Summative

Use mathematical or computational representations to predict the motion of orbiting objects in the solar system

(HS-ESS1-4)

Task Overview

COURSE MISSION SCENARIO: Earth is becoming increasingly uninhabitable. Accelerating climate change is driving our planet toward conditions that cannot sustain human civilization as we know it. Your team has been selected for the New Horizons Mission — humanity's effort to find a new home among the stars.

This summative traces the three steps your 'mission team' must complete to design the satellite orbit that makes the search possible — each task builds directly on the one before it.

Assessment Criteria

Apply ratios, rates, percentages

Make accurate calculations.

Accuracy is the degree to which a measured value is to the actual value. In other words, compute/calculate correct numbers. Show all your work (If being asked to calculate in scientific notation, show all work in scientific notation). Round all values to Sig Figs.

Use conceptual ideas to explain phenomenon

Use scientific terminology accurately in appropriate contexts. Use scientific information accurately. Organize processes or explanations logically. Do not guess what is happening or why, but use reason and logic.