Friday, April 20, 2018

Rocking Outerspace- Creating Your Own Book

OBJECTIVE: Use data to categorize different bodies in our solar system including moons, asteroids, comets, and meteoroids according to their physical properties and motion.



Introduction:

For this project, you will research some space rocks and other materials. Including asteroids, moons, meteoroids, and comets.  In this quest, you will watch videos and read articles about asteroids, moons, meteoroids, and comets and you will organize the material into a book about space rocks.


Task: 

Using the websites that are provided, you will research the different space materials and create a book that explains the physical properties and motion of each of the different bodies. 

Your book will have a title page and one page for each body (asteroids, moons, meteoroids, and comets), a page with the websites you used listed. Your book will also need to be fully illustrated and in color. 

Each page will answer the following questions and include a picture created by you.

What is a asteroid, moon, meteoroid, or comet? (At least one page for each body)
What is the body made of?
How big is the typical asteroid, moon, meteoroid or comet?
How do they move? 
Are they hot or cold?
Where in the atmosphere are they located?
Are there any that are famous?

Process:

You will watch the following Brainpop videos, take the quiz and email the quiz to your teacher:

You will read the following websites and take notes into a google document. You will email your notes to your teacher:








Watch the following videos:







Evaluation:




Conclusion: 

When you are finished, you will turn your completed book in to the teacher. Be sure to compare it to the rubric above. Did you take your notes and turn them in? Did you email the Brainpop Quizzes? Is your book ready to be graded? 

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