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List of Steps for Week of 10/7

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All tasks mentioned are subtasks of Performance Task: Designing my model

  1. Select a topic for your model. Submit this topic to the a. Picking a Topic.
  2. Complete b. Purpose and Audience
  3. Complete c. Choosing my type of model
  4. Research the topic of your model. I recommend writing a short summary of the system you are representing. Then, list out the parts of the system that you want to represent in your model. You might not be able to represent every part of the system! That is fine. That would be an limitation of your model that you could discuss later. Don’t forget to record a list of your sources!
  5. Use your research to complete d. Planning the Details of My Model.
  6. If you need supplies, and I am not here, please see David in room 210. He might also check-in on our class.
  7. Make your model! Then, complete the e. My completed model task.
  8. Evaluate your model by completing f. Evaluate my model.
  9. Celebrate how amazing you are for finishing!

Class agenda for Wednesday, February 14th

Posted by Jeffrey Watkins in NASA Artemis Roads on
  1. Make sure that you have filled out the form for Ian, our student teacher!
  2. Take care of your plants and fix up your rockets, if necessary.
  3. Prepare for the guest lecturer that is presenting TONIGHT at 4:30 PM! In task dashboard, press the + next to Guest Expert 1 and complete the Before the presentation questions located in the Preparing for the expert task.

Expert Talk: February 14th at 4:30 PM

Posted by Jeffrey Watkins in NASA Artemis Roads on

Join NESSP on Zoom on February 14th at 4:30 PM to meet our first guest expert, Dr. Caitlin Ahrens!

Dr. Caitlin Ahrens, Planetary Scientist at NASA will talk to us about the exciting challenges that Artemis will face and how we can use what we learned from the Apollo missions. She will also talk about how rovers will be used alongside our astronauts and how NASA is preparing and testing methods to sample extremely cold ice before launch! Q&A will follow presentation!

To find the Zoom Call link, or to send in a question for Dr. Ahrens to answer, follow this link!

Welcome to NASA Artemis ROADS!

Posted by Jeffrey Watkins in NASA Artemis Roads on

This challenge is hosted by the Northwest Earth and Space Sciences Pathways, which is a partnership between Central Washington University and NASA. Their home page is located here.

Our mission is called Artemis ROADS as it is based off of the Artemis II Mission which will launch in November. Read more about it here!

Each team has a printed manual. To access a digital manual, follow this link.

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