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Mars Mission Teams - Organizing & Identity

This project will only be as successful as your team is.  Leadership, communication, compromise, consensus, and commitment to the project are essential.  Think of these things as you choose your groups.  Groups may be made up of 4 to 6 students.  IF you cannot form groups of these sizes that include everyone (no one being or feeling left out).  We will do random selection of your teams.  For some activities and assignments, you will receive a group grade as well as individual grades. 

Once your group is formed and your seats have been selected, you will need to complete the following:

TASK 1:  CREATING YOUR TEAM - Branding & Team Identity
From your group of 4-6, you will select 2 team leaders / mission co-commanders.  One of these individuals will be in charge of starting the team's Google Slideshow to document your work on this project and sharing it to group members to help edit.  (Don't forget you could also embed this Google Slideshow on your Weebly websites as well to show your work).

The team leader will SHARE the Google Slideshow with team members to present the following:

• Slide 1.  Name your team - (current companies and organizations include:  NASA, Mars One, Blue Origin, SpaceX). Be original and creative!  It could be a name or an acronym (NASA = National Aeronautics and Space Administration).
• Slides 2 through 4.  Design a team Logo, Flag, & Badge/Patch.  This can be done with graphic tools online or could be a scanned hand drawing (or a combination of both).  Need Ideas or examples from the past? Check out the  NASA History Page of Mission Badges link.
• Slide 5.  Come up with an inspirational and catchy team motto or phrase.  This will serve as your mission statement.  This can also be included on your items from slides 2 through 4 (although it's not required).
• Slide 6.  Select a background image (large) that will be used for your team's group photo.  We will use the green screen to take these.  Place the picture as well as a link to the image's file so I can download it to the iPad for green screen.

EACH TEAM MEMBER will also have an individual Google Slideshow in Google Classroom titled "Mars Mission Log".  This will be where you make weekly journal entries about the project including how YOU contributed to the team process (for example, if your logo design wasn't selected, that's fine - share it on your individual slideshow)  This will only be shared and visible to me.