Exploring the Planets
The following activities are designed to help you learn more about our Solar System. You will be gathering basic information about the objects in our Solar System, creating a business on your particular location in the Solar System, and creating a Travel Brochure to entice others to visit your location.
Activity One: Solar System Data
You will be collecting some basic information about each of the planets in
the solar system. Using the Internet Sources provided, fill in the
appropriate information for each of the planets on your Planet Data Collection
Table.
Activity Two: Developing a Business
You will be assigned a particular location in our solar system. You
will need to develop a business that will be needed on your particular
location. You will need to create a slogan for your business, a business
card, a drawing of the building in which your business will be located, and a
written description of what your business does and why it is necessary for your
particular location.
Grading Criteria for your Business
Activity Three: Travel Brochure
You will use the research you collected in Activity One
and the same location assigned to you for Activity Two
to make a travel brochure of your particular location in the solar system.
The purpose of your travel brochure is to give the reader general information
about your location, highlight the most notable features of your location, and
interest the reader in wanting to visit your location. Advertise your
business created in Activity Two in your brochure.
Grading Criteria for your Travel Brochure
Created by Carla Beasley
Carla_Beasley@fc.mcps.k12.md.us
7th Grade Science Teacher
Julius West Middle School
last updated March 14, 2002