Our SiteVJC02 Why Did We Chose This Topic?Recently, there seem to be an increase in the news related to Mars ever since the rovers "Spirit" and "Opportunity" landed on Mars on 3 January 2004 and 24 January 2004. After "Spirit" landed, President Bush revived plans for manned missions. This annoucement shocked our team and made us ponder whether we would be able to land on Mars in our lifetime. Therefore one of the objective of the site would be to gauge the advancement in the exploration of Mars in the future. This site is like a time capsule to see how much has the world changed. In fact, much discussion and debate had been gone through before we finally chose this topic. we had trouble deciding on the category as each of us had different opinion on the categories. We even consulted our coach, Mr. Gi for suggestions for the topic for us to work on. In the end, we managed to select a few topics and voted democratically. We were glad that we participated in this competition because it taught us hard work, dedication, and commitment to the project. Furthermore, it teaches us co-operation, responsibility and teamwork, and without it we would not have completed the project. This website, Quest to Planet Mars, has helped us gained valuable knowledge about Mars, and many new interesting facts that we do not learn in school. Indeed, it has been a rewarding experience. Our TeamOur team consist of 6 students, aged 16-17. They are Colin, Junrong, Victor, Shafeeq, Kishore and Wee Suan. The coach to our team is Mr. Gi. How we metAlthough we are in the same college (Victoria Junior College in Singapore), each member of the team is from a different class and it was indeed amazing how we met. We met when Colin heard about the ThinkQuest competition and was looking around seeking for people to join him to form a team to participate in the competition. Somehow the rest of the team heard about his cries for teammate and decided to join the competition to gain some experience. That's how our team was formed. How often, when and where the team met with one another.Each member of the team has packed timetables and it would be close to impossible for us to meet physically, though there are weekly instances during which we managed to meet face-to-face at the computer laboratory in our college during our Co-Curricular Activities period. We exchange emails regularly to keep each other updated of our work progress. Also, we chat frequently on MSN Messenger to discuss our project. All these are made possible by the computers we have in our house, so that we can meet online, instead of face-to-face, which is difficult as we have different schedules. We try to dedicate our Friday nights for weekly online meetings during which we update each member in the team of each other's progress. Roles each member playedColin Victor Junrong Wee Suan Shafeeq Kishore Our Coach: Mr. Gi |