SPACE WEBQUEST! 

Welcome to our exploration of our solar system. In this quest you will be researching all the members of our solar system. All through our quest, you will be using many different things to find the information. I want you to write down where and what you used to find your information. As an example, if you used the dictionary to look up definitions you would write that you used the dictionary.

Before we begin though, we must learn some vocabulary. There are many places to find the answers besides the dictionary. Don’t forget to write down where you found it.  Make sure you have a piece of paper to write your answers on OR you can print the downloadable version of this WebQuest to write your answers on.
 
 

PART I

Click on the links below to help you find some answers!

http://www.zoomschool.com/subjects/astronomy/

http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level1/planets.html

1.  Solar System

2.  Rotation

3.  Revolution

4.  Satellite

5.  Axis

6.  Orbit

7.  Planet

8.  Moon

9.  Phase

10.  Crater

11.  Astronaut

12.  Astronomer

13.  Diameter
 
 

PART II

Now lets take a look at the planets that make up our Solar System.

14.  List the planets in order from closest to farthest from the Sun. Remember to write down your resource!

http://www.zoomschool.com/subjects/astronomy/

http://www.seds.org/nineplanets/nineplanets/overview.html

http://planets4kids.com/intro.htm

15.  Which planets make up the inner solar system?

16.  Which planets make up the outer solar system?
 
 

PART III 

17.  The planets can be grouped into two groups by size. List according to size.  Make two lists from A-E like the ones you see below.

http://planets4kids.com/intro.htm
 
 

a.

b.

c.

d.

e.

a.

b.

c.

d.

e.
 
 

18.  The planets can also be arranged by what they are made of. Sasses. List the planets according to what they are made of.  Remember to write down your resource!

a.

b.

c.

d.

e.

a.

b.

c.

d.

e.
 
 

PART IV

Now we are going to look at the individual planets. Remember to write down where you found your information.

http://www.zoomschool.com/subjects/astronomy/

http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/welcome.htm

http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level1/planets.html

Images

http://planetscapes.com/solar/eng/homepage.htm

Using the links above, pick 4 planets and answer the questions below for each one:

A.  Planet name

B.  Distance from Sun

C.  Distance from Earth

D.  Rotation (length of day)

E.  Revolution (length of year)

F.  Moons

G.  How much would you weigh on this planet

H.  Temperature on the planet

I.   Neat facts you read about
 
 

PART V

Now we are going to investigate our own Moon. Here you will study how the moon moves, why we can see it and describe how and why the moon changes.

http://planets4kids.com/moon.htm

http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level1/moon.html

Images

http://planets4kids.com/fotomo.htm

A.  What are the different phases of the moon?

B.  How come we can see the moon?

C.  Why do we see only part of the moon some time?

D.  Neat Facts you found.
 
 

PART VI

Now we will travel to the center of our Solar System, which is the Sun.

http://planets4kids.com/portfoli.htm

http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level1/sun.html

A.  Why is the Sun important to us?

B.  What is the Sun?

C.  Neat Facts