Spaceship Earth

Mission and Goals

Firth and Smith (2002)

"A spaceship and its crew have been accidentally transported to a far galaxy, beyond radio communication.  Your mission is to design and mount a rescue ship.  Your rescue ship will be in space at least 20 years.  You will not have the ability to carry  any consumable things that you will need with you.  You can assume that the engineers have developed an on-board energy and propulsion system that will take you as far as you need to go and get you home again, with lights and heating/cooling all the way.  You can assume that you have artificial gravity and protection from harmful radiation.  You must bring everything else with you.

Cardinal Rules

• Nothing goes in.  Nothing goes out.

• Ever output must be an input.

• Every input must come from an output."

Groups

• Crew and quarters

• Space greenhouse

• Space barnyard

• Water

• Solid waste

Links to cycles

Links to experiments

Description of PowerPoint Project and three dimensional model

Rubrics for power point presentation and three dimensional model.

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When you are told there is an on-line quiz waiting for you.

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