Journey through the Solar System!

Congratulations! You have been selected as the youngest astronaut by NASA to help with a very big mission…. You see, someone has broken into NASA’s very confidential files about everything we know of the solar system and deleted all of the information!

NASA has asked for you and your crew to travel to each of the planets and record your findings so that they can replace all of the missing solar system information. Here are the specific things NASA wants you to find:

1. Place the planets in order from closest to farthest of the Sun.

2. How long does it take each planet to revolve around the Sun?

3. What is the temperature on each planet?

4. How big is each planet?

5. How could you tell each of them apart?

If you really want to challenge yourself, see if you can find out why Earth is the most suitable planet to live on.

Check out these sites:

www.astronomy.com/content/static/AstroForKids/default.asp

www.frontiernet.net/~kidpower/astronomy.html

Try these key words:

~ Solar System

~ Planets

~ Space

Any feedback? E-mail Erika Kunkel at ekunkel@uvm.edu. Solar System Webquest Fall 2003.