The video below shows pictures of the Solar System taken from Voyegar.
Learning about Our Place in Space!
First: Do research
Visit the sites below to read, watch videos and learn about our Solar System!
For Younger Students
Magic School Bus Space Chase
http://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/games/space/map1.asp
For Older Students
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/space_level1/space.html On this site will find interesting information about a lot of amazing space subjects. By the time you have completed the Space Stuff Section, you will be an expert on becoming an astronaut,space probes such as the Hubble Space Telescope, spacesuits, and the history of space travel. Have fun!
http://www.solarviews.com/eng/solarsys.htm- lots of picture views of the solar system
History of Space Travel
Decide what facts are important
List them in the document below
Mercury |
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Vensus |
http://www.happynews.com/living/space/venus-information-kids.htm http://www.happynews.com/living/space/venus-information-kids.htm
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Earth |
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Mars |
http://www.kidscosmos.org/kid-stuff/mars-facts.html
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Uranus |
http://www.kidscosmos.org/kid-stuff/uranus-facts.html
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Jupiter |
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Neptune |
http://www.kidscosmos.org/kid-stuff/neptune-facts.html
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Saturn |
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Pluto |
http://www.kidscosmos.org/kid-stuff/pluto-facts.html
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Astroid Belt |
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Sun |
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And so we reach for the stars!
If you could travel to any othr planet which one would it be?
Review
A video explaining the basic concept behind the rotation of the earth. Young elementary students will begin to understand how the rotation of the earth creates night and day.
Project Possibilities
WITH ANSWERS
The terrestrial planets and Earth's Moon share records of the geological processes responsible for their internal make-up and appearance. These processes are: volcanism, impact cratering, tectonics, and gradation. Use the charts to compare the effects, if any, on the various planets and the Moon.
- and - UNFILLED - and - BACKGROUND NOTESTo observe and describe physical characteristics of edible samples chosen as models of real rocks or meteorites.
What meteorites are, why we study them, and charts for describing the six samples in NASA's Meteorite Disk.
To understand the compactness of planetary matter by measuring mass and volume and relating these to density.
To calculate the percentages of rock and ice in the moons of the outer planets.
To understand that weight is a measure of gravitational attraction and that this force is not the same on each planet.
To understand the relationship between planetary orbits around the Sun and our measure of time.
To demonstrate orbital motions and forces using a tennis ball swung by a ribbon.
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