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Bobo has invited you to accompany him on a voyage to the far reaches of the Milky Way.  Along the way, you will have the opportunity to meet three different life forms from three planets.  During these Voyages, you will be helping Bobo find and determine the genetic make-up of the three species.  You will meet the Neptrionians on Neptune, the Lizardians on Jupiter, and the Purple Guys on Mars.  All of these creatures are friendly and non-confrontational with the human race.

Please select your voyage:

Voyage 1 | Voyage 2 | Voyage 3
  
Voyage: Matchmaker

During this voyage, you will help Bobo find which planet has the best ratio of guys to girls, and which planet Bobo has the best chance of finding a wife on. The ratio is # of girls/# of  guys, then you simplify. 

There are also ages for each of the life forms, so you will have to take into consideration that Bobo is 20 years old.  This means that Bobo will only take interest the beings within the 18-25 age range. 

Next, find out which planet Bobo has the best chance of finding friends his age (18-28).  This is so Bobo has a place other than Earth that he can hang out with his friends.

Note - Guys on all of the planets have names just like guys on Earth. Girls have names just like girls on Earth.

Neptrionians

  1. Heather (21)
  2. Leroy (54)
  3. Tammy (26)
  4. Tina (20)
  5. William (21)
  6. Holly (19)
  7. Sarah (17)
  8. Tara (22)
  9. Jerome (23)
  10. Lisa (25)

Lizardians

  1. Billy (25)
  2. Robert (36)
  3. John (57)
  4. Kim (24)
  5. Jimmy (22)
  6. Timmy (91)
  7. Leroy (11)
  8. Doug (18)
  9. Adam (23)
  10. Greg (65)

Purple Guys

  1. Stewart (22)
  2. Jill (18)
  3. Joy (20)
  4. Mary (25)
  5. Miranda (28)
  6. Katie (17)
  7. Jenny (22)
  8. Jeremy (24)
  9. Jenna (28)
  10. Stephanie (28)

Answer the following questions concerning the above data:

  1. Which planet has the best ratio of guys to girls? and which planet does Bobo have the best chance of finding a wife on?
  2. Which planet does Bobo have the best chance of finding friends his age (18-28)?
  3. Which planet is the least likely to have a wife for Bobo.
  4. Which planet is least likely to have friends Bobo's age?
  5. What conclusions can you draw from the information given here?

Lesson Created by Scott Connolly

Voyage: Intelligence

All of the planets have decided to take the Universal Basic Skills Test.  The test will help us find out which planets are the most and least knowledgeable in the Universe.  We will be looking at the scores of Neptune, Jupiter, and Mars.  Bobo wants to find a planet that he can visit where the inhabitants are around the same intelligence level as his.  He doesn't feel too smart, and he doesn't feel too unintelligent.  Bobo’s score on the test was 35 out of 50.

Questions

According to average test score, which planet would Bobo feel the most comfortable visiting?  Explain why the other planets would make him feel uncomfortable.  Graph the scores from the test for each planet in a bar graph.  Then, make an estimation for what you think is the average test score for each of the planets.  After your estimation, determine the real average scores.  Be sure to make an estimation for each planet and graph all your data.

10 Random Scores for Jupiter:

38, 42, 48, 36, 50, 42, 45, 47, 43, 39

10 Random Scores for Mars:

37, 31, 29, 45, 25, 28, 30, 27, 32, 26

10 Random Scores for Neptune:

31, 39, 25, 40, 37, 34, 33, 38, 34, 39


Lesson Created by James Northwick

Voyage: Rainbow

Here, Bobo will provide you with data he collected, and you will be collecting some of your own.  You will need to survey 10 Earthlings in your class and determine whether or not they can roll their tongue.  While you're at it, see what color their eyes are.  Be sure to record your data in the provided data collection sheet.

Begin by analyzing the data below.

Purple Guys

Eye Color—Purple, Purple, Gold, Purple, Purple, Red, Gold, Red, Purple, Gold

Tongue Rolling—Yes, No, No, No, Yes, Yes, No, Yes, No, No

Neptrionians

Eye Color—Black, Black, Blue, Brown, Blue, Black, Brown, Brown, Brown, Brown

Tongue Rolling—No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No

Lizardians

Eye Color—Gold, Black, Gold, Gold, Black, Red, Gold, White, Black, Red

Tongue Rolling—Yes, Yes, Yes, No, Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes

Questions

1.  Using the data Bobo collected, determine which eye color was most common for each race.

2a.  Which race has the best tongue rollers? 
2b.  Which race has the worst tongue rollers?  Explain why.



Now collect data from 10 of your classmates.



3.  Using whatever knowledge you have about heredity, make an assumption about the future alien or Earthling children.  Do you think their eye color and tongue rolling abilities will be similar or different?  Explain.
 
Concerning the entire Solar System answer the following questions:

4.  Which eye color is most common?
5.  Which race has the best tongue rollers?
6.  Are people with a certain eye color more likely to be able to roll their tongues?

Lesson Created by Mike Jungck