Welcome to the

CCMS

planetary scavenger hunt

PURPOSE

The purpose of this webquest is to direct you to the right answers needed to accomplish your task.  There are several websites on the internet where you can find information about the solar system.  We have chosen a few of these sites for you so you don't have to wander from place to place trying to find your answers.  Use the links included in your section instead of a search engine.

Included with this quest is a worksheet for you to fill out while you are in the lab.  Make sure the worksheet is opened in Word so you can edit.  Do not save unless you are placing it in your home directory. 

Make sure you include the names of all the members of your group.

Click here for your worksheet.

Click here for questions you should be able to answer about your planet.  This list does not include all things you should or could know.

What you have to do.

The three of you each have a particular responsibility within the group.  The three positions are as follows:

    Chief Researcher

        Guides the group during the web search for information

        Decides which web site to use and selects answers to questions

        Directs others to complete their tasks

    Spokesperson

        Coordinates with other members of the group to present material to class

        Needs to know all the information to be presented to class

        Stands before the class and delivers program

    Presentation Artist

        Develops some sort of presentation of the topic

        Possibilities are:

            Paintings, Drawings, Models, Poems, Songs, Dances, Mime

PREPARATION TIME

You will have time in the computer lab or with the laptops to gather information about your topic.  Additional information may be collected at home.  You will have one day in class to coordinate information into your presentation and write it out.  There will be two days for class presentations and one  day for a summary during the walk through the solar system model. 

What is it going to look like?

Your group will have a small amount of time to present information to the class.  This information will include all the data you collect on your worksheet including the three interesting facts you find on your own.

Classroom presentations should be in a way that other students can take notes.  However, your presentation should not be just a list of facts. 

Make it interesting!

In addition, your group will have to show two representations of your planet or topic to the class.  One of these is a scale model as if the sun was 10 inches in diameter.  Information for these calculations can be found in the resource section.

The other representation is up to you.  Refer to the directions in the individual task section above.

Finally, your group will be called upon to provide information during our walk through the solar system which will take place at a later time. 

TESTING

All students will be responsible for information presented in class.  A slide show of student presentations MAY be available on the Web for additional study.  Individual classes will have a test on material presented in that class.

Resouces

Click on the topic you are supposed to research

Here is another good source for information.

Here is another good source for additional information.