Your Journey Through Virtual Space

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An Interplanetary Webquest
Introduction
The Solar System
Project Requirements

• Your Journey Through (Virtual) Space

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INTRODUCTIONStart your journey here

• Click on the picture below
• Take notes in your Planetary Log Book.

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STEP 1Learn About the Solar System and Give
Yourself a Quiz

• Go to http//www.wissahickoncharter.org/curriculu
  m/middlescience_solar
• Read the article about the Solar System.
• Take the quiz after the article. Record your
  answers in your Planetary Log Book.

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STEP 2Study the Project Requirements

• Visit 3 required websites to do research.
• On your own, find one additional website on the
  internet to do research.
• Gather information using books and other
  resources in the Wissahickon Charter School
  Library.
• Visit your local branch of the Free Library of
  Philadelphia to conduct research.
• Partner with a group of 4th grade students to
  conduct research using the resources in the
  classroom.
• Use the information you gathered to make a travel
  brochure for your planet.

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STEP 3Gather Information at Three
Websites

• Go to http//www.google.com/Top/Kids_and_Teens/Sc
  hool_Time/Science/Astronomy_and_Space/Solar_System
  /
• Visit three websites listed on this page.
• Take notes on the Astronomy, Meteorology,
  Geology, and History pages in your Planetary
  Log Book.
• Record which websites you visited, as well as
  the date and times of your visit on the Website
  References page of your Planetary Log Book.

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STEP 4Conduct Additional Internet Research

• Find one additional website on your own.
• Take notes on the Astronomy, Meteorology,
  Geology, and History pages in your Planetary
  Log Book.
• Record which websites you visited, as well as
  the date and times of your visit on the Website
  References page of your Planetary Log Book.

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STEP 5Research at the WCS Library

• Conduct research using the books in the
  Wissahickon Charter School library.
• Take notes on the Astronomy, Meteorology,
  Geology, and History pages in your Planetary
  Log Book.
• Record which books you used on the Print
  References page of your Planetary Log Book.

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STEP 6Visit you Local Library

• Conduct research using the books, magazines, and
  other resources at your local branch of the Free
  Library of Philadelphia.
• Take notes on the Astronomy, Meteorology,
  Geology, and History pages in your Planetary
  Log Book.
• Record which resources you used on the Print
  References page of your Planetary Log Book.
• Record the date and times of your visit and the
  name of the library branch on the Library Visit
  page of your Planetary Log Book.

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STEP 7Research in the Classroom

• Partner with a group of 4th grade students.
• Share the information that you already gathered
  with the 4th grade students.
• Conduct additional research using the books,
  magazines, and other resources in the classroom.
• Take notes on the Astronomy, Meteorology,
  Geology, and History pages in your Planetary
  Log Book.
• Record which resources you used on the Print
  References page of your Planetary Log Book.

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STEP 8Build a Travel Brochure

• Click on the following link to see the
  requirements for your travel brochure (ms word
  document on the server)
• http//www.wissahickoncharter.org/curriculum/middl
  escience_system
• Create the layout for your brochure on the
  Travel Brochure Blueprint
• page of your Planetary Log Book.

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