Mission to Mars: Blended Learning Design Quest
Mission to Mars
Mission #1: Gathering Provisions and Setting Your Course
Mission #3: Setting Up Operations
Mission #4: Building a Town Hall
Mission #5: Exploring the Next Frontier
Introduction
The Year is 3016.
Mars has been terraformed and can now sustain human life. You are part of a group of colonizers looking to make a new life for yourselves on the red planet.
The group consists of 3 main types of travelers.
| Miners (+10) | Settlers (+20) | Farmers (+30) |
It is going to take a lot to make Mars home. All 3 roles will need to participate. That’s where you come in.
You will face 5 missions as you settle this new frontier. During each of these missions, you will have the opportunity to take on one of three roles,
Each role will have its own challenge quest and associated point value.
The overall objective for you the gamer, is to reach a minimum of 40/80 points at each mission checkpoint and a minimum of 200/400 points by the end of all five missions. A special prize will go to the traveler who earns the most points.
There are alternative routes during each missions to help you earn points, these are called “side quests”.
Additionally, each of the five missions will allow you to collaborate with one other traveler on a challenge quest. Any two people may collaborate for the additional points no matter what roles they choose.
Mission Control
As your adventure progresses, new mission details will be revealed. Upon completing a mission, check back with mission control.
Mission #1: Gathering Provisions and Setting Your Course
Mars is a long way off, how will you get where you want to go?
Before you can leave for the wild red yonder, you will need to stock your rocketship. Mission #1 is about getting the supplies you’ll need to be successful.
Mission #2: Building a Bridge
You have reached Mars, but your journey has only just begun. You have discovered the perfect spot to start your mining operations, but there is just one problem:
A giant gaping chasm stands between your work site and home base. How will you design a bridge connecting the two?
Mission #3: Setting Up Operations
Far from a barren desert, you find Mars has a bounty of resources. How will you identify those resources, and once you do, how will you best put them to use?
Mission #4: Building a Town Hall (Removed)
Your mining community is thriving. With hard work and success comes new ideas and new plans. What direction is your new community headed in? You decide to build a town hall, to encourage the free exchange of ideas.
Mission #5: Exploring the Next Frontier
Time has passed. What was once a small outpost has become, through your efforts, a bustling city. The mining industry is thriving. New families are arriving settling every day, and the harvest from your hydroponic crops is plentiful. With so many accomplishments, what will you turn your attention to next? You look to the stars.