Solar Scientist:

  While visiting the sun, you are to do the following:
 

       Find out why we have seasons.
       Find out why have day and night.
       Create a diagram showing how the sun causes day and night and the seasons.
       Write a report on the sun
       Design a robot for space.  What will it look like?  How will it work?  What will it do?
       (100 word minimum)
 
 
 

Resources:
 

  General information on the solar system.
  http://www.solarviews.com/eng/homepage.htmv
  http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/
  http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html
     http://www.solarviews.com/eng/homepage.htm
 

   Brainpop movies and quizzes on the following topics:
          sun andthe seasons.
  http://brainpop.com/science
 

      These sites have lots of information and pictures about the universe.

• http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/home/index.html
• http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/our_solar_system/solar_system.html&edu=elem
• http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/
• http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html

• Learn about robots
• http://www.thetech.org/robotics/universal/page05.html
• http://www.thetech.org/robotics/atyourcommand/index.html
• html;$sessionid$3HO4TNAAAABD0CQFAGMCIIQ
• Fun Space Activities.
• http://spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov/spacepl.htm