1. Our Solar System Report Mrs. Correia Room 25

2. Table of Contents Backgound/Outer space experience Project description Sequence of activities Timeline Rubrics

3. Outer Space Experience If you could travel to another planet, how different would it be from Earth? As you gaze into a crystal ball, you see that NASA’s future technologies allow you to travel to every planet in our solar system. You are an astronaut of the future and will be traveling to “your” planet. In anticipation of this trip, you must plan and research information about your planet, present this information in a PowerPoint report, and tell your classmates what is interesting about your planet.

4. Project Description 1.Select planet, review project details (teacher PowerPoint ) 2.Use selected websites to gather facts and information about your planet. 3.Use storyboard template to design your PowerPoint report. Use checklist to assure that all criteria is met. 4.Conference with teacher. 5.Type information in PowerPoint outline view, and proofread. 6.Add background graphics, color, and animation/transitions. 7.Practice giving your report with a partner or your parent. 8.Present report in class.

5. Report Criteria (content): Card 1: Title Card (planet name, your name) Card 2: Planet picture and symbol Card 3: Planet statistics: minimum Placement from Sun Diameter Distance from Sun Revolution and Rotation

6. Card 4: Interesting facts, features, points of interest Card 5 (or next card): Websites card (websites you used for your research)

7. PowerPoint Criteria (technology): 4-6 cards, minimum; (include both Title and Websites cards) Use each of these features at least once: ▫graphics ▫color ▫font changes and sizes (larger font or Word Art for titles) ▫appropriate alignment ▫bulleted facts or paragraph ▫transitions/animation Optional feature usage: short video, narriation, sound (appropriate to project)

8. Timeline Week 1, Day 1 Introduce unit, meet with partner. Week 1, Days 2, 3, 4 Library and computer lab research. Week 1, Days 4, 5 complete storyboard, meet with teacher Week 2, Days 6-10 - build PowerPoint Week 3, Days 11-13 – continue PowerPoint Week 3, Days 14-15 – presentations.

9. Grading - Rubrics You will be graded on content of your report, your use of PowerPoint features, and your presentation. Now, let’s begin our outer space experience.

10. Score InfoCreativityGrammar Spelling RehearsePresent Points Earned 5Includes most important info Uses lots of creative features to convey info No errorsVery prepared and very well rehearsed Spoke loudly and made eye contact during entire presentration 4Includes a lot of important info Uses some creative features to convey info 1 or 2 errors 3Includes some important info Uses few creative features to convey info A few errorsPrepared, and rehearsed. Spoke loud enough and made eye contact for most of presentation 2Includes little important info Uses only 1 or 2creative features to convey info Some errors 1Includes no infoUses no creative features Many errorsNot prepared, did not rehearse. Did not speak loudly. Did not make eye contact during most of presentation

11. Storyboard 12 3 456 Add pictures Placement from the Sun diameter Moons/satellites Distance from the Sun 1 day on __________ Period of Rotation 1 year on __________ Period of Revolution

12. DoneItemNotes planet name, your name pictures (2) Statistics card Placement from sun diameter Distance from sun Rotation Revolution Interesting fact/feature

13. You will use the first two websites to find the specific statistics and symbols you need for cards 2 and 3. You will then use the appropriate websites for your planet to gather any interesting facts you would like to tell others about. If you have time, you can check out the last two websites listed. Statistics: Distance from Sun, revolution around the sun(1 planetary year), rotation (1 planetary day), diameter, moons http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/ Planet Symbols http://www.sunysuffolk.edu/~heald58/aps.htm

14. Mars http://www.hotliquidmagma.com/space/html/mars.html http://www.astrodigital.org/astronomy/mars.html Venus http://www.hotliquidmagma.com/space/html/venus.html http://www.astrodigital.org/astronomy/venus.html Earth http://www.hotliquidmagma.com/space/html/earth.html http://www.astrodigital.org/astronomy/earth.html Mercury http://www.hotliquidmagma.com/space/html/mercury.html http://www.astrodigital.org/astronomy/mercury.html Jupiter http://www.hotliquidmagma.com/space/html/jupiter.html http://www.astrodigital.org/astronomy/jupiter.html

15. Saturn http://www.hotliquidmagma.com/space/html/saturn.html http://www.astrodigital.org/astronomy/saturn.html Uranus http://www.hotliquidmagma.com/space/html/far3.html http://www.astrodigital.org/astronomy/uranus.html Neptune http://www.hotliquidmagma.com/space/html/far3.html http://www.astrodigital.org/astronomy/neptune.html All Planets http://www.kidsastronomy.com/the_planets.htm http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/ http://www.nineplanets.org/ StarrySkies, images, videos http://starryskies.com/The_sky/events/lunar-2003/multimedia.html