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Table of Contents

Teacher Preparation:
Section 1: Introduction, Goals, and Mission Scenario (pp 1 – 4)
Section 2: Teacher Preparation – Mission Breakdown (pp 5 – 7)
Section 3: Curriculum Integration (pp 8 – 9)
Section 4: Student Preparation (p 10)

For Teachers and Students:
Section 1: Team Descriptions (pp 11 – 25)
Section 2: Student Job Application (p 26)
Section 3: CREW MANIFEST (Bring with you to your Mission!) (p27)
Section 4: Pre-Mission Training – Reading Scales (pp 28 – 36)
Section 5: Robot Joystick Instructions (pp 37 – 38)
Section 6: Flight Patch Activity (p 39)
Section 7: Team Diagram (p 40)
Section 8: Mission Diagram (p 41)

Pre-Mission Activities:
Section 1: Pre-Mission Communication/ Team-building Activities (pp 42 – 45)
Section 2: Pre-Mission Activity – Craters (pp 46 – 50)
Section 3: Pre-Mission Activity – Survivor: Mars / Mars Facts (pp 51 – 54)
Section 4: Pre-Mission Activity – Acids and Bases (pp 55 – 58)
Section 5: Pre-Mission Activity – Weightlessness (pp 59 – 62)
Section 6: Pre-Mission Activity – Classifying Rocks (pp 63 – 64)

English Language Arts Activities:
Section 1: Teacher Answer Key for ELA Activities (p 65)
Section 2: ELA Activity – Editorial Cartoons (p 66)
Section 3: ELA Activity – Editorial Cartoons 2 (p 67)
Section 4: ELA Activity – Analyzing Documents (p 68)
Section 5: ELA Activity – Document Based Questions (pp 69 – 71)
Section 6: ELA Activity – Post Mission Essay (p 72)
Section 7: ELA Activity – Mission Mad Lib (pp 73 – 75)

Support Materials
Section 1: Student Profile (Bring with you to your Mission!) (p 76)
Section 2: Feedback (p 77)
Section 3: Student Evaluation (p 78)
Section 4: Crew Manifest (Bring with you to your Mission!) (p 79)
Section 5: Student Certificate (Bring with you to your Mission!) (p 80)