Exploring Through Space
Welcome
We are going to be doing some
exploring using the Internet and, hopefully, find out some really interesting
things.
The first activity will be to
discover how gravity affects how much we weigh.
What is weight??
Scientifically, weight is simply a measure of the gravity exerted on an
object – in this case, you!! For
example, the Moon has 1/6 the gravity of Earth, so you would weigh 1/6 on the
Moon as you would on earth!!! Instant
Weight Loss!!
Click on the link below and
follow the directions; don’t worry, the information here is for your eyes only
and doesn’t have to be shared!! Your
task is to find out your weight on each of the nine planets and on the moon
So how did you make out??
For the next stop, you are
going to calculate your age, if you were to be living on each of the
planets. First of all what does it mean
to say that someone is one year old?? This
simply means that a person has been alive
for one revolution of the earth around the sun. Two years old means a person has been alive
for 2 revolutions of the earth around the sun.
It takes the 365 days to revolve around the sun, but what about Jupiter
or Saturn??
Click on the stop below and
find out how old you would be on each of the nine planets, both in days and in
years. This time, please record your
data.
So…any surprises here??
For your next task, you are
going to click on the stop below and choose 3 different games to play; the only
rule here is that at least one MUST be
a word game; which one is your choice.
So… ready??? Let’s go
Have fun!!!!