Mary Murgas 4 th Grade King George Elementary Click the rocket to continue

Mary Murgas4th GradeKing George Elementary

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INTRODUCTION

• You will experience 5 voyages!• Each voyage will give you the option of playing

the “Space Game” or explore the “Space Scavenger Challenge”.

• “Make sure you have your “Space Scavenger Challenge” sheet to fill in so you can collect your spacey prize when you are done.

• Click the Rocket to blast off into your voyage!

“Space Game”Directions

“Space Scavenger Challenge” Directions

VOYAGE PAGE

Click on any Picture forYour Adventure to Begin!

Eclipses & Phases of the Moon

Earthy Facts

Advances in Space

Sun and Moon

Motions in Space

Return to Introduction Page

“Space Game”Directions

“Space Scavenger Challenge” Directions

SPACE GAME DIRECTIONS

Get the “Space Riddle” worksheet from your teacher. Read the directions very carefully.

Enter each voyage and click on the “Play Space Game Link”

Read each question and answer the question by clicking on the answer you think is correct.

For every question, put an X on the wrong answer on your worksheet to solve the riddle.

Hand in your worksheet to your teacher after you completed each voyage.

Return to Introduction Page Blast off to Voy

age Page

SPACE SCAVENGER CHALLENGE DIRECTIONS

Get “Space Scavenger Challenge” Sheet from the teacher.

Enter a voyage mission.Click on the “Enter the Space Scavenger

Challenge” link.Read the questions on the sheet and decide

which title would be best to find the answer for each link. Look for the answers on the links and write them down.

Hand in the sheet when you finished with all of the questions for a Spacey Prize

Return to Introduction Page

Blast off to Voyage Page

ADVANCES IN SPACE

Back to the Voyage Page Play the Advances in Space“Space Game”

Enter the Advances in Space“Space Scavenger Challenge”

Ever since we could look up to the sky and wonder what was there, we have speculated about what was in outer space. If it were not for many brave and courageous men and women in our time, we would still be looking up at the sky and wondering what was up in space. Even with all of the advances we have had, there is still so much for us to know and explore. Will you be one of those brave men or women to discover something in space?

In this voyage, you will review many past scientists such as Aristotle and Ptolemy. You will also review astronauts who went to the moon. Do you remember when the first man went to the moon? If not, review with your study guides at the link.

http://kgcsteacherweb.net/Page_3.aspx?id=190126

EARTHY FACTS

In order to understand more about space, we need to understand more about Earth and how it relates to the rest of the universe. Earth’s diameter is one fourth larger than the moon’s diameter. Do you know how much larger the sun’s diameter is compared to the Earth? If you forget, click here to find your study guides to help you.

In this voyage, you will review the size of Earth, how far it is from the sun, and the surface of the Earth.

Back to the Voyage Page Play the Earthy Facts “Space Game”

Enter the Earthy Facts “Space Scavenger Challenge”


ECLIPSES & PHASES OF THE MOON

Back to the Voyage Page Play the Eclipses & Phases of the Moon

“Space Game”

Enter the Eclipses & Phases of the Moon“Space Scavenger Challenge”

Do you know what a Lunar Eclipse and New Moon have in common? How are they different? How does the moon get its light? The moon has always been a wonder to man since it is our closest neighbor in space.

In this journey, you will review the moon phases and the two eclipses. If you would like to venture out into more details, you can find more details about the moon you have never learned before in the “Space Scavenger Challenge”. You can always go back to your study guides here to help you with any questions.


MOTIONS IN SPACE

Back to the Voyage Page Play the Motions in Space“Space Game”

Enter the Motions In Space “Space Scavenger Challenge”

How fast are we moving in space? Can you walk and chew gum at the same time? Earth can- well not really, but it can do two things at one time- do you know what two movements Earth makes at the same time? To review the movements, you can go to your study guides here.

In this voyage, not only will you review the movements but what how those movements affect us.


SUN AND THE MOON

Back to the Voyage Page Play the Sun and the Moon“Space Game”

Enter the Sun and The Moon “Space Scavenger Challenge”

How big is our sun? When you compare it to Earth, it is extremely large but when you compare it to other stars, it is an average size star. Yes, our sun is a star. How many moons can fit into Earth? How many Earths can fit into the sun?

These are questions you can find in the “Space Scavenger Challenge”. So get out your sheets and start getting busy. Don’t forget you can use your study guides to help you. You can enter here to find the study guides.


Advances in Space“Space Game”

1. What two scientists believed that the Earth was the center of the Universe?

Aristotