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Voyager and Its Mission to Jupiter and Saturn. A Cyberlesson By: Sabrina Pasquarelli. Introduction. How are Jupiter and Saturn different? Did you know that Jupiter is surrounded by one faint ring that is not visible from earth?
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Voyager and Its Mission to Jupiter and Saturn A Cyberlesson By: Sabrina Pasquarelli
Introduction • How are Jupiter and Saturn different? • Did you know that Jupiter is surrounded by one faint ring that is not visible from earth? • Did you know that Saturn has a thousand rings, and one of them can be seen from earth. • Scientist have identified 16 moons orbiting Jupiter, and at least 18 moons orbiting Saturn. • Jupiter and Saturn are alike and different in many ways. • Continue to read for further exploration.
Resources & Materials Text: Voyager: An Adventureto the Edge of the Solar System By: Sally Ride and Tam O’Shaughnessy Computer with internet access Writing journals
During Reading Activity Reread pages 96 to 103 in your text books. Click on the satellite link to list your details in a graphic organizer about Jupiter and Saturn.
AFTER READING • Use the graphic organizer to plan your compare/contrast paragraph. Under the name of each planet list the ways the planets are different. In the space where the circles overlap, list the ways the planets are alike. Follow this link to the Venn Diagram.
After Reading Print both your graphic organizer and venn diagram to use as a tool to write a compare/contrast paragraph about Jupiter and Saturn in your writing journals. Remember to tell how the planets are alike, then state how the planets are different.
Beyond Reading • Click on one of these websites to gather information to compare/contrast Jupiter or Saturn to Earth. Click on the following link for a graphic organizer and venn diagram*. • www.nineplanets.org/ • www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/ • www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/solarsystem/ • www.nasm.si.edu/research/ceps/etp/etp.htm • www.dustbunny.com/afk/
Rubric Page • Student has a topic sentence with 4-5 detail sentences that support the topic sentence. + • Student has a topic sentence with 3-2 detail sentences that support the topic sentence. • Student does not have a topic sentence and has 0-1 detail sentence. -
Credit Page • Text: Voyager: An Adventure to The Edge of the Solar System By: Sally Ride and Tam O’Shaughnessy • The Magic School Bus Gets Lost in Space, By: Scholastic • Our Solar System-The Outer Planets, By: The Assistant Professor • Somewhere in the Universe, By: David Brew • A Tour of the Planets, By: Melvin Berger • The Comet and You, By: E.C. Krupp • Up, Down and Around-The Force of Gravity, By: Millicent Selsan • www.nineplanets.org/ • www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/ • www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/solarsystem/ • www.nasm.si.edu/research/ceps/etp/etp.htm • www.dustbunny.com/afk/