony while taking its unique environment into consideration. This is a HUGE project with many moving parts. While this type of project fundamentally requires solid team working skills - collaborating, negotiating, communicating - , it will also require students to think critically, problem solve, engineer, design, construct, research, and do a whole lot of learning. Basically, middle school students have a lot on their "launch" plates in the next two weeks. They will need to get good sleep and eat well to fulfill their Mars Colony MIssion. To the future, and beyond... Comments are closed.
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Sarah Mariner
Ms. Mariner earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Biological Science from Colorado State University, and was awarded a teaching certificate through the University of Alaska, Southeast. Her varied background includes being an environmental education field instructor in Massachusetts, Colorado, and Baja, Mexico. She also served two years as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Dominican Republic. Archives
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