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Gain access to the NASA database on the Internet (to do this you must type in http://www.yahoo.com/Science/Space , followed by RETURN. When it appears on the screen, CLICK on NASA) to find images of the near and far sides of the Moon, fact sheets of information on the Earth and other planets and plenty of information on satellites and space probes. Information on the planets in our Solar System and other astronomical data is available from http://www.ex.ac.uk/public_html/nineplanets/nineplanets.html or through a link on the Nuffield home page http://www.telescope.org/nuffield and the NASA web pages can be accessed through http://spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov.html
Pupils could find information and work on the following projects:-
a - The moons of Jupiter
b - The moons of Saturn
c - The far side of the Moon
d - Draw an artists impression of a view on the Moon
e - Weather satellites
f - Communication satellites
g - Obtain an image of the planet Jupiter or Saturn and look at their moons
(http://www.ex.ac.uk/public_html/nineplanets/jupiter.html or saturn.html)
h - Obtain an image of the Moon and examine the features, compare with a Moon map to
name some features.
j - Internet with an astronaut
k - The history of early space probes
l - "A visit to the Moon".
The projects could be presented in a variety of ways e.g.
1 - An Article
2 - A Poster
3 - Sketches or paintings
4 - Model
Pupil Activity - Telescope Image Request
When submitting a job to the Robotic Telescope, give the name of the object as Moon, Saturn or Jupiter.
An image of the Moon will include details of the Moon in shadow. Pupils could request two images of the Moon a few days apart and calculate the length of the Lunar Day by them working out how long it takes for the shadow to cross the whole Moon.
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