Work Plan Session 11

Session 11

Launch travel to mars

Students are to be in the theatre by 4pm for school incursion Leaving The Earth for Mars launch

Launch Week travelling to Mars

Tribes must name all prims and “pack” (save/store) them in the inventory

Each tribe member is responsible for the items they designed and built and for saving them.

Anything left behind

In world

Each member of the tribe must be wearing the space suit and helmet designed by their tribe in preparation for the launch.

 Any final touches to the structures and pods. Save and rename appropriately so that the items can be accessed from the inventory when they reach mars.

Mars launch night

Simulation of a launch rom earth

 In flight film

In flight meal

Work Plan Session 10

Session 10

Pack to leave.

Hand out Incursion forms.

Packing to leave – The Essentials

AFK

Take to Mars that they will need to have in order to continue with their tribe’s trade or skill.

The items they take may be unique to their tribe and other tribes may approach them on mars to access their tools or utilise their unique skills. This may form the basis of a basic system of trade or economy in in the fledgling Martian economy. Items that will also ensure the tribes survival will also be needed.

Team meeting 3 minutes

Discuss the items that teams need to take

 Assign roles and set goals for each tribe member to achieve by the end of the session.

Review the items

In world

Create tools of the trade

 Tribes need to locate images that reflect the trade of their tribe. Eg doctors, builders, farmers

 Upload the images to the textures library and use the newt textures in prims in their virtual world.

Last Chance

More frantic packing.  The students worked incredible hard to reach their goals; to be completely ready for take off next week.

Co-operation great, some stressed words, calming forces, confusion, desolation and finally it all came together.

At the end of the session the students looked like they had just dug a ditch but they were happy.

We took some photos. Lost them but were to tried to do it again.

Now the chatter was all about what was the mars launch going to look like.

Work Plan Session 9

Session 9

Final build                                 

AFK

Today the tribes have their final opportunity to build all of their needs and wants in preparation for packing the pods to head to Mars.

Include items that will be used for their tribe trade or skill on Mars.

In World

 As they build remind them to link the prims so that items are connected. They must name the prims and share them with their tribe mates.

Pack to leave

The packing process will require all tribe members

Urgence

In two weeks we are leaving the Earth. What you have not made, created and stored in your pod will be left behind.  If your pod isn't finished you will die.  If your spacesuit and helmet are not finished you will die.

The sense of urgence could be felt in the room.

The students knew that something special was going to happen around blast of time but they didn't know what that would be.

Helmet and Suit Photo

The design of the space suit was originally left to one student who then consulted with others in the tribe as to the style and color. 

Work Plan Session 8

Session 8

AFK

Biosphere video and images (google images)

Discuss the scientific experiment of the biosphere.

 How could this style of structure be adapted to life on Mars.

 Astronaut and cosmonaut images.

 Identify the unique and differing styles of their suits as well as the features that are similar which are required for the atmospheric elements in space.

In World

Space suits

Design a way to incorporate elements of the tribal cultural dress in to a suit that will enable them to travel to and live on Mars.

Consider

Temperature – air tight

Oxygen - helmet

Mobility – allow movement

Size shape style – must reflect the tribal style that has been designed, incorporate the tribal colours and flag designs.

Packing for Mars trip

Each tribe is to place all the needs and want thy created into the pod and prepare to transport to Mars