Alex the Astronaut
wants to recruit you for help!
A
picture of Alex the Astronaut on one of his many trips to the moon.
HELP! It is the year 2021
and Alex the Astronaut can't decide which planet he and his space shuttle
crew are going to visit on their next mission! At the moment, he is busy
training at a NASA space center to get ready for his big adventure, so
he needs your help in deciding which planet he and his crew should explore.
You will help him by researching the planets. You will be using a TOP SECRET
notebook to keep track of all your information.
GOOD LUCK!
Here are some links about our solar
system that you might want to check out before you begin:
CLICK
HERE to check out NASA's homepage.
CLICK HERE
to check out NASA's page for kids!
To
start the mission, research the inner planets and the outer planets.
The
links can be found below.
Answer
the following questions in your 
notebook:
1.
Which planets are include in the inner planets?
2.
Which planets include the outer planets?
3.
What makes the two groups different?
Inner Planets
Link
1 click on this link to learn about the inner
planets.
Link 2
click on this link to learn some quick facts about the inner planets.
Link
3 click on this link to learn how the inner
planets compare to one another.
Link
4 click on this link to learn about explorations
of the inner planets.
Link 5 click
on this link to see how the inner planets rotate in outer space!
Outer Planets
Link
1 click on this link to learn about the outer
planets.
Link
2 click on this link to learn how the outer
planets compare to one another.
Link 3
click on this link to learn some quick facts about
the outer planets.
Link
4 click on this link to learn about explorations
of the outer planets.
Link 5 click
on this link to see how the outer planets rotate in outer space!
TIME
TO CHOSE!!!
Now
that you have looked at some of the differences between the inner planets
and outer planets, choose which section of our solar system you want to
research:
Inner
Planets: Includes the four planets closest to
the Sun (Mercury, Venus, {Earth}, and Mars).
Outer
Planets: Includes the five planets farthest away
from the Sun (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto).
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