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SILVERTHORNE — A group of fifth-graders at Silverthorne Elementary School executed an online mission Friday to save some misplaced astronauts.
“We're trying to find a lost spaceship,” said Jessie Logan, 10, adding that her group was working to decode and transfer information, among other tasks.
The 21 students sat at tables simulating a Martian control center in the school's media center, where teams used laptops to beam their findings to mission control on Earth. A large screen displayed images from space and Earth with communication through Skype.
The opportunity came as a prize from the Colorado Association of School Executives Conference. Moon, Mars and Beyond was offered from Colorado Springs through the Challenger Learning Center of Virginia.
The team-oriented exercise is meant to engage students in math and science as applied to a scenario.
“It actually helped a lot of them with listening skills, problem solving and working together,” fifth-grade teacher Kirsten Browne said.
Half of the school's fifth-graders were able to participate, and the ones that did had to succeed through an application process that involved performing as model students.
“We had to behave, get good grades, turn in our work on time,” student Mariandre Rojas, 10, said.
“You just had to be like a perfect student,” Jessie said. “That's how we got our jobs.”
Robert Allen can be contacted
at (970) 668-4628 or
rallen@summitdaily.com.
“We're trying to find a lost spaceship,” said Jessie Logan, 10, adding that her group was working to decode and transfer information, among other tasks.
The 21 students sat at tables simulating a Martian control center in the school's media center, where teams used laptops to beam their findings to mission control on Earth. A large screen displayed images from space and Earth with communication through Skype.
The opportunity came as a prize from the Colorado Association of School Executives Conference. Moon, Mars and Beyond was offered from Colorado Springs through the Challenger Learning Center of Virginia.
The team-oriented exercise is meant to engage students in math and science as applied to a scenario.
“It actually helped a lot of them with listening skills, problem solving and working together,” fifth-grade teacher Kirsten Browne said.
Half of the school's fifth-graders were able to participate, and the ones that did had to succeed through an application process that involved performing as model students.
“We had to behave, get good grades, turn in our work on time,” student Mariandre Rojas, 10, said.
“You just had to be like a perfect student,” Jessie said. “That's how we got our jobs.”
Robert Allen can be contacted
at (970) 668-4628 or
rallen@summitdaily.com.
