Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Adler Planetarium Activities

What you need to do while you are in the computer lab today:

**Click this link to try the activities for our field trip Friday, May 3rd!

http://static.squarespace.com/static/50f07ce8e4b07454d6dd2f2f/t/5123bcade4b02be7ede30253/1361296557376/seasons4.swf

When you are done with the activities, check this out:
http://thetheoryofeverythingblog.com/cosmology-and-astrophysics/introduction-to-saturn-the-sixth-planet/
A couple nights ago the Earth was in a perfect position that we could see Saturn and its rings from Earth...how cool!).

**Look up the picture and draw it in your Science notebook.  Also include 5 cool things you learned about Saturn.

Once you are done, explore these websites:

http://www.galaxyzoo.org/
https://adlerplanetarium.squarespace.com/night-sky-observing/
http://www.nasa.gov/home/index.html

Write (in your Science notebook) 5 cools things you learned or saw.