Science
Planet Profile Project
We are going to be starting our planet profile projects this week. To start, you need to decide if you want to work with a partner or independently. If you are really set on working on a specific planet in our solar system, and the partner you want to work with doesn't agree, then it might be better to work independently.
Criteria
Scroll through the document below to find project criteria and grading information. This document must be handed in when you submit your final assignment.
Criteria
Scroll through the document below to find project criteria and grading information. This document must be handed in when you submit your final assignment.
Research Guide
This particular document is to be used while you research. It must also be handed in when you hand in your final project, along with your non-fiction text features list.
Use the websites below, Google searches, and books to guide your research. Remember that you will need to keep track of websites and books that you use as you will be expected to provide a list of resources included in your project.
Good luck!
Good luck!
Planet Overviews - Websites that might help
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Click on your planet. Scroll down and click on "More" to get more specific information about the planet.
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Scroll down to the middle of the article and click on a planet name to proceed.
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Hover your cursor over "Planets" in the main menu and select your planet from there.
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Planetary Revolution vs. Rotation
This week, we need to establish some facts about our solar system and how it works. We have eight planets revolving around our sun, which is the centre of our solar system. The four inner planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars and the four outer planets are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, also known as the gas giants.
At all times, these planets are revolving or orbiting the sun, which really just means they're going around the sun in a circular-like motion. At the same time, the planets are rotating, which impacts the way that the sun's light hits the planet.
The video below will help us complete our rotation and revolution activity, as well as help us to describe why we experience particular seasonal patterns here on our home, planet Earth.
At all times, these planets are revolving or orbiting the sun, which really just means they're going around the sun in a circular-like motion. At the same time, the planets are rotating, which impacts the way that the sun's light hits the planet.
The video below will help us complete our rotation and revolution activity, as well as help us to describe why we experience particular seasonal patterns here on our home, planet Earth.
Space Introduction: Where are WE in this universe?
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Welcome to our SPACE unit, where we will be learning about everything space: stars, the planets, extreme environments, asteroids, comets, meteors, and more!
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