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Ms. Graham and Miss. McGee 6 th Grade Science Hillcrest Middle School Week January 6-8 Week February 8-12 Web Quest from STAR CHILD Meteors, Meteorites, Asteroids Scavenger Hunt Level 1 –Regular Scavenger Hunt Level 2- Academic Scholars Week February 15-19 The Universe Week January 11-15 Mercury, Venus, Earth Week February 22-26 University of Alabama and Space Water Rockets Week January 18-22 18th Out Mars, Jupiter, Saturn Week February 29- March 4 Space Missions Week January 25-29 Week March 7-11 Uranus, Neptune, Pluto Exam Week Week February 1-5 Sun and Moon 1-7-16 Week January 6-8 Web Quest from STAR CHILD Before: Scavenger Hunt Level 1 –Regular Question of the Day Scavenger Hunt Level 2- Academic Scholars How fast is the Moon moving away from the Earth? Three centimeters per 1-6-16 year Before: During: Scavenger Hunt Level 1-Regular Scavenger Hunt Level 2-Academic Scholars Question of the Day After: 3-2-1 What space object is called a fallen star? Meteor During: Scavenger Hunt Level 1-Regular Scavenger Hunt Level 2-Academic Scholars After: Exit slip 1-8-16 Before: Question of the Day What is the name given to storms on the Sun’s surface? Sunspots During: Scavenger Hunt Level 1-Regular Scavenger Hunt Level 2-Academic Scholars After: Turn in Scavenger Hunt Web Quest Activity STAR CHILD Name:__________________________________________ Date:__________________________ Period:_______ GO TO StarChild (http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html) Star Child Scavenger Hunt - Level 1 Get to know the Star Child Web site by finding the answers to the following questions there! 1. Under which Space Stuff topic can you find information about Skylab? 2. How many glossary entries begin with the letter "G"? 3. What is the glossary definition of mythology? 4. In what section of Star Child can you find information about comets? 5. Which Universe topic has a picture of the central bulge? 6. What is the name of the first activity on the Solar System activity page? 7. What was the name of the first animal to orbit Earth? 8. How fast is the Moon moving away from the Earth? 9. Where can the "Mathy Way" activity be found? 10. What job did Edwin Hubble have as a boy? 11. How long did it take the space probe Galileo to reach Jupiter? 12. When did Skylab re-enter Earth's atmosphere? 13. How often are new astronauts chosen? 14. What space object is called a falling star? 15. How much of the solar system's mass is contained by the Sun? 16. What is the name given to storms on the Sun's surface? 17. How long would it take to count the stars in the Milky Way? 18. TRUE or FALSE: The Galaxy "Did You Know?" page tells us that star collisions occur every 25 years. 19. Which of the outer planets has 11 known rings? 20. How many languages does Mae Jemison speak fluently? Star Child is found at http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/ Star Child Scavenger Hunt - Level 1 Answer Key 1. Space Travel 2. Six 3. Old stories that usually explain how something came to be. 4. The Universe 5. Milky Way 6. Where, Oh Where Does That Little Planet Go? 7. Laika 8. Three centimeters per year 9. Universe activity pages 10. Paper route 11. Over six years 12. 1979 13. Approximately every two years 14. Meteor 15. 99% 16. Sunspots 17. Over 3,000 years 18. FALSE; A collision may occur once in every 1000 years. 19. Uranus 20. 4; Swahili, Russian, Japanese, English Web Quest Activity STAR CHILD Name:__________________________________________ Date:__________________________ Period:_______ Star Child Scavenger Hunt - Level 2 Get to know the Star Child Web site by finding the answers to the following questions there! 1. How many different main topics can you find in the Solar System section? 2. What is the glossary definition of elliptical? 3. What is the name of the second Solar System activity? 4. What are the topics in the Space Stuff section? 5. What was the year of the meteor shower pictured on the Meteoroid "Did You Know?" page? 6. What is the caption under the picture found on the "Probes to the Outer Planets" page? 7. Which of the Space Stuff topics offer movies? 8. Charon is a satellite orbiting what distant dwarf planet? 9. In what section can the Journey into a Black Hole movie be found? 10.According to the East Indian myth, what was the name of the dog honored by the constellation containing the star Sirius? 11.What instrument did Antonio Vivaldi play? 12.What does an MMU weigh on Earth? 13.Why is the Moon lopsided? 14.Who is second-in-command on a Shuttle mission? 15.What was the name of the first space probe to visit Mercury? 16.How much are astronauts paid? 17.What two states are involved in the transmission of information to and from Hubble Space Telescope? 18.Stephen Hawking originally intended to study what field? 19.The first words uttered by Neil Armstrong as Eagle touched down on the Moon's surface can be heard in a movie about the Apollo 11 landing. What were those words? 20.What is the diameter of the Milky Way galaxy in light years? Kilometers? 21. The Doppler Shift is used to tell the distance between objects in our vast Universe. Fill the blanks with the next 4 words from the Doppler Shift song. "When a star is approaching and it's heading our way, _____ _____ _____ _____." 