Nasa Research Project

NASA RESEARCH PROJECT

Introduction

• Mississippi’s government is considering budget cuts again. This time they are wondering if funding NASA Space Programs in Mississippi is worthwhile. Your team’s job is to convince our governor (Mrs. McElveen) and the congress (our class) that you believe supporting space exploration is important. You will show that if not for NASA’s Space Programs, both Mississippi and the rest of the world would be without many great discoveries that the space industry has provided.

Your Task

• Research NASA space programs.

• Share research with your team and come to an agreement.

• Create a power point.

• Present your team’s recommendations.

• Prove that NASA is necessary!

Resources

• SPACE EXPLORATION

• http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/space_exploration_worldbook.html

• http://adc.astro.umd.edu/adc/education/space_ex/

• http://nasascience.nasa.gov/

• http://spacescience.nasa.gov/

• SPIN-OFFS

• http://www.sti.nasa.gov/tto/

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• MS CONTRIBUITIONS AND SPACE INDUSTRY

• http://www.nasa.gov/centers/stennis/home/index.html

• http://www.olemiss.edu/programs/nasa/

• http://www.msstate.edu/web/media/detail.php?id=225

• http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/environment/dead_zone.html

NASA PROJECT RUBRIC

POINTS / 10 / 5 / 0
TITLE PAGE / POWERPOIINT INCLUDES TITLE PAGE WITH APPROPRIATE TITLE AND EACH TEAM MEMBERS NAME / POWERPOINT INCLUDES TITLE PAGE WITH TITLE AND WITHOUT NAMES OR VISE VERSA / POWERPOINT DOES NOT INCLUDE TITLE PAGE
TIMELINESS / POWERPOINT IS EMAILED TO ME ON TIME AND READY FOR PRESENTATION ON SPECIFIED DAY / POWERPOINT IS EMAILED TO ME LATE BUT IS READY BY THE TIME OF PRESENTATION / POWERPOINT IS NOT EMAILED TO ME ON TIME AND IS NOT READY FOR PRESENTATION
ORGANIZATION / POWERPOINT IS ORGANIZED AND EASY TO FOLLOW / POWERPOINT IS SOMEWHAT ORGANIZED BUT HARD TO FOLLOW / POWERPOINT IS VERY SCATTERED AND CAN NOT BE FOLLOWED
PRESENTATION / EACH TEAM MEMBER IS PREPARED TO PRESENT THEIR SLIDES AND THEY SEEM TO UNDERSTAND THE INFORMATION / NOT ALL TEAM MEMEBERS ARE PREPARED TO PRESENT THEIR SLIDES OR MEMBERS DO NOT SEEM TO UNDERSTAND THE INFOMRATION THAT THEY ARE PRESNTING. / ALL TEAM MEMBERS SEEM UNSURE OF THE INFORMATION AND ARE NOT PREPARED TO PRESENT
SLIDES / EACH TEAM MEMBER PARTICIPATED IN CREATING 2 SLIDES / SOME TEAM MEMBERS PARTICIPATED IN CREATING 2 SLIDES / NO TEAM MEMBERS CREATED 2 SLIDES

TOTAL POINT EARNED: ______