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Romania Scoala Gimnaziala nr . 17 Botosani

Romania Scoala Gimnaziala nr . 17 Botosani

Activities
4 . All the teams watch / read all the presentations and prepare questions / comments . Every team then prepares answers to the questions they have received . Team 6 checks the list of challenges and questions against their own and offers their solutions and the emergency plans . 5 . Students watch the film The Martian , pausing at key scenes , that were vital in their challenges . They write down the differences between the solutions they found / ways to tackle the problems and prepare questions about the science behind some of them , questions they will ask one of the other teams . 6 . Students present their findings in class and ask their questions . each team is assigned an equal number of questions that they have to research . 7 . All the questions are posted on a Tricider and the members of the teams can input their answers there . 8 . Each possible answer is analysed in class via a Skype session with specialists who have had access to the Tricider . 9 . A mindmap collecting the questions and all the viable answers / solutions is created online . 10 . Students discuss the mental / emotional issues that would arise . 11 . Each student is put in the position of being the Martian and fills in a questionnaire about how they would deal with the emotional problems and if they could do so / or not and why / the questionnaires are anonymous . 12 . The teacher collects all the questionnaires and prepares a list of the most common problems and the solutions suggested by the students and presents them to the class . The teacher fills in the same questionnaire . 13 . In class , the students and teacher discuss the most likely problems and solutions / scenarios which have resulted from the questionnaire .
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