I was extremely fortunate to be one of nine educators from around the country to receive a scholarship to attend an awesome three day workshop at the Space Foundation in Colorado Springs. It was my first time visiting and it did not disappoint! - If you live in Colorado, I would highly recommend bringing your kiddos on a field trip to the Discovery Center. - If you don’t live in Colorado, I would recommend becoming a Teacher Liaison. There are fore core areas of focus for teacher liaisons; Community Outreach, Teacher Education, Space Foundation Connection and Student Engagement. Applications for the next flight class are due November 23rd. The best part of the workshop, besides meeting rockstar TLs was how applicable all of the activities were to all of us. The TLs all came from different states, different school types, different grade levels and content areas; united by a passion for space education. The activities were exciting, hands-on and so much fun! My brain was constantly thinking about how I could bring this back to my school and share it with my readers. It was a jam-packed workshop, so I will be posting in parts. Each day for the next week, I will be posting an activity or group of activities that we did. I firmly believe that regardless of your excuse (grade level, content area, time, standards I need to cover, etc), you can incorporate space into your curriculum. My hope is that you'll be able to bring new ideas to your classroom and colleagues this upcoming school year! Copy THat, CapcomI’ve done a similar activity in my classroom, but this version was easier to implement with fewer materials needed. I was immediately intrigued by the title and thrilled when it began with the Apollo 13 C02 filter scene (see below). This is a great clip to spark students' interest and give them context for the activity and importance of a variety of skills including problem solving. Overview
* Students are assigned a role for each scenario, but they rotate among the roles throughout the activity. Roles
- unable to communicate directly with astronauts
- Cannot view main build or workstation build
- cannot view main build *If group is 4 members, there are 2 astronauts. One astronauts uses ONLY their right hand and the other astronaut uses ONLY their left hand. Room Set-up Example Procedure 1.Flight Director builds something from materials available, behind their screen. *It's best to start out simple and gradually make the builds more complex. 2. Engineer observes build (once complete), heads back to spot and describes build to CAPCOM. 6. When team is confident in their build, Flight Director checks build and says yes or no* to indicate if build is correct. If build is not correct, team can repeat process above to fix. * Depending on groups, could say: Affirmative or negative GO or NO GO Check communication lines 7. When majority of groups are complete or after a specified time limit, student roles are reset. Flight Director creates new build and process repeats. Materials We used the following:
How can I adapt materials for my classroom? The materials can vary depending on your age group and what you have available. Each workstation should be on a table or desk. The key is to provide each workstation with some type of shield. The shield should be large enough so that hand gestures cannot be used to assist with build. Tri-fold or bi-fold boards work great for this, but you could also use a cardboard box. Each workstation also needs to have the same items used for construction. Do I need to use items that are similar to each other? The reasoning behind using 2 items that are similar is that it forces students to notice and describe what they see to their group members. If a student just said, use the cup, their group members wouldn’t know which cup. I hope this is awesome activity is one that you can see easily implementing in your classroom and sharing with others! All photo credits go to my fellow TL Denise!
Be sure to virtually visit tomorrow for Day 2 of the Space Across the Curriculum Series :) Peace, love and space exploration, - CAPCOM Conrad
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7/31/2018 01:19:35 pm
An excellent activity to build communication skills and build self-confidence in speaking.
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Melissa Sleeper
8/16/2018 06:06:31 pm
I would like a pdf of the lesson.
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CAPCOM Conrad
8/19/2018 08:34:41 am
A pdf of the lesson has been added to my TPT store (Capcom Conrad's Creations) and can be downloaded for free. https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Copy-That-CAPCOM-4008257
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