Solar System Internet Activity

Go to the following links and complete the activities on each site.

1. Play Order It Up. You must complete the picture once.

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

2. Play Planet Tack Toe. Win 2 games.

http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level1/activity/planet_tac_toe.html

3. Play Solar System Scavenger Hunt. This will only need to be done once. http://chainreaction.asu.edu/solarsystem/sprain/

4. Go to the following site:

http://www.juliantrubin.com/quiz/solarsystemquiz.html

Scroll down and complete the 16 question quiz. Keep taking it until an A+ 100% is earned.

5. The link below is a quiz with 10 questions. Take quiz once and check your score.

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/tutor/solarsystem/1/

6. Answer all 17 questions

http://www.trivix.com/planet-quiz/

7. Take quiz

http://dimdima.com/science/quiz/show_quiz.asp?q_aid=10&q_title=Planet%20Quiz

8. Click on “add” to the planets and add a comet and asteroid belt. Move the planets around in their orbits and see what happens if you click and drag into the Sun or each other.

http://www.kidsastronomy.com/fun/make-a-solar-system.htm

9. Build a planet

http://www.kidsastronomy.com/fun/make-a-planet.htm

10. Take quiz from the New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/04/23/science/space/20080423_TIERNEYLABQUIZ.html#

Go back to my Homepage and click on the APOD link that is located under the Solar System Internet Activity link.

WRITE ANSWERS TO THE TWO QUESTIONS ON THE BACK OF YOUR HALF SHEET YOU WERE GIVEN TODAY IN CLASS!

1. What is the picture today and explain what it is?

2. Scroll down and click on the ARCHIVE. You can view every picture back to June of 1995. When the ARCHIVE page has loaded scroll down to find your birthday. What is the picture on the day you were born and explain what it is?