SPACE PROBES

Mr. Joseph Estes

Aviation Honors Biology

Aviation/Travel Program

GRADE LEVEL - SUBJECT

10TH GRADE - BIOLOGY

TIME FRAME: TWO WEEK UNIT

8 SCHOOL DAYS TO WORK ON CHOICES,

2-3 DAYS TO SHOW WORK....

OBJECTIVE:

• 1. COMPILE A REPORT WITH MEANINGFUL INFORMATION ON SPACE PROBES.

MATERIALS:

• 1. IBM PERSONAL COMPUTERS WITH INTERNET ACCESS

  2. NETSCAPE NAVIGATOR BROWSER

  3. TOPICS FROM A LIST OF CHOICES.

INSTRUCTION:

 A. THE STUDENTS ARE GIVEN CHOICES FROM A LIST SO THEY MAY CHOOSE ITEMS THAT APPEAL TO THEM. THE LIST:

1. Describe the development, building, and findings of Magellan. (report or presentation)

2. Describe the development, building, and findings of

Voyager. (report or presentation)

3. Build a model of Magellan to display in the room.

4. Build a model of Voyager to display in the room.

5. E-mail NASA for information on space probes, and report

your findings.

6. Report on an article related to space probes.

7. Report on a Russian space probe.

8. Summarize the possible benefits to man, as the result of space probes. (written)

9. Make a poster on how earth is like a space probe.

10. Make a poster on flight path of the probe of your choice.

11. View a video of space probes and make an oral report on

what you saw.

12. Type a report on the computer related to space probes.

( this will be placed in a shared folder for all to see)

13. Make a list of Internet locations (addresses...URL’s) that

are in some way related to space probes.(10 minimum)

 EVALUATION:

Students will cpmplete a written report from the topics above to submit for final evaluation.

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Wooddale High School - Memphis, TN 38118