1. StartStop 2Stop 3Stop 4Stop 5Stop 6Stop 1Next Back A WebQuest for 6th Grade Science Designed by: Amanda Carmean Amanda.carmean@nn.k12.va.us Soaring Through the Solar System

2. StartStop 2Stop 3Stop 4Stop 5Stop 6Stop 1Next Back Stop 1: Introduction You have been hired by a multimillion dollar childrens book publishing company. They have read your previous childrens books and love your style. Your objective is to create a book geared towards 3rd graders that can be fiction, but needs to have facts about the eight planets. The publishers want the story line to be creative to entice the readers to enjoy the book as well as learn details about the solar system. Your mission, if you chose to accept it will be to take the readers on a tour so they may be able to investigate the organization of the solar system and the relationships among the various bodies that comprise it. Some key concepts within the book should include the sun, our moon, Earth, and the other seen planets and their moons.

3. StartStop 2Stop 3Stop 4Stop 5Stop 6Stop 1Next Back Stop 2- The Task Guidelines: ~Attractive to and on the reading/interest level of young children ages 7-8. ~Number of pages: 11-13 ~Content to cover all 8 planets plus Pluto and the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. ~Text and illustration on each numbered page ~Information per page must include: name of planet and nickname, order /position from the sun, whether it is an inner or outer planet, length of day, at least 2 interesting facts, and simple description. ~An attractive front and back cover

4. StartStop 2Stop 3Stop 4Stop 5Stop 6Stop 1Next Back Stop 3- The Process You will need to find research that will help you write the childrens book. Use the chart on the following page to help you organize your notes as you find more information on the worldwide web. 1.Visit the following websites to fill in the data on the chart: 1.http://www.proteacher.com/cgi- bin/outsidesite.cgi?id=23&external=http://www.nineplanets.org/&original=http://www.proteacher.com/1 10066.shtml&title=The%20Nine%20Planetshttp://www.proteacher.com/cgi- bin/outsidesite.cgi?id=23&external=http://www.nineplanets.org/&original=http://www.proteacher.com/1 10066.shtml&title=The%20Nine%20Planets 2.www.brainpop.comwww.brainpop.com 1.Watch the video clips on each individual planet and on the asteroid belt. This will give you a lot of interesting facts and it will tell you about the moons for each planet. 3.http://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/tour/tour.htm?spacehttp://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/tour/tour.htm?space 4.http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/our_solar_system/solar_system.htmlhttp://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/our_solar_system/solar_system.html 2.Once you have filled in the chart with all the information gathered you may now organize yourself to create your childrens book. First you need to think of a theme. 3.Now that you have a theme write the introduction page. 4.Write your second page which should include visiting the first planet which is Mercury. Be sure to give all the data you had recorded from your research. 5.Write your third page on the second planet, Venus. Be sure to give all the data you had recorded from your research. 6.Continue to write about the adventures through outer space using one page per planet. Do not forget to add the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. This should also get its own page. 7.Now that you have written about your journey through all eight planets, Pluto, and the asteroid belt you can wrap up your adventures on your last page. 8.Create a glossary for young children to use to help them with tough words. 9.Edit your rough draft. 10.Write your final copy including colored illustrations. 11.Decorate your front and back cover, just as you would see on a picture book.

5. StartStop 2Stop 3Stop 4Stop 5Stop 6Stop 1Next Back Chart Planet NamePosition from the Sun Mean distance from the sun DescriptionInteresting Facts Satellites Mercury Venus Earth Mars Asteroid Belt Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto

6. StartStop 2Stop 3Stop 4Stop 5Stop 6Stop 1Next Back Stop 4- Evaluation The book will be judges worthy of publishing by editors and publishers in the company using the following rubric: Property1 point2 points3 points4 points Attractiveness Shows no evidence of attention to neatness/ attractiveness Shows some evidence of attention to neatness/ attractiveness Shows acceptable evidence of attention to neatness/ attractiveness Shows extensive evidence of attention to neatness/ attractiveness Readability Level Is not on the level of lower elementary children. Is close to the level of lower elementary children. Is on the level of lower elementary children. Exceeds expectations with a glossary/ or other added feature. Interest Level Would not be interesting to young children. Would be mildly interesting to young children. Would be interesting to young children. Would fascinate young children. Illustrations Show little or no attention to detail. Show some attention to detail. Show acceptable attention to detail. Show excellent attention to detail. Scientifically correct/ complete content Gives incomplete/incorrect scientific information. Gives some complete /some correct scientific information. Gives mostly complete /mostly correct scientific information. Gives complete /correct scientific information

7. StartStop 2Stop 3Stop 4Stop 5Stop 6Stop 1Next Back Stop 5- Conclusion Your final product, the childrens book, should be an entertaining informative narrative that young children can enjoy. Once the publisher (teacher) has looked over the childrens books then they will decide if the book is ready to go on the shelves for young children to enjoy. If the book is free of errors then the books will go to the library of the neighboring elementary school for the young children to enjoy.

8. StartStop 2Stop 3Stop 4Stop 5Stop 6Stop 1Next Back Stop 6- Credits and References http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=solar+system&btn G=Search+Images&gbv=2 http://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/books/classics/sol arsystem.htm http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=schoolhouse&btn G=Google+Search&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF- 8&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&gbv=2& q=grading www.brainpop.com http://www.proteacher.com/cgi- bin/outsidesite.cgi?id=23&external=http://www.nineplanet s.org/&original=http://www.proteacher.com/110066.shtml &title=The%20Nine%20Planets http://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/tour/tour.htm?spac e