Romania Scoala Gimnaziala nr . 17 Botosani
Subject ( s ) Literature , science Topic
The Martian - science or science fiction
Aims of the lesson 1 ) To stimulate students ' inquisitiveness with regards to science ; 2 ) to increase students ' motivation to study science ; 3 ) to improve critical thinking and problem solving
Age of students 14-15 Time
15 hours and 20 minutes
Methods
Investigation , discussion , work in groups , mindmap Teaching resources Padlet , Tricider , a questionnaire Activities
1 . Students are divided into teams of 3 . Each team will receive a different challenge from the ones the character in the Martian has to face : communications , radiation , lack of water , lack of food , mental state . One team will not receive any challenges , its task will be to identify what problems might arise , basically identify all the challenges the other teams have been given . All the teams will be offered , as hypothesis , some basic facts about the situation they are in : left on Mars , what technical equipment was left behind , what food was left . They research their challenge and form a few hypotheses . 2 . Each team works and analyses each hypothesis the team mates came up with and see if they stand . Nothing extremely complicated , since they are only 13-14 year old . The teams debate the possible solutions . Team number 6 analyses the challenges they came up with and prepares emergency solutions in each case . Nothing in big detail , age appropriate , just a brief outline . 3 . Each team produces a presentation of their work and shares it with the class . all the presentations are made available to all the teams so they can study them and offer feedback .
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