Introduction
Welcome to my webquest. I am Alesha Nelson, a student teacher at St. Joseph's Teachers' College. Hope you all are ready to have fun while learning.
Grade: 6
Subject: Social Studies
Focus Question: What is the Solar system?
Unit title: Planet Earth as apart of the Solr system
Key Terms: space, comets, galaxy, meteor, solar, star, moon
The solar system consists of the Sun; the eight official planets, at least three "dwarf planets", more than 130 satellites of the planets, a large number of small bodies (the comets and asteroids), and the interplanetary medium. (There are probably also many more planetary satellites that have not yet been discovered.)
Task
We need to go outer space and explore the different activities taking place out there! And to explore the different planets . Are they safe to live on?
Process
Use magazines, websites and books to help Miss. Nelson figure out whether it is safe to exlpore the 8 planets of the solar system or if it is possible to live there.
Also, you will explore the urls below for more info:
www.kidsastronomy.com/solar_system.htm
nineplanets.org/overview.html
Separate into 8 groups, 1 group for each planet.
After which you will need to answer these questions:
~ What is the temprature on each of the planets?
~ Is there any life on the planets already?
~ Is it safe for humans to exlpore each planet?
~ How long will it take to reach each of the planets?
~ Have humans explored each of the planets before?
Evaluation
Report Rubric
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Exemplary |
Proficient |
Partially Proficient |
Unsatisfactory |
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Report Information |
Accurate information taken from several sources. All sources are cited. |
Accurate information taken from a couple of sources. Some sources cited. |
Accurate information taken from a couple of sources but no sources are cited. |
Information taken from only one source and/or information not accurate or cited. |
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Group |
Students worked well together and class time was not wasted. All group members contributed equally. |
Students worked well together most of the time and little class time was wasted. Most group members contributed equally. |
Students worked well together some of the time and half the class time was wasted. A few group members did a majority of the work. |
Students rarely worked well together and the majority of class time was wasted. |
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Report Format |
Report is organized, has an interesting hook, and a variety of detailed sentences. |
Report is mostly organized and detailed. Some sentence fluency is present. |
Report shows little organization and detail. Sentences are choppy or hard to read |
Project shows no organization or detail. No creativity is present. |
Conclusion
The solar system presently consists of nine known planets. But the distinction between "planet," "moon," "asteroid," and "comet" is somewhat arbitrary, being based mainly on broad, general appearance. For each category, marginal cases exist that can be argued either way. For example, Pluto is sometimes said to be too small to be a major planet. It was suggested in Chapter 17 that Pluto would be more properly classified as a former moon of Neptune, as a large asteroid, or even as a comet. Indeed, Pluto would probably sprout a coma and tail if it were brought considerably closer to the Sun.
In the inner solar system, Mercury is very likely to be an escaped moon of Venus, a thesis for which a great deal of evidence exists .
First we have Venus and Earth, both rather similar in mass, composition, solar distance, and number of original significant moons . Following the asteroidal gap, we have the two largest gas giants, Jupiter and Saturn, likewise with similar composition and numerous moons, and with masses and solar distances more similar to one another than to any other planet. Next out we have another pair of twins, Uranus and Neptune, with similar masses, compositions, and solar distances.
SEE THE LINK BELOW TO FIND OUT MORE:
http://metaresearch.org/solar%20system/origins/original-solar-system.asp
Credits
Done by: Alesha Nelson