Space Project Instructions

Lesson One- Answering Planet Questions (One day)

The students will be assigned group members. Each group will have 3-4 students in it.

The groups will all be given the same questions to research:

                1. What does your planet look like?

                2. How far is your planet from the sun?

                3. What is your planet made of?

                4. How did your planet get its name?

                5. How old is your planet?

The groups will decide which members will answer which questions.

The groups will use a variety of resources to research the answers to their questions. (If an online resources is used the link should be provided at the end of the blog post)

The group will create one blog post with all of their answers in it.

Lesson Two- Asking Planet Questions (Two days)

The students will get back into their groups they have been working with.

As a group, the students should come up with one question relating to their planet for each member of the group to research.

Suggestion questions:

1. Would it be possible to live on this planet?

2. If we traveled  to this planet, how would we survive?

3. What kind of crops could grow on this planet based on what the planet is made of?

The Students should research their questions, and then create individual posts on their groups page on the blog.

Each student should have another member of the group review their post for errors before the post is published. 

Lesson Three- Presenting Research (Two Days)

Day 1

The groups will take turn presenting their findings to the class.

As the groups are presenting  the other students in the class are listening and creating questions/ comments about the information being presented.

The questions/comments will be made in the comment section of each groups page on the blog.

Day 2

The groups will answer the questions and reply to comments the classmates made for their group. The students may need to do further research in order to answer the questions.