22. What was the date that the first woman to pilot a Space Shuttle was launched? 23. Why was Galileo sentenced to life imprisonment? 24. What activity matches historical world events to notable days in space? 25. Star Child has been translated into what other languages? StarChild Scavenger Hunt - Level 2 Answer Key 1. Six 2. Shaped like an elongated closed curve 3. Planet Hop 4. Astronauts, Space Wardrobe, Space Travel, Space Probes, Hubble Space Telescope 5. 1966 6. Pioneer at Jupiter 7. Space Travel and Apollo 11 8. Pluto 9. The Universe 10. Svana 11. Violin 12. 310 pounds 13. The lunar crust is thicker on one side. 14. The pilot 15. Mariner 10 16. Between $65,140 and $100,701 a year 17. New Mexico and Maryland 18. Mathematics 19. "Tranquillity base here, the Eagle has landed." 20. 100,000 Light Years; 950,000,000,000,000,000 Kilometers 21. "it's spectrum seems bluer" 22. February 2, 1995 23. He was convicted of heresy for promoting the heliocentric theory of our solar system. 24. Time After Time 25. German, Italian, Portuguese Week January 11-15 Mercury, Venus, Earth Because it is so small, Mercury is known as a_________ planet. Answer: lesser planet All the planets in our solar system have elliptical orbits. **An elliptal orbit is when a small body in space (ex: planet) orbits a large one (ex: sun) along an elliptical path. Distance from the sun: About 36 million miles Mercury Year= About 88 Earth days. Mercury Day = About 59 Earth days. Diameter: About 3,000, less than half of Earth's. Temperatures: -279 degrees Fahrenheit on the side away from the sun; 801 degrees Fahrenheit on the side facing the sun. The second smallest planet in the solar system. Super-heated during the day but is HUNDREDS degrees below freezing at night. Mercury is named for the Roman god of commerce and thievery. (goes around the sun very fast) Very little to no atmosphere. (So it cant retain heat when it spins on its axis) Has no moons. (Moons are satellites that travel with a planet as it orbits the sun.) Mercury can be seen without using a telescope. Is an inner planet Mercury has a dark gray, rocky surface which is covered with a thick layer of dust. How did Mercury get its name? Distance from the sun: about 68 million miles (109 million km) Venus Year= 225 Earth days Venus Day= 243 Earth days **Yes, a day is longer than a year.** Diameter: 12,104 km (7,522 miles) Temperature: 480o C (896o F) 2nd planet from sun Venus was named for the goddess of love and beauty. Has no moons Is the hottest planet in the Solar System, even hotter than Mercury, which is closer to the Sun. Is the BRIGHTEST planet and can even be seen in the daylight. Is called morning and evening star Is made up of an iron core covered by rocky lava layer Many active volcanoes on surface Completely covered by sulfuric acid clouds Constant tornado speed winds The surface has many mountains (some higher than Mount Everest), volcanoes and plains filled with lava Venus rotates East to West, which is just the opposite of Earth and most of the other planets. What is Venus made up of? Distance from the sun: 92,960,000 miles Earth Year= 365 days (365.25 to revolve around the Sun) Earth Day= 24 hours (one full rotation on its axis) Diameter: about12,756 km Temperature: -88 to 58* C or -126 to 136* F 3rd planet from Sun The Earth is the only planet in our solar system not to be named after a Greek or Roman deity. Formed approximately 4.54 billion years ago and is the only known planet to support life. Earth has one Moon one-fourth the size of Earth. Earth is the only planet in the solar system that has solar eclipses. These happen when the Moon hides the Sun. The average distance of the Earth from the Sun is called an astronomical unit (or a.u.). The CORE of Earth is made up of mostly iron. On top of the core is a very thick layer of molten, or liquid, rock—the MANTLE. On top of the mantle is the thin solid layer of CRUST that makes up the continents and the ocean floors. The continents actually float around on “plates” that form this top layer. Surrounding the solid surface are layers of atmosphere. The atmosphere consists of many gases including oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen and carbon dioxide The weather on Earth varies a great deal, from very cold at either the north or south poles to very warm at the equator. Compared to other planets, the temperature on Earth are mild. The seasons on Earth are caused by the fact the Earth’s axis is not upright or vertical. Earth is titled at an angle of 23.5 degrees. South of the equator, the weather is warmer from November to February. This is because at this time the southern half of the planet is tilted towards the Sun. It is cooler during the rest of the year when the northern half of the planet is tilted towards the Sun. What causes Earth to have seasons? Answer: the fact the Earth’s axis is not upright or vertical. Earth is titled at an angle of 23.5 degrees. South of the equator, the weather is warmer from November to February. This is because at this time the southern half of the planet is tilted towards the Sun. It is cooler during the rest of the year when the northern half of the planet is tilted towards the Sun. Review PPT Mini-Q