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Description of Field
Test Activities
Introductory Activity:Every
Picture Tells a Story
People only see what they are prepared to see. -Ralph
Waldo Emerson
Image data supplies an immediate visual appeal to students that tables,
graphs, and numeric data do not. These activities set a context for
developing an understanding of scientific image data. One of the goals
of science education is for students to emulate scientists as they carry
out scientific inquiry. The wealth of NASA scientific image data provides
a new dimension for science education.
Inquiry
Based-Background Activities:
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3 Kindergarten through
Grade 4 activities
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7 Grade 5 through Grade
8 activities
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5 Grade 9 through Grade
12 activities
Background activities are guided, short term activities (typically one
or two class periods) designed for teaching specific and well defined skills
and topics. These activities can be used in support of future Quests, or
they can be used alone for specific, finely tuned educational objectives.
SpaceQuests:
Cooperative
Groups - Constructivist Activities
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MoonQuest (grades K-4)
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MarsQuest (grades 5-8)
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MountainQuest (grades
9-12)
Quests are longer (2 to 5 class periods), open ended “scenario based” activities.
Quests are not “cookbooks” or closely guided activities and offer room
for imagination and role playing. Often, one or more background activities
should be performed before attempting a Quest. |