Voyager Scavenger Hunt

 

A. Use the listed websites to answer the questions:

1. What is a solar system? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_system

2. What is a galaxy? http://www.smv.org/hastings/student2.htm

3. What type of galaxy do we live in? http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/universe/galaxytour/milkyway.html

4. What is the history of the universe? http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/universe/historywave.html

5. List the planets in our solar system as they are positioned from the closest to the farthest away from the sun.

http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/content/science/space/solarsystem.html#fw..so142700.a.c20

6. What is the sun made of? http://www.nineplanets.org/sol.html

 

B. Use the website http://teacher.scholastic.com/researchtools/articlearchives/space/earth.htm to answer the three questions:

1. How old is the earth?

2. How fast is the earth spinning and why can’t we feel it spin?

3. If a comet hit the earth, what would happen?

 

C. Use the listed websites to answer the questions:

1. When did NASA send Voyager 1 into space http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/timeline.html

2. When did NASA send Voyager 2 into space? http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/timeline.html

3. What was the primary reason for this mission? http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/mission.html

4. How many planets did the Voyager Space Crafts visit? http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/mission.html

5. What is the “Golden Record” and what is on it? http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/fastfacts.html

6. Where is Voyager today (present status) ? http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/fastfacts.html

7. Where is it going?  http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/fastfacts.html

 

D. Choose one of the following planets;  Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune find as many important facts as you can about it. Answer the following questions about your planet:
 

A. What does your planet look like?

B. What is the planet’s distance from the sun?

C. What is its distance from earth?

D. What is its position in the solar system?

E. How big it is compared to Earth?

F. How many moons does it have?

G. What is it made of?

H. What is the temperature on the planet in Fahrenheit?

Use the following websites to find your facts (answer the above questions)

Jupiter

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http://library.thinkquest.org/28327/main/cockpit.html

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http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/content/science/space/index.html

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http://www.solarviews.com/eng/jupiter.htm

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http://www.nineplanets.org/jupiter.html

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http://www.kids-and-space.com/sites/jupiter.htm

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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Jupiter&Display=Overview

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http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/explore/space/jupiter.html

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http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/jupiter/jupiter.html

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http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=a&id=1224

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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Jupiter

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http://library.thinkquest.org/28327/main/universe/solar_system/planets/jupiter/introduction_to_jupiter.html

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http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/jupiter/jupiter_il.html (images/photos)

Saturn

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http://library.thinkquest.org/28327/main/cockpit.html

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http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/content/science/space/index.html

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_%28planet%29

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http://www.solarviews.com/eng/saturn.htm

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http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/saturn/saturn.html

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http://www.nineplanets.org/saturn.html

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http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/explore/space/saturn.html

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http://www.kids-and-space.com/sites/saturn.htm

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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Saturn&Display=Overview

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http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=a&id=1223

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http://library.thinkquest.org/28327/main/universe/solar_system/planets/saturn/introduction_to_saturn.html?tqskip1=1

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http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/saturn/saturn_il.html (images/photos)

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Uranus

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http://library.thinkquest.org/28327/main/cockpit.html

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http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/content/science/space/index.html

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http://www.solarviews.com/eng/uranus.htm

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http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/uranus/uranus.html

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http://www.nineplanets.org/uranus.html

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http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/explore/space/uranus.html

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http://www.kids-and-space.com/sites/uranus.htm

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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Uranus&Display=Overview

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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Uranus

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http://library.thinkquest.org/28327/main/universe/solar_system/planets/uranus/introduction_to_uranus.html

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http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=a&id=1226

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http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/uranus/uranus_il.html (images/photos)

Neptune

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http://library.thinkquest.org/28327/main/cockpit.html

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http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/content/science/space/index.html

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http://www.solarviews.com/eng/neptune.htm

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http://www.nineplanets.org/neptune.html

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http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/explore/space/neptune.html

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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Neptune

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http://library.thinkquest.org/28327/main/universe/solar_system/planets/neptune/introduction_to_neptune.html

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http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/neptune/neptune.html

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http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=a&id=1225

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http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/neptune/neptune_il.html (images/photos)

 

If you finish your assignments, you may explore the following websites.

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http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/content/science/space/index.html

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http://www.smplanet.com/planets/planetintro.html

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http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/games/games.html

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/playspace/games.shtml

 Created December 2004 by:
 Mrs. Standish-Fifth Grade Teacher &
Ms. Rabinowitz-Instructional Technology Coordinator

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