Introduction
You are an Astronaut going into outer space for the first time. Your job is to go to each planet and find out all of this crucial information and more about the planets and report back to mission control in Houston with all of your discoveries. Good Luck! Your mission is about to begin.
Task
You will be researching planets on the internet and recording information on a seperate sheet of paper. You will record each planet's distance from the sun, size, temperature, rotation, revolution, and even your age and weight on each of the planets!
You will also need to find out three interesting facts about each planet (make sure to include facts on the Earth and Sun, too) and present your information in one of three ways: a 3-D model of our solar system with facts labeled, an oral report with drawings of the planets, or by performing a play about the planets and sun.
You also will be researching the names of the planets and where they came from. You must provide information on all of the planet names, and then each group member will choose one to draw a picture of the god/goddess that the planet was named after, or read a story to the class about that god/goddess.
Process
In this part of your mission, you will be landing on your planets, investigating them, and recording your data.
Step 1:
Record your data about the planets. Also write three fun facts about each planet.
Step 2:
Find out what your weight and age would be on each planet. You will be able to find this information on the internet.
Step 3:
Use the informtation you found to do one of the following projects.
1.) A solar system model
2.) Oral Report in front of class
3.) A mini play about the information you found
Evaluation
Evaluation:
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| CATEGORY | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Quality of Work | Provides work of the highest quality. | Provides high quality work. | Provides work that occasionally needs to be checked/redone by other group members to ensure quality. | Provides work that usually needs to be checked/redone by others to ensure quality. |
| Focus on the task | Consistently stays focused on the task and what needs to be done. Very self-directed. | Focuses on the task and what needs to be done most of the time. Other group members can count on this person. | Focuses on the task and what needs to be done some of the time. Other group members must sometimes nag, prod, and remind to keep this person on-task. | Rarely focuses on the task and what needs to be done. Lets others do the work. |
| Working with Others | Almost always listens to, shares with, and supports the efforts of others. Tries to keep people working well together. | Usually listens to, shares, with, and supports the efforts of others. Does not cause \"waves\" in the group. | Often listens to, shares with, and supports the efforts of others, but sometimes is not a good team member. | Rarely listens to, shares with, and supports the efforts of others. Often is not a good team player. |
| Contributions | Routinely provides useful ideas when participating in the group and in classroom discussion. A definite leader who contributes a lot of effort. | Usually provides useful ideas when participating in the group and in classroom discussion. A strong group member who tries hard! | Sometimes provides useful ideas when participating in the group and in classroom discussion. A satisfactory group member who does what is required. | Rarely provides useful ideas when participating in the group and in classroom discussion. May refuse to participate. |
Conclusion
Mission Complete!! Houston thanks you for your participation on this voyage. So crew, did you find out which planet spins backwards? Which one would float? How much did you weigh on Mars and how old are you there. Come back soon and you can find out a lot more information about things even further than our planets.