Transcript Moon - Mrs. Reynolds` Site for Students and Parents

A WebQuest for 2nd Grade
Created by Mrs. Reynolds
Introduction
When the Sun dips below the horizon,
the daytime is through.
The heavens are darkened;
We see the rise of the Moon.
The stars and the planets come out
to play and provide light for the Earth,
until break of day.
Introduction
Tasks
Process
Evaluation
Conclusion
Credits
Tasks
The fuel cells of your Space ship are empty.
You and your team must fill the fuel cells
with facts about your assigned destination.
Begin with the basic facts and add more
interesting facts as you learn them.
Each group will have a :
Web Navigator- goes to the websites
Data entry- takes notes on information to be taught to others
Astronomical Artist- chooses pictures to be used in the
presentation
Presenter- presents information to the Astronomical Council
Introduction
Tasks
Process
Evaluation
Conclusion
Credits
The Process
The Destinations
The Moon
The Stars
The Inner Planets
The Outer Planets
The Asteroids
Click on your destination. The Web Navigator lead you to the Internet
sites where you can find information about your subject.
Introduction
Tasks
Process
Evaluation
Conclusion
Credits
The Moon
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What is the moon?
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/sola
r_system_level1/moon.html
How was the moon formed?
http://www.psi.edu/projects/moon/moon.html
http://www.astronomycafe.net/qadir/q826.html
How big is the moon? How much does it weigh?
http://www.nineplanets.org/luna.html
To learn more about the Moon click on the
astronaut.
More about the Moon
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What are the phases of the moon?
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astr
onomy/moon/Phases.shtml
http://www.tqnyc.org/NYC063368/the_moon.htm
How does the moon effect the tides on Earth?
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astr
onomy/moon/Tides.shtml
How is the surface of the moon different from
the surface of Earth?
http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/bobalien99/moon
.htm
Man on the Moon
When did man
land on the moon?
 What were the
most famous
words of the
twentieth century?
 How many lunar
(moon) missions
were there?
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http://www.youtube.com/wat
ch?v=RMINSD7MmT4
The Stars
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What is a star?
http://membeht_a/bobalien99/stars.htm#WHAT%20IS%20A
%20STAR
http://www.tqnyc.org/NYC063368/the_stars.htm
How are stars born? How do stars die?
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/stars/
lifecycle/
What are the different kinds of stars?
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/stars/
startypes.shtml
Why do stars twinkle?
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/stars/
twinkle.shtml
How long does a star live?
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/universe_level1/
stars.html
Earth’s Closet Star
What is the closest star to the Earth?
 http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subje
cts/astronomy/stars/nearest.shtml
 What did some people used to think the
sun was?
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarC
hild/solar_system_level1/sun.html
 What kind of star is the sun?
 http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/bobalien9
9/sunten.htm
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Things We Need to Know About the Sun
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How far away is the sun from the Earth?
Is the Sun solid, liquid, or gaseous?
During what month is the Sun closest to
the Earth? What month is it the farthest
away?
Where is the Sun hottest?
Where is the Sun coolest?
How old is the Sun?
Are sunspots hotter or colder than the
surrounding areas?
What is a solar eclipse?
The Inner Planets
What are the Inner Planets?
 http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/bobalien99
/inner.htm
 http://www.tqnyc.org/NYC063368/The_In
ner_Planets.htm
 Clip on each planet to learn more.
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Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Mercury
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When can Mercury be seen from Earth?
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/s
olar_system_level1/mercury.html
How hot is Mercury?
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/as
tronomy/planets/mercury/index.shtml
What does Mercury look like?
http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/bobalien99/mer
corb.htm
How long is a day and a year on Mercury?
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/as
tronomy/planets/mercury/mercuryday.shtm
Venus
Why is Venus called the Evening Star?
What is the temperature on Venus?
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChil
d/solar_system_level1/venus.html
 Why is Venus called Earth’s twin sister?
http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/bobalien99/v
enus.htm
 How long is a day on Venus? How long is
one year?
 What is the atmosphere of Venus made of?
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects
/astronomy/planets/venus/
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Earth
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Since we live on Earth we can’t see it in
the night sky. But what does Earth look
like from other places in space? Click on
the celestial body to see Earth from
other satellites.
Earth from the Moon
The Earth and Moon from Mars
Earth
Moon
Mars
What are the surface features of Mars?
How long is a day and a year on Mars?
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects
/astronomy/planets/mars/
 What is the temperature like on Mars?
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChil
d/solar_system_level1/mars.html
 Where is the largest volcano in the Solar
System? What is it called?
http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/bobalien99/
marsten.htm
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Asteroids and Meteors
 What
is an asteroid? What is the
Asteroid Belt? Where is it?
http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/boba
lien99/asteroid.htm
 What is a meteor? Has the Earth
ever been hit by a meteor? If so
where?
 http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/
StarChild/solar_system_level1/met
eoroids.html
Comets
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What is a comet?
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_
system_level1/comets.html
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What is the difference between a comet and a
“shooting star”?
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/s
olar_system_level1/meteoroids.html
What are the names of some famous comets?
http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/bobalien99/comets.
htm
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What happened when a comet hit Jupiter?
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http://www.uen.org/utahlink/tours/tourImage.cgi?im
age_id=21721&tour_id=14274
Things to know about Asteroids,
Meteors, and Comets
What is the difference between an
asteroid and a meteor?
 How is a comet different from an
asteroid or meteor?
 When was Haley’s comet here last and
when will it return?
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Shoemaker-Levy 9 hits Jupiter
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What happened when a comet broke up and hit Jupiter?
