This afternoon in the AT&T Classroom Mrs. Spence launched a space mission challenge with the Defer Intermediate fifth graders. As part of their study of the solar system, the fifth graders have been given the challenge to travel toward the Moon via the Orion spacecraft in the year 2025. Working in teams of four, each “crew” must develop a survival plan that includes items that will help the crew survive. Additionally, the crew must consider research from NASA experts and provide justification for the selection of the items in their crew’s survival plan. Before embarking on their mission, Captain Spence cautioned the space crews that their survival depends upon their ability to work cooperatively as a team to select the most useful items for their survival plan and to determine how the items will be used to survive on the moon.