Mission Phase 3 Introduction
Welcome to Mission Phase 3! In Mission Phase 3 the Planet Team will address the Big History question: ‘What makes a planet liveable?’ They will explain how Earth began as a fiery, toxic planet which cooled and changed over time until it experienced the ‘just right’ conditions for life to begin and flourish.
This Big History knowledge of Earth will help you complete your second mission control report. In Mission Control Report B, you will compare and contrast the conditions on Earth to the conditions on Mars by completing a Venn diagram. This will help you prepare for the mission challenge of re-creating the conditions for human life on the planet Mars.
Mission Phase 3 Contents
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3.1 Is Earth just another rocky planet?
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Learning plan
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Pre-learning goals
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Activity 3.1.1
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Mission video 14: Young Earth and its layers
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Activity 3.1.2
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Poster: the Earth's layers
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Activity 3.1.3
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Mission video 15: Earth's changing surface
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Activity 3.1.4
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Demo: tectonic plate boundaries instruction sheet
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Learning summary
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Post-learning goals
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3.2 What are the goldilocks conditions for life?
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Learning plan
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Pre-learning goals
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Activity 3.2.1
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Claims: snap judgement life worksheet
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Activity 3.2.2
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Mission video 16: Life and how it began
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Activity 3.2.3
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Comic: Commander Goldilocks and the three planets
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Activity 3.2.4
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Mission video 17: How life changes
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Activity 3.2.5
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Demo: bird beak adaptation instruction sheet
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Learning summary
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Post-learning goals
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3.3 Mission Control Report (PBL Part B)
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Learning plan
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Pre-learning goals
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Activity 3.3.1
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Mission video 18: Earth vs Mars
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Activity 3.3.2
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Reading: Earth vs Mars
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Venn diagram: Earth vs Mars
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Activity 3.3.3
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Mission video 18: Earth vs Mars
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Activity 3.3.4
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Reading: Does Mars have the Goldilocks conditions for life?
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Table: Earth vs Mars Goldilocks conditions
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Progress pass: mission control report (PBL Part B)
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Learning summary
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Post-learning goals