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http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/sl9/
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What are the Outer Planets?
How are they different from the Inner Planets?
http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/bobalien99/outer.htm
http://www.tqnyc.org/NYC063368/the_outer_planets.ht
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The Outer Planets
Jupiter
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How far from the sun is Jupiter?
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar
_system_level1/jupiter_facts.html
Compared to Earth, how large is Jupiter?
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar
_system_level1/jupiter.html
What is the large red spot on Jupiter?
http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/bobalien99/jupspot
.htm
What are Jupiter’s Galilean moons? Who
discovered them?
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astr
onomy/planets/jupiter/
More questions about Jupiter
What happened when pieces
of the Shoemaker-Levy comet
hit the atmosphere of Jupiter?
 http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/d
ocs/StarChild/solar_system_le
vel1/jupiter_know.htm
 http://www.uen.org/utahlink/tou
rs/tourImage.cgi?image_id=21
721&tour_id=14274
 http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/sl9/
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A necklace of SL-9 impact sites
Saturn
What is the planet Saturn made of?
http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/bobalien99/s
aturn.htm
 How does Saturn’s fast spin affect its
shape?
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChil
d/solar_system_level1/saturn.html
 How is Saturn’s density different from other
planets?
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects
/astronomy/planets/saturn/
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Saturn’s Rings
What are the rings of Saturn made of?
What do you need to see Saturn’s
rings?
 http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subje
cts/astronomy/planets/saturn/
 How were the rings formed?
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarC
hild/solar_system_level1/saturn.html
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Uranus
What gives Uranus its blue color?
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects
/astronomy/planets/uranus/
 How is Uranus different from other
planets?
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChil
d/solar_system_level1/uranus.html
 What is the effect of the tilt on the north
and south poles of Uranus?
 http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/bobalien99/u
ranus.htm
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Neptune
Why is Neptune called the twin of Uranus?
http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/bobalien99/n
eptune.htm
 How is Neptune’s moon Triton different
from other Neptunian moons?
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChil
d/solar_system_level1/neptune_know.html
 How does the discovery of Neptune differ
from the discovery of other planets?
 http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects
/astronomy/planets/neptune/index.shtml
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Pluto the Dwarf Planet
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How is Pluto different from the other Outer Planets?
What does Pluto look like in the largest telescopes
on earth?
When was Pluto discovered?
How long does Pluto take to rotate once on its own
axis?
Does Pluto have ice caps - like the planet Mars?
What is the name of Pluto’s moon?
When was Pluto's moon discovered?
How far away is the planet Pluto?
What is the natural color of Pluto?
http://www.the-planet-pluto.com/pluto-pictures.html
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astrono
my/planets/pluto/
Have you found the answers to
these important questions?
How big is the object? (look for words
like size, mass, diameter, etc.)
 How long is a day? Or how long does it
take to rotate on its axis?
 How long is a year? How long does it
take to go around the sun?
 Does it have any moons?
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Evaluation
The Following Rubric will be used to Evaluate your Research
Beginning
1
Developing
Accomplished
Excellent
2
3
4
All appropriate topics
covered well. Includes
interesting facts.
Research
Part One
Covers some of
Does not cover all
the appropriate
appropriate topics
topics.
Covers most of the
appropriate topics.
Research
Part Two
Covers some of
Does not cover all
the appropriate
appropriate topics
topics.
All appropriate topics
Covers most of the
covered well. Also includes
appropriate topics.
interesting facts.
Teamwork
The team
The team needed The team worked
required a lot of
some adult help well together with
adult help to help
to help them work
most members
them work
The team worked well
together with each team
member doing their job
No. of Fuel
Cells with
Ten Facts
Less than 1 full
fuel cell-
1 full fuel cell
1 to 11/2 full fuel
cells
More than 2 full fuel cells
Presentation
of Facts
Pulled and read
cards
Organized
cards in topic
order
Team presented
the facts in an
interesting way
Students presented the
facts in more than one
interesting way.
Little or no
artwork
Artwork was
neat
Artwork was neat,
there were
different kinds
Posters and handouts
were neat and
informative
A day or two late
Handed in on time
Art
Work
Timeliness
Over a week late
A week late
Score
Research Part One
The celestial body’s name
 Position in the Solar System
 Its size, mass, gravity at the surface
 Orbit around the sun
 Length of year (how long it takes to go
around the sun)
 Length of a day (how long it takes to
rotate on its axis)
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Research Part Two
The planet's atmosphere
 Temperature range
 Internal composition
 Moons
 Rings
 How a person would fare on the
planet?
 Discovery
 Unusual features
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Presentation is Everything!
If everyone gets up and reads their fuel cell
strips it will be boring!!!
Here are some suggestions to
liven things up:
Lots of pictures, posters and graphs, a Power
point presentation, music, a rap, a dance
number, a song, a play, etc.
Anything goes as long as you--
PRESENT THE FACTS
Conclusion
Each night as we look into the sky
we see the familiar moon and
stars. As we study them we learn
more about them and find out that
there is so much more to know.
Introduction
Tasks
Process
Evaluation
Conclusion
Credits
Credits
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http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/sl9/
http://www.astronomycafe.net/
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/
http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/bobalien99/
http://www.nineplanets.org/
http://www.psi.edu/projects/
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/
http://www.the-planet-pluto.com/pluto-pictures.html
http://www.tqnyc.org/NYC063368/
http://www.uen.org/utahlink/tours/tourImage.cgi?image_id=2
1721&tour_id=14274
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMINSD7MmT4