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=Integrated Unit Planner=

Critical Content/Concept Web

 * Unit Theme**: Mars Colony
 * Conceptual Lens: Utility**
 * Unit Length: 9 classes**
 * Grade Level(s): 9**


 * ===Unit Overview=== ||
 * Students will create a Mars colony with individual group attention to water, air, living quarters, clothing, waste management, and food production. Students will document their work in a portfolio of each stage of their planning and design a segment of the Mars colony. They will create a 3D model of their plan and present it to class. As a culminating activity, the class will discuss and arrange the individual models for the most utility. ||

Per person calculations for food space and waste management || Space exploration || Role of society ||
 * English || Mathematics || Science || Social Studies ||
 * Presentation || Scale

Designer(s): Walter Perry

 * Students will understand that... **

• **Students will understand that the basic needs of life and technology, science and engineering can support life's basic needs on another planet.**

**Essential Question**:

What technologies are available and necessary to sustain life of a Mars colony the size of the high school and overcome the challenges of a settlement?


 * Mission Statement: **


 * Students will communicate clearly and effectively through writing and presenting. Demonstrate creative and independent thinking and apply technology effectively. **