Planetary Colonization Project  

The following is a list of activities that each team is responsible for completing during the course of this unit.  It will require each group to research their individual planet and produce assignments based on information found.  Everyone should work on the first assignment.  The other four assignments will be divided between the team members.  All work will be shared in an oral presentation given by ALL members of the group.

1.     Create an oral presentation that shows what your planet looked like before colonization and what it looks like now.  Each member of the group will be responsible for gathering the information for one part of the following requirements.  This information will be presented by the student and will include a poster, which reflects the information gathered. Assignment #1: the original size, temperature, and atmosphere of your planet Assignment #2: distance from the sun and at least two other planets, elements found on the planet, and the gravity of your planet Assignment #3: number of moons, year of discovery and who discovered it, and the location of your planet in relation to the other planets in our solar system  Assignment #4:  list of changes that have been made to the planet’s living conditions (atmosphere, temperature, etc). to make your planet more inhabitable.  Make sure you explain how you made these changes.

2. Create a newspaper that has at least 12 half-page articles about the important events on your colony.  The paper should also include at least 6 advertisements for goods, property, or services and twelve illustrations to go with the articles.  Make sure your paper has a name, a date of publication, and a banner at the top of the first page.

3. Create a new name for your colony, create a map showing at least 12 major landmarks (natural or man-made) that are part of or near your colony, write a half page description of each of the 12 landmarks, and create a flag for your colony.  The flag must relate somehow, either in words or design, to your country of origin, but it must differ from your original country’s flag. A motto must appear somewhere on your flag.

4. Keep an official historical colony logbook containing AT LEAST TWELVE different entries.  The book should contain details of 12 important HISTORIC events that occurred from the time of colonization to the present. Each entry MUST be a minimum of a half page (13 lines) and include a drawing or illustration that relates to the content of that entry.  The logbook is a FORMAL city record of your colony. It is not a diary.  It may be typed or handwritten.

5. Create a poster to send to your home country to recruit new settlers.  It should include conditions of living on your planet, a graph of the changes in population numbers over the last twenty years, pictures and descriptions of at least three special spots of interest (natural or man-made), a listing of different employment opportunities currently available on the planet, and the name of your colony.  The descriptions of 3 special spots of interest must be at least 2 paragraphs per spot of interest. (total of 6 paragraphs)

On a separate poster, design a picture of a typical house or type of dwelling in your colony and the basic modes of transportation.    

GRADES: two grades will be assigned to each group member. One grade will be based on the group’s presentation of the requirements in assignment one.  The other grade will be based on the individual member’s work on the assignment assigned to him/her and the presentation of the individual work to the class. The two grades will be averaged together.

DUE DATE MON., APRIL 3