1. Understand the movement of planetary bodies.
4. Complex Knowledge: demonstrations of learning that go aboveand above and beyond what was explicitly taught.
3. Knowledge: meeting the learning goals and expectations.
2. Foundational knowledge: simpler procedures, isolated details, vocabulary.
1. Limited knowledge: know very little details but working toward a higher level.
Understand how our view of the solar system has changed over time and how discoveries made have led to our changing our view of the solar system.
Learn planetary characteristics such as number of moons, size, composition, type of atmosphere, gravity, temperature and surface features.
Understand the movement of planetary bodies.
Understand which planetary characteristics are more important than others when it relates to our understanding of other worlds.
Understand how proximity to the sun influences planets.
Understand the methods and tools scientists use to learn about other planets and moons in our solar system.
Understand the conditions needed for a habitable world and determine if there are habitable worlds in our solar system or outside the solar system.
Understand how we look for and study solar systems other than our own.

2. Today: Create on Left (use the whole page horizontally)
Type:
Details
Effectiveness Rank
(1-5)
Cost Rank
Longevity Rank (1-5)
OVERALL RANK
Telescope
Flyby
Orbiter
Lander/Rover
Human Spaceflight

3. Exploring the Solar System
Telescope
Average Cost: $5-10 million
Make Observations
from your seat
1 minute
detailed drawings/descriptions

4. Average Cost: $500 million Make Observations
Flyby
Average Cost: $500 million
Make Observations
Walk by slowly
6’ away
view for seconds
call out and describe what you see, others record

5. Average Cost: $750 million Make Observations
Orbiter
Average Cost: $750 million
Make Observations
1 person per group
circle table for 45 seconds
3’ away
call out and describe what you see, others record

6. Average Cost: $2.5 billion Make Observations
Lander/Rover
Average Cost: $2.5 billion
Make Observations
1 person
8x11 section of the planet
lander has 1 action
50 seconds
call out and describe what you see, others record

7. Average Cost: $100 billion Make Observations
Human spaceflight
Average Cost: $100 billion
Make Observations
1 person
3x5 section of the planet
any actions (you can touch the planet)
30 seconds to explore
Take journal with you to record, others record when you return

8. Now Rank the Types of Missions (1-5) based on
Scientific Effectiveness [1 is the best]
Cost [1 is the cheapest]
Longevity (for how long can the mission last) [1 lasts the longest]
Rank them OVERALL 1-5 taking everything into account [1 is the best]

9. Sum it up…
Why did you choose the type of mission to be the best? What attributes made that type of mission win?
What are the benefits and limitations of each of the different types of missions?