From: L*y Marske <lmarske@mtcnet.net>
Subject: writing grants addition
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 1996 23:24:17 -0700
Charlotte and all interested,
I forgot to send the copy of my grant that I wrote so I'll do that now.
Lucy Marske
GRANT PROPOSAL FOR LIVE FROM MARS
AND RED ROVER RED ROVER PROJECT
by Lucy H. Marske
Sioux Center Middle School
Sioux Center, IA 51250
As a 6th grade science teacher, I am participating in a "Live From
Mars" project sponsored by PASSPORT TO KNOWLEDGE, NASA, NSF, the Jet Propulsion
Laboratory, and the Planetary Society. It features interactive
electronic field trips with hands on activities to enhance the learning. This is an especially
timely project since NASA is planning two major missions to Mars, The Mars Global
Surveryor and the Mars Pathfinder. My science classes will be a part of two live
NASA TV broadcasts that will enable the students to interact with the scientists
and project managers involved with the missions. In addition to this I have, and
plan to again this year, participated in a Mars Base Project created by Jim Christensen
featuring a satellite downlink from scientists in Houston carried to participating
ICN sites. They discuss Mars and answer questions live. Afterwards students plan
and build a model of a Mars Base. The bases are shared with participating classes
from other ICN sites in IA.
In addition to this project I would also like to participate in a
project titled Red Rover Red Rover. Students will design and build a model rover using Lego
Dacta kits that can be "driven" remotely over a student designed and created
model of a Mars landscape. Using specially designed computer software,the internet,
and the ICN the rovers can also be "driven" remotely from other sites.
Through a network of PASSPORT TO KNOWLEDGE "Live From Mars"
teacher advocates, I will be working collaboratively to provide my
students with a project connecting them to other students in Iowa and in the country.
The schedule for this project follows:
Sept. - Nov., 1996 - Mars research and a variety
of related hands
on activities
Nov. 19, 1996 - 1st "Live From Mars"
broadcast via ICN
Nov., 1996 - Launching of the Mars
Global Surveyor
Dec., 1996 - Launching of Mars
Pathfinder
Dec. 1996 - April, 1997 - More Mars research and a
variety of related
hands on activites
April, 1997 - Culminating projects which
include both the
Mars Base Project and the Red
Rover Red
Rover Project.
April 24, 1997 - 2nd "Live From Mars" broadcast via ICN
May, 1997 - Sharing the projects with the
community
July 4, 1997 - Mars Pathfinder lands on Mars
- Sharing the Mars Base and Red
Rover Red
Rover projects with the community
Future years - I will continue to use the
equipment for future
projects
As an evaluation, I will develop a rubric listing the criteria for
success and a rating scale to show the measure of success. Since the students will be
working in groups, evaluation of their collaborative efforts will be included. They
will also be presenting the project to other students, as well as to members of the
community,and this too will be part of the rubric for evaluation. In
addition a survey will be developed for other students and members of the community to
evaluate the project and its impact on them.
The purposes of this project are several. A main purpose is to make
students and the community aware of the Mars missions, especially the Mars
Pathfinder, which will employ a remotely controlled rover, the Sojourner. The
project also gives students opportunity to apply knowledge they have researched.
Through this project they will also learn about the solar system, Mars relationship in
it, why we might be interested in Mars, especially in the future, and they will
learn the application of technology in a very real medium. As a further benefit or
purpose, students will have the opportunity for a global experience by meeting and
working with students from other parts of Iowa and the country.
In order to make this a successful endeavor I am requesting funding
for the following equipment:
Materials from Lego Industries:
Control Kit $700
Cables, extra motor $100
Mars Site Kit for Red Rover $500
Mars landscape materials $200
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TOTAL $1500
I am applying for grants from a variety of resources including the
Aerospace Grants ($250), Eisenhower Funds ($500-$700), and the Iowa Space Grant
Consortium ($500-$700). My school, Sioux Center Middle School, will
provide the computer and internet access.
As a PASSPORT TO KNOWLEDGE teacher advocate I have agreed to inform
others of the project and how to participate . I could fulfill this
responsibility ,as well as the responsibility for sharing the curriculum for the project, if I am
granted the maximum funding for the Red Rover Red Rover project.
Thank you for your consideration.
Respectfully submitted,
Lucy H. Marske