Rubrics for Establishing a colony

Task
1 Water (4 Points)
(4 Points) Complete information on how to obtain water and conserve it
(3 Points) Missing information on how to obtain water or how to conserve it
(2 Points) Missing one of the two topics
(1 Point) Total incomplete information

2 Food (4 Points)
(4 Points) Complete information on how to obtain food and conserve it
(3 Points) Missing information on how to obtain food or how to conserve it
(2 Points) Missing one of the two topics
(1 Point) Total incomplete information

3 Health (4 Points)
(4 Points) Complete information on how to conserve health and deal with accidents
(3 Points) Missing information on how to conserve health and deal with accidents
(2 Points) Missing one of the two topics
(1 Point) Total incomplete information

4 Wastes (4 Points)
(4 Points) Complete information on how to processing of wastes and recycle them
(3 Points) Missing information on how to processing of wastes and recycle them
(2 Points) Missing one of the two topics
(1 Point) Total incomplete information

5 Presentation (4 Points)
(4 Points) Thorough power point presentation
(3 Points) Presents doubts during presentation
(2 Points) Difficult to understand some parts
(1 Point) Not totally understandable

Establishing a colony

1. Assignment of team leaders.
2. Selection of the group of teammates.
3. Select the place where you are going to establish your "Martin Luther King Jr." Colony. (Only deserts and polar regions are allowable!!) Greenland, Antartica, Gobi, Sahara, Kalahari, Namibia, Great Victoria Desert, Gibson Desert, Atacama, Patagonian desert, Chihuahan, Sonora, Mojave, Great Basin Desert.

4. How are you going to obtain:
a. Water
b. Energy (nuclear plant provided)
c. Food
d. Conserve health
e. Dwelling (Huge enclosed place where you can place all your needs) You can not go out during the two years!!
f. Processing of wastes

5. Plan to live in the enclosed environment for at least two years without outside help.

Maximum amount of resources you can carry 40 tons.
Due date February 22 2010!!!