This is the planet
Mars.
It is like Earth because
it has deserts and polar ice caps.
Mars is
named
after the
Roman
god of
war. The
Romans
named it
that
because
Mars’
is colored
like blood.
Mars has craters just like our
moon. They are caused by
asteroids and meteoroids.
Asaph Hall was the person who
Discovered Phobos and Deimos in 1877.
These are Mars's moons
Phobos
and Deimos.
On Mars the weather is horrible! Huge dust
storms threaten the Mars Rover.
Scientists send Mars Rovers to Mars so they
can learn more about the planet.
These scientists
are testing the
landing gear of
the rover. It is
protected by the
bubbles.
The rovers take
pictures and videos
of the planet to send
back to Earth.
Some scientists think that there is life on Mars. But
nobody knows. Is this a worm fossil on Mars?
Many years from now NASA will send
men to Mars. You might be someone
they choose.
http://standeyo.com/NEWS/07_Space/070430.Mars.ice.cap.html
http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/M/Mars.html
http://www.astronomynow.com/090623Firstdirectevidenceoflightning
onMars.html
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2003/30dec_gusevcrater.htm
http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/mars-rover-airbag.jpg
http://thetechies.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/marsrover2.jpg
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3750996
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Mar_Phobos
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moons_of_Mars
www.mikesalway.com.au/...//2009/05/mars-1.jpg
www.photosfan.com/mars-satellite/
Saturn is the sixth planet from the
sun. It is the second largest planet
in the solar system .
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Saturn has many rings.
They are made of ice and dust.
Saturn is larger then Earth.
As a matter of fact, 833 Earths
can fit inside of Saturn.
There is
a storm
on
Saturn
right
now that
has
been
active
for (8)
eight
months.
SATURN
HAS SIXTY
(60)
MOONS!
Many of
Saturn's
moons are
hard to see.
Saturn is a gas planet. It’s made
of hydrogen and helium;
There is no life on
Saturn. It is so
gassy, nothing can
live there.
Saturn was
named after
the roman
god of
agriculture
and the
roman god
of time
because it is
the slowest.
fredtopeka.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/saturn...
http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/blogs/news/breakingorbit/breakin
gorbitimages/saturn-storms.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Saturn,_Earth_size_comparison.jpg
http://haysvillelibrary.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/saturn-nasa1.jpg
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/kids/fun-facts-saturn.cfm
nasa.gov/apod/ap030222.html
www.ifa.hawaii.edu/.../saturn_occultation.jpg
Jupiter is the fifth (5th) planet from the sun. It is
made of hydrogen and helium. Jupiter is the
largest planet in our solar system!
Jupiter has four (4) rings. two faint
gossamer rings, a main, brightest
ring, and a doughnut-shaped halo
ring.
Jupiter actually has 63 moons! Here are the
four (4) largest ones. They are called the
Galilean moons.
This is a
picture of
Galileo .
He was the
first person
to report
seeing the
four largest
moons of
Jupiter.
Did you know
that Jupiter has
a New Black
Spot?
This summer Jupiter got whacked. It
was hit by a meteorite. The spot Is a
couple of football fields large.
This is the great red spot of Jupiter. It is
three (3) earths long!
Jupiter's Great
Red Spot is a
humongous
storm. It has
been going on
for over three
hundred years!
All the information
says that there is no
life on Jupiter. I
don’t agree with
that. I think that
there is life on
Jupiter’s moons. I
mean, there almost
has to be. It is
probably not like
any life form we
know of, but I still
think there is life
there.
http://blogs.abcnews.com/scienceandsociety/2009/04/the-great-reds.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo
http://users.hellasnet.gr/panelppv/images/aliens.jpg
http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/rings/fact.html
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/04/02/jupiter.red.spot.shrinking/i
ndex.html
http://www.galacticfool.com/solar-system/
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/main/jupiter-hubble.html
http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/jupiter_worldbook.html
pds-rings.seti.org/jupiter/galileo/PIA00538.html
Views of the Solar System Copyright © 1995-2008 by Calvin J. Hamilton.
www.astro.gla.ac.uk/.../sss/sss_contact.html
Planetarium is 20 ft. by 12 ft., made with
black plastic. Use the star pattern on the
next slide to punch holes in the
planetarium so that light comes into those
holes. Not a student job! We showed
research projects inside our planetarium.
You can blow this up
using a projector
inside the
planetarium to punch
the holes you need.
If you chose not to
punch holes, you can
use florescent paint
sticks to paint on the
stars and the names
of the constellations.
This allows for the
magnitudes of the
stars to show more
clearly. You can also
use the website
www.skymaps.com
to project current
maps inside the
planetarium.
Whale Inflatable – J. Michael Williamson, Associate Professor
Wheelock College – Boston MA 02215
Associate Director, Mingan Island Cetacean Study
http://whale.wheelock.edu/Welcome.html
Inflatable Globe - Cheryl Bonarrigo – Coordinator
63 Central Street
Ipswich, MA 01938
508-356-2976