Planet
Web Quest
A WebQuest for Library Research
Designed by
Mrs. Weber
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You are an astronaut on a mission to another planet in our solar system. You will join a crew to gather information about your destination.
Your job is to collect data about your planet.
Data Collection:- Namesake (Who is your planet named after?)
- Distance from the Sun (How many kilometers?)
- Diameter (What is the distance across is your planet?)
- Period of revolution (How long is one year on your planet in Earth years?)
- Rotation period (One day on your planet equals how many hours/days on Earth?)
- Moons (How many? What are their names?)
- Temperature (How hot or cold is it?)
- Composition (What is your planet made of?)
- Other Interesting facts (Special features. Does it have volcanoes, craters, rings, valleys, etc..?)
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*First,
Mission Control (your teacher) will assign you to a crew
- *Contact Mission Control for your planet destination.
- *To do your research, click on the name of your planet destination listed below.
 MERCURY |
 VENUS |
 MARS |
 JUPITER |  SATURN |  EARTH |
 NEPTUNE |  PLUTO | Good luck on your Quest! |
During your WebQuest, you have learned many facts about your planet, yet there is much more to learn about our Solar System. The vastness of space has given us many challenges and questions.
Does life exist elsewhere? What are some of the latest scientific findings? How can you use the information gathered in your WebQuest to help others? Check out some of the links below to learn more about space. Can you find other web sites that have interesting information about space?
Choose picture books, novels or poems in the science- fiction genre. Does this literature contain factual information? On what scientific facts has the author chosen to base his or her story? Why? Write a response to a selection in your Journal.
http://www.artyastro.com/artyastro.htm
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/tour.cgi?link=/kids_space/kids_space.html
The objective of this WebQuest is to develop reading comprehension of factual text through researching, recording, and consolidating scientific information using technology. This synthesis and the navigation of the Web also requires deductive reasoning and cooperative skills.