Oct. 7, 2009: Exploring Our Place in Space

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Activities:

1. Use newspaper words about space and the planets to make a space collage.

2. Circle newspaper ads for telescopes and other scientific equipment. How many could be used to study space?

3. Interview family members and friends. Ask them what they would like NASA to study. What do they think about life on other planets?

4. Which NASA equipment will study (a) sun storms, (b) the moon, (c) brown dwarfs, and (d) the edge of our solar system?

5. Pretend you are a scientist from another world. Your space telescope has discovered Earth. Write a report telling your people what this new planet is like.

Mini Page activities meet many state and national educational standards. Each week we identify standards that relate to The Mini Page content and offer activities that will help your students reach them. This week's standard:

• Students understand science and technology. (Science: Science and Technology)
  
  (standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)