Astronomy Webquest

Here's a webquest I modified to use today and Monday. I think I might go this route when researching the LHC. What do you think?

Earth Science Webquest Assignment

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Individuals or pairs are to explore the following websites and answer the following questions.

2. Note: Remember to write down or copy/paste the URL of the file you take the passage from so you can quickly go back to it if you need to to prove your point.

Solar System - Use the website below to answer these questions specifically related to Planets:

1. What is the order of the planets, starting with the sun? Write their distance form the Sun in order. ( Write the astronomical units)
2. What are Near Earth Asteroids? How many are there
3. How are they classified?

http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/ceps/etp/ss/

Stars and Constellations - Use the website below to answer these questions specifically related to Constellations:

1. What star (besides the sun) is the brightest? The closest?
2. Where did constellations come from?
3. Name 5 constellations and draw/describe their shapes.

http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/

Milky Way Galaxy - Use the website below to answer these questions specifically related to Milky Way Galaxy:

1. Describe the three general components of the Milky Way.
2. Where is the earth in the Milky Way Galaxy?

http://cassfos02.ucsd.edu/public/tutorial/MW.html

The Moon - Use the website below to answer these questions specifically related to The Sun and The Moon:

1. What are the four phases of the moon?
2. What is a solar eclipse?
3. Which planet has the biggest moons?
4. Under cyclopedia, take a lunar tour of the moon and describe what you learned and saw.

http://www.inconstantmoon.com/inconstant.htm