Hello everyone! This is an exciting week--Key Lime Cove was today, tomorrow is the FABULOUS RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM from 9:30-11:30, and then our field trip to Lake Street to see Apollo 13. I wanted to share this film's connections to our curriculum with you (see paragraph below).
Please note that I can only accept the last two assignments at this point (KTN and the Choice Board); they must be turned in tomorrow (Thursday) by class time (not after school).
Also, PLEASE be certain to turn in your History Textbook!
Hope you all enjoy this week!
Dr. Swartzbaugh
This film is being shown to students on Team 7-1 to connect to the final paper in Science class on the solar system. This film is a dramatization of NASA’s third lunar mission: the Apollo 13 mission. It provides a historical context for the history of space flight as well as the technology and scientific understandings of space exploration in the 1950s-1970s. Phenomena such as gravitational pull, inertia and orbit impact the engineers and astronauts as they plan and execute this mission. Finally, it is an excellent representation of the foundation of scientific investigation: the process of identifying and solving problems. The engineers on earth must work to bring the astronauts in space home using ingenuity, problem solving, creativity and, above all, team work, to save the astronauts. This movie truly makes science come alive in a dramatic, historically-accurate manner!
Finally, we wish to share this movie in order to support our students’ social and emotional learning, specifically the following themes: team work and leadership.
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