Operation Montserrat Island, a new electronic mission, connects a flight director at the Challenger Learning Center (CLC) in Wheeling, West Virginia with a classroom anywhere in the world for a unique learning adventure. With the help of computers, the Internet and a small video camera, students interact with the flight director in Wheeling to track the hurricane, predict volcanic rock fall and determine how these conditions will impact the island?s air, land, water and vegetation. Operation Montserrat Island allows students to participate as Earth systems science experts. Student specialists will be members on the volcano, hurricane or communication teams during the two-hour electronic mission. Operation Montserrat Island engages students to work as scientists in order to solve problems in real-life situations. Students will be called up to determine: -What impact will wind and falling ash from the volcano have on plant life? -How far is the hurricane from the island? -Should residents be evacuated and, if so, what are the possible routes?The mission challenges students to apply their mathematics and science knowledge to a real-life event. Prior to the mission, teachers participate in two days of training to acquaint them with the mission. They leave the training with a pre-flight curriculum for the students designed for incorporation into daily lesson plans three weeks prior to the mission.
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