Background+SSCP


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Collect Background Information:

What information do you think will be needed to mine and colonize the solar system? Is this the kind of information that would be needed?
 * What is necessary to sustain life?
 * What bodies are in the solar system?
 * What are these bodies like?
 * Where are these bodies in the solar system?

You will need to know a lot about the following:
 * What is necessary to sustain human life off Earth
 * Facts about the things in the solar system
 * Relative sizes and distances between the things making up the solar system (Think Map)

Would you need to research the following items? Resource Links
 * Research w hat people will need to survive out in the solar system.
 * Research what the places in the solar system are like and their size.
 * Research the distance between these places and between these places and Earth.

Collect this research in your notebook. 0% for research that is just copied 60% for research that is written/summarized in your own words 80% for research that is organized by topic and summarized 100% for research that is organized by topic, summarized, and with sources noted.

Develop your own questions or use the questions below if you need more specifics. RESEARCH THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS and record it in your Science notebook. (Write this research in your Science notebook):

1. First, use yourself as a resource and answer the following question: As you go through a day what do need? Make a list of those things.

2. What do experts agree are basic requirements for human survival?

3. What research has been done on survival? Has anyone been able to colonize an inhospitable place on earth successfully?

4. How do distances play into the survival question? If you would encounter problems, would returning to earth be possible? (In space, you could travel 25,000 miles per hour).

Follow these directions when you click on the link below. First click enter the Site. Then, at the bottom, click on the planet you want. When you get to the planet you want, click Planetary Facts. Here you'll find the distance from earth in km and miles. http://www.windows2universe.org/

5. Write down five to ten facts about each planet. If there are moons orbiting, give at least three facts about each planet's moon or moons. This information will be useful as you begin to think about where you think a space colony should be built.

6. Research where valuable resources for survival and trade are found in the solar system.

7. Make a map of the planets with diameters and distances to scale. See this page: http://physicalsciencecottrell.wikispaces.com/+Solar+System+Map

Make a better distance map: Mark the relative distances between the planets on 2 meters of string.

8. Write and answer at least four of your own questions about survival.

The check list below show the most basic items you should have information on.

 * Check List 1 **

When we finish, we will come together as a group and decide what we need to survive. This will be a basis for you to use as you explore different locations in the solar system.

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