e-Missions™ are simulated, problem-based, learning adventures delivered right into the classroom via distance learning technology. With the use of the internet and video conferencing equipment, these "live" scenarios are conducted in your classroom by a Flight Director at Mission Control from the Challenger Learning Center at Wheeling Jesuit University.
e-Missions are great tools for teachers to motivate students to learn math and science while at the same time meeting standards and objectives in the classroom. Each e-Mission provides a website with standards-based materials, activities, and lesson plans to help you prepare your students pre-mission. The website also provides all the mission materials needed for the culminating "live" event on mission day.
The e-Mission is a
student-centered, team-based, interactive educational experience that
uses scientifically accurate data to solve problems. Your class will
assemble as an emergency response team and then connect via technology
to the Flight Director at Mission Control. All teams work together with
Mission Control to handle the problem situation as the scenario
unfolds. Every few minutes, new data is received in the classroom via
satellite and your teams perform calculations, create graphs, and assess
the situation. The expert teams in your class then make recommendations
to Mission Control based on their analysis. Description from www.e-missions.net