Science+-+Space

Some great websites! [|kids astronomy]

[|Bob the Alien]

[|NASA for kids]

[|Mysteries of deep space]

[|International space station]

[|Amazing Space]

[|BBC space]

[|Inner Planets jeopardy game]

[|Outer Planet Jeopardy]

Inner Planets - Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars.

Watch these videos on Mercury. Write 10 facts about Mercury on your Inner Planets page. media type="youtube" key="nK6ETuXgwb4" height="385" width="480"media type="youtube" key="cM8qzuYvaqY" height="385" width="480"

Watch these videos on Venus. Write 10 facts about Venus on your Inner Planets page. media type="youtube" key="OMU_MtNwhJY" height="385" width="480"media type="youtube" key="QTo-DOJhpXw" height="385" width="480"media type="youtube" key="mNgZA2Xkx-4" height="385" width="480"

Earth Go to the following link (Bob the Alien). Read through it (Ten Earth Facts) and complete the cloze handout. [|Bob the Alien]

Then complete the research boxes on __Welcome to Earth__, __Why is there life on Earth?__, __How did Earth form?__ and __A Year on Earth.__ Use the info from the Bob the Alien website to write 10 facts about the Earth on your Inner Planets page.

Watch this video on Mars. Do the review quiz on it afterwards. [|Mars video - brainpop]

Write a minimum of 10 facts about Mars on your Inner Planets page.

When you are finished, go to one of the three links at the top of the page (Kids astonomy, bob the alien, NASA for kids) and continue to add information to your Inner Planets page.

The Outer Planets - Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.

Watch the short video on the outer planets. Then click on the comparison chart link and copy the notes onto your comparison chart. You only need to copy the title telxt - but I want you to read everything :)

[|link to outer planets video]

[|Comparison chart between inner and outer planets]

Jupiter - watch the two videos and write a minimum of 10 facts about Jupiter on your outer planets page. [|Link to Jupiter video]

[|link to Jupiter's moons videos]

Saturn

[|Link to Saturn video]

Uranus and Neptune - watch both videos and explore both links to complete your "Who am I" sheet. When you are finished, fill in your outer planets page with a minimum of 10 facts each.

Uranus [|link to Uranus video] [|Uranus information link]

Neptune [|link to Neptune Video] [|link to Neptune info]

Is Pluto a Planet? [|video link]

[|pluto's orbit]