Introduction
Welcome to this webquest all about Earth's sun!
You will read through the webquest before starting. Click on the tabs labeled task, process, evaluation, conclusion, and credits to read about the webquest before you begin.
When you're ready, go to the "task" tab to get started.
Task
In this task you will be researching by reading articles, watching videos, watching brainpop quizzes, and playing games to learn more about your assigned topic.
- You will create two google documents. One called, "Solar Notes" and one called "Shines Bright Like the Sun"
- You will copy the questions below into your document, "Shines Bright Like the Sun"
- You will watch videos and read articles about your topic. As you read and watch, you will take notes into your Solar Notes document. As you find the answers to the questions, you will answer those with complete sentences in your "Shines Bright Like the Sun" document.
- After you have finished taking all the notes and answering all the questions, you will email both of those documents to your teacher.
- Then, you will use your notes and answers to write an expository text about the Earth's Sun. Make sure you use your own wording from your notes, do not copy from another website.
- After writing your paper you will create a 10 slide presentation on the sun. You will include at least 5 images, and other important information from your research. Your slides will look professional, be organized, and everything will need to be spelled correctly. When you finish your Google Slides presentation, email it to your teacher.
- If your notes, questions, research paper, and google slides presentation are complete; you can research possible science fair projects you could present about our sun and other stars.
Copy and paste the questions below on to your google document:
What is the sun?
What are the qualities of a star?
How many stars are in our universe?
How is our sun similiar to other stars?
How is our sun different from other stars?
How old is our sun?
How large is the largest star?
What is a sunspot?
Is our sun the brightest of all the stars?
How far away from the earth is or sun?
How hot is the sun?
How many Earths would fit in the sun?
Process
After you have created your google document and copied the questions into your document, you can begin your research.
Read each of the following articles about the sun. Please make sure to take notes as you read and answer the questions in your google document:
Interesting Facts About the Sun
KidsAstronomy.com
Nine 8 Planets for Kids
The Sun
Watch each of the following brainpop videos, take notes as you watch (in a seperate google document), and then take the quiz after each video. Email your quiz results to your teacher.
Watch : Sun, Life Cycle of Stars, and Big Bang
You will also watch the following video about our sun compared to other stars:
Extension Activity: https://betterlesson.com/lesson/635919/investigating-star-brightness-distance