2. Project Directors & Mission specialists Director of Design Lisa Seay Clyde Boyd Middle School Sand Springs, OK Mission Specialists 6th, 7th and 8th Grade Science Students Director of Design Michael Bowman North Buncombe High School Weaverville, NC Mission Specialist High School Engineering Club & Science Olympiad Team Members
3. Mission Objective Using the format of a NASA-based challenge, middle school students in Oklahoma and high school students in North Carolina will collaborate to design and model a lunar habitat capable of supporting three astronauts for one year.
4. Mission Plan Middle School students will serve as project designers. High school students will serve as mission consultants/contractors.
5. Mission Plan Based on identified needs, middle school students will form mission specific teams, each of which will be assigned a high-school liaison. High school students will respond to questions posed by liaisons on behalf of the middle school students.
6. Mission Plan Anticipated Middle School Identified Teams Air Water Power Structure Transportation Food
7. Mission Timeline(go or no go) By Sept 15, 2011—set up Skype meeting to introduce teams, Wiki instruction, mission patch design as a warm up. By Oct 15, 2011—mission patches are complete—parameters of the challenge are set Start Assessing Needs for the Habitat
8. Mission Timeline(go or no go) By Nov 15, 2011 Needs Assessment is done, and design has begun. Further planning is flexible to maximize student-centered learning. Design will be completed for an April 1, 2012 Launch Date.
9. Mission toolbox Skype Wikispaces Internet Access Model building materials Email Presentation Software (Prezi) for Presentation to OU/NASA Space Grant
