Saturday, April 05, 2008

Focus Questions


What are space suits made of? -Ms. Rashid
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_suit
http://science.howstuffworks.com/space-suit.htm
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4026/noord47.html

How did it all begin?
http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEMC6TS1VED_index_0.html


Where did Mars come from and how did it form into the planet we know today? -Omar
http://www.student.oulu.fi/~jkorteni/space/mars/history/index.html

How are asteroids made? –Faris N
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bang

When Uranus was found by William Herschel, what was his age? His wife’s name? Was he sick? Was he scared? And, was going to space his dream? -Abbie
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Herschel

How were Saturn’s rings formed? –Reza
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetary_ring
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rings_of_Saturn

Why is Mars smaller than Earth? –Jade

Why are stars, like the sun, formed from gas? –Tilina
http://astro.uchicago.edu/~grodnick/gallery/stars/stars_explained.html

How were volcanoes formed on Venus and how big do they get?–Emma

How did Saturn form? –Daphne
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn
Why did people think there were Martians on Mars? –Lou

Why did the Romans name Mars the red planet? –Faisal J

Why is Jupiter the biggest planet? –Faisal A

What is the surface of Neptune like? -Zayed
http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/neptune_worldbook.html

How did Neptune's rings form? -Mansoor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetary_ring
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rings_of_Neptune

How big are the Earth, Sun, and Moon? -Mubarak

http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=10987