After you decode the message click here.

Here are the documents you will need to complete this activity.
Messages
Alien Alphabet
Wanted Poster

Well, we are about to be into 2007 and we need to spend a little money!

Here is your assignment.

You have been giving $5,000 to spend for the holiday season. Over the next three days your will be working on ways to spend that money. You will need to spend every penny of your $5,000 to get full credit. Sound fun? Keep reading!

As you spend your money you will need to keep track of where it goes using the paper that Mr. Martin gave you. You will need to write down the name of every object, along with how much it costs. You will also need to write down WHERE you are buying it from. For example, click here to see an object that you could buy.

Here is what I would write on my sheet.
Under what was the item: 1,000,000 Books for needy children.
Under how much: $25
Under Location: Universal Giving
Under Who is the gift for: Sierra Leone’s Children

Pretty simple right? Now if the far column you will need to keep a running total of how much you spend.
There is one catch for this assignment. YOU CANNOT SPEND ANY OF THE MONEY ON YOURSELF! ALL OF IT MUST BE SPEND ON SOMEONE ELSE. This can be brother, sisters, mothers, fathers, grandparents, friends, charities, teachers Anyone but yourself.

I am going to include some places to find items on the page titled Spreading Cheer. Good luck and happy shopping!

Which animals and plants live in a desert? How about a pond or the ocean? What is a deciduous forest? What animals and plants live in a deciduous forest? How do the plants and animals in each ecosystem interact with each other in order to survive?

You are about to find out the answers to these questions. Happy hunting and have fun!

YOUR TASK

You will be working with your partner to complete this project.

* Your first task is to research one of the following ecosystems to determine what types of plants and animals call these places home. (The ecosytems you will research are: the desert, the pond, the ocean, and the deciduous forest.)

* Next, you will create a PowerPoint presentation to present your findings.

* Then you and your partner will create your ecosystem, from paper materials, using the information you have collected.

* Finally, using the PowerPoint you will illustrate and label an example of an environment, ecosystem, population, community, and habitat. (You can use your book to remind you what each of those words mean.)

Process

Part 1 Researching You are to research these sites to find the following information.

1. You must find at least 2 plants and 4 animals that live in each ecosystem.
2. Where in the ecosystem can each plant or animal be found? What is its habitat?
3. What does each animal eat? Do they eat any of the other plants or animals that you have included in your ecosystem? Which ones?

Click on the following links to find the information.

Desert Food Web
Make It A Habitat
Enchanted Learning Habitats
Food Chains in Different Ecosystems

Good Luck!

If you have any questions write it in the comments section and we will respond to them.

(Mission Control in Houston)

Step 4- Back at mission control

Submit your flight data collection paper to mission control. (Copy it from the word document into the comments section.) I will read over it and post any comments or corrections.

While you wait for that, begin to work on your PowerPoint Storyboard. This must be completed and checked off BEFORE you actually begin working on your PowerPoint.

PowerPoint presentation should include the following:

1. Title page with all crew members’ names and planet name, with a picture.

2. Slide two and three should summarize all the data you collected in a table format. (File >; Table >; Insert Table, there should be 2 columns and 13 rows.) Look at the table here for an example. Yours will look different, this just shows you what a table should look like.

3. Slide four should contain any information that you think should be included to help the scientists make their final decision about our next home planet.

4. Slide 5 should include some additional pictures you gathered during your exploration.

(European Mission Control)

Remember always keep in contact with Mission Control. Post any questions or comments in the comments section. Make sure to read the comments occasionally, because you never know what might be in there. (Hint, Hint)

After you have looked around visit the NASA kids site. See you on Monday.