Question

write a debate on media does not need to conquer the outer space​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. Get students to get into groups based on which one of the following they agree

with:

--- In favor of sending both human and robotic missions to space

--- In favor of only sending robotic missions to space

--- Not in favor of space exploration

--- Undecided

Let the students know that they can change groups at anytime during the debate, as

many times as they wish.

2. Give groups about 5 minutes to talk amongst themselves and decide which points

are the most important if they were to convince someone of their opinion.

3. Each group gets 2 minutes to state their case (other groups cannot rebuttal until

all groups have gone).

4. The debate begins! How this goes will depend on the class. The students can just

talk amongst themselves (but step in if it gets too off topic, or certain students are

dominating the conversation, etc.). Another way is to get the students to put their

hands up when they have something to say, and you choose who talks next. It is

useful to put a time limit (30---60 seconds) on how long they can talk for. Let the

debate go on for as long as time allows, but make sure there are 10---15 minutes at

the end of class for a wrap---up.

5. Interject information or ask questions as the debate goes on if someone is way off

base on something or if there is something important that hadn’t been covered yet.

Try your best, though, not to influence the students.

6. Makes notes of points that were brought up often (typically economics, humans

vs. machines, other things (social programs, health research) are more important,

etc.)

7. Wrap---up the debate by providing information regarding the points that were

brought up often (what percentage of American budget goes to NASA; spin---off

technologies; collaboration between humans & robots, we need to find somewhere

to live when Earth “explodes”, etc.). Write down a table with pros and cons of space

exploration. Let the students know that this topic is continually under debate

among scientists.