Mission to Mars was a learning success. Students were
enthralled with the idea of people actually going to Mars. How will they do it?
Who will pay for it? Who is
going? Would you want to go, if you can’t come back? How big will the space
ship be? How will they build the base? What will they eat and drink? Will the
internet and facebook work there?
We could
have learn’t about forces and motion, the biology of what humans need, food
chains, solar power and rockets, etc, without a ‘mission to Mars’. The
difference is the kids were enthusiastic about the learning and asked
far more questions, of me and each other, rather than the me ‘firing’ questions
at them. I enjoyed the unit a too because it gave me the ‘permission’ to
explore and ‘run with’ whatever the kids were pursuing – we are still going!
The best comment that summed it all up was, “learning is fun” J
Michael Vogue
eSmart Coordinator
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