Your team of scientists must find solutions to this threat within 2 months and present your findings to an international task force on the Impact Hazards of Comets. They must decide what items to bring along to survive on a distant planet. You are going to visit a web site about the planets and our solar system. You will shortly begin an exciting exploration of the Planets in our Solar System. The web sites you will soon visit have a variety of exciting facts and photos of the different planets.
Students create a multimedia report recommending a planet for an orbiting space hotel.
The assignment links to resources to support research and includes an evaluation rubric. When students have completed this project they will have a greater understanding of our solar system and earth's relationships to the other planets regarding size and distance from the sun. Students will explore possibilities of space settlements and will prepare a model of a space station. Students will be able to identify and describe characteristics of the Sun. Students will also demonstrate knowledge in using a scanner, sending e-mail, and using the World Wide Web to get information on a topic.