Goal Setting & Decision Making
Everest Advice Column,
Divisions I to IV:
Intro | Procedure
Introduction:
Using the Internet as a communications tool, students have the opportunity to establish dialogues with others around the world. The Everest 2000 expedition provides opportunities to discuss specific topics not only with members of the team but with other students from around the world.
Students will learn by doing. They'll gather data and explore, create, and organize information. The Everest 2000 expedition provides them with access to people and information in the real world, and they'll learn about real world problems. The connections to real people, events, and problems make these projects feel relevant, important, and interesting, and this will heighten the student's interest in participating.
As the students have discovered, weather conditions are a major factor that must be taken into account when decisions have to be made on Mt. Everest. In this activity, students are encouraged to gather data on the current weather conditions on Mt. Everest as well as the long range forecast. The weather conditions and forecast are posted on the weather page on the Everest 2000 Website.
They will be asked to use this information, their background knowledge of weather, and the decision-making process developed in other activities to construct an "advice column" for the Everest 2000 team. This advice can be e-mailed to the Everest 2000 team at info@everest2000.ca. As time permits, the team members will select advice columns and post them on the Everest 2000 Website.
Procedure:
1. You should have a good understanding of the following:
2. Design a series of data charts that allow you to:
- record the daily weather conditions on Mt. Everest for a one-week period (see weather page)
- record the long range forecast for this time period
- record the planned activities of Byron and the other members of the Everest 2000 team for that week (see daily updates, week-at-a-glance, or (see intinerary)
3. Byron and other members of the expedition will be making decisions based on the current conditions and the long range forecast. As a class or Internet team, use a sound decision-making process to determine what you would do if you were on Mt. Everest instead of Byron.
4. Combine your research and the decision-making process to write Byron, advising him as to what he should do. Make sure you explain how you arrived at your decision and all of the factors that your team took into account.
5. E-mail your advice column to the Everest 2000 team at info@everest2000.ca. As time permits, the Everest 2000 team will select one or two advice columns and post them on their website. Please do not be disappointed if your column does not get posted on the Everest website. Remember that Byron and the other team members are very busy preparing to reach the summit of Mt. Everest and they might not have time to get all e-mails on the website.
6. Have fun and "See you at the Top!"
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