Earth Science Project

Introduction

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CALLING ALL ELEMENTARY STUDENTS! K - 3rd 

WE ARE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR AN EXTREMELY COLD PLANET !!!!

 

WE ARE LOOKING FOR PLANET MARS, BUT WE DO NOT KNOW WHERE IT'S LOCATED OR WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE! 

                  

We need your help in locating the planet Mars, there will be steps we need to take to learn more about its appearance and its whereabouts before we can locate it.

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ARE YOU READY TO JOIN THE EXPLORERS TEAM??

 

 

Task

As you all should know, we are surrounded by many interesting planets!!

Planet Explorers, for this Web Quest your teacher will split you up into groups of 4-6 students.

In the groups there will be a group leader who will be in charge of writing down the answers the group is finding. These answers will be written down in a worksheet that will be handed out by the teacher. Only one work sheet per group and the worksheet will be found in the process section of the Web Quest.  

All these planets look so different from each other, that in order to know which one is which you would have to know how it looks and where it's located and also its unique features.

Today our Goal for this project is :

  1. To learn what the planet Mars looks like. (color, size, texture)
  2. To learn where the planet Mars is located. (close to the sun or away)
  3. To learn about Mars's special unique features. (does it have craters, moons, stars) 

After learning some interesting facts about Mars, you might even be interested in learning many more things about mars besides the three listed above.

For example, we could explore more facts...we will give you questions that could gain you some extra knowledge on the process part of the web quest!

HINT! HINT!

At the end you may also be receiving a color sheet of mars, where you will get to color Mars and have some fun :]

Process

 

 

                                             

 

 

 

 

 Explorers the following worksheet will be done in groups as we said before, the worksheet will contain 5 questions they will be multiple choice select the best answer and when finished turn it into your teacher. "use the web links provided below the question to find the answers that you seek". Good luck

 

Questions.

  1. Has the planet Mars ever been called the Red Planet? http://www.planetsforkids.org/why-mars-is-called-the-red-planet.html
  2. True
  3. False

 

  1. The temperature on Mars ranges from. https://www.space.com/16903-mars-atmosphere-climate-weather.html
  1. 200 degrees to 28 degrees
  2. 85 degrees to -10 degrees
  3. -125 degrees to 23 degrees
  4. All the above

 

  1. How many moons does Mars have? http://www.planetsforkids.org/how-many-moons-does-mars-have.html
  1. 5
  2. 2
  3. 4
  4. 1

 

  1. Is Mars larger than planet Earth? https://www.howitworksdaily.com/why-is-earth-bigger-than-mars/
  1. True
  2. False

 

  1. How long does it take a Spacecraft to get to Mars from Earth?  http://www.planetsforkids.org/how-long-does-it-take-to-get-to-mars.html
  1. 3 months
  2. 6 months
  3. Between 6 to 8 months
  4. 5 weeks

 

 

Evaluation

Directions: Think about your work with your team on finding Mars. Give yourself a score of "1" if you feel that you could have done a better job in a particular area. Give yourself a "2" if you did a good job in that area; a score of "3" if you went above and beyond the criteria and did an especially outstanding job. Be honest with yourself- we'll also evaluate your work and your team's work together. 

 

Evaluation of my own participation:

[  ] 1. I was a hard-working, dedicated, and focused member of my team.

[  ] 2. I made suggestions and listened to other's ideas.

[  ] 3. I encouraged others to participate and share their ideas. 

 

Evaluation of finding Mars:

[  ] 4. Our ways of finding Mars are clear.

[  ] 5. The written portion of our project clearly describes what to do.

[  ] 6. My team's ideas are very resourceful.

 

Evaluation of our team:

[  ] 7. We found ways to agree on the plan to find Mars.

[  ] 8. Our team worked well together. Each team member contributed and worked to accomplish our goal.

Conclusion

Now that we have explored the planet MARS.

 

Now that we know that people have actually traveled to planet Mars and how long it takes them to get there, maybe now that you have a better understanding about Mars your interest will grow and you might want to learn more about other planets.