Pre-Mission Preparation Checklist

 

(in priority and chronological order)

• Test distance learning link with Challenger's Mission Control
• Students assigned to teams
• Interactive lecture on practice data
• Set Up the classroom for the mission:

Communication station set up - 1 computer ready for the Communication Board and 1 system for audio/video

Specialist team work areas with calculators, rulers, maps, report forms and Team Preparation Packets. Set up tables and chairs. Floor plan should permit teams to work separately. A team member from each team should be able to walk easily between each team’s area and the Communications Team. This arrangement permits an uninterrupted "communication’s flow."

Evacuation Team work area, with whiteboard and markers.

• Teams assign roles and get organized:

Evacuation Team assigned (4-8 students) — Pre-Briefing Questions, Maps of Montserrat Island (relief, population, and road maps) and Team Tasks.

Volcano Team assigned (4-8 students) — Pre-Briefing Questions, RF Data and VT Data Charts and Team Tasks.

Hurricane Team assigned (4-8 students) — Pre-Briefing Questions, Hurricane Tracking Forms and Team Tasks.

Communications Team picked (2 students) — Report Forms and Team Tasks.

• Teams make room decorations, patches, posters on the wall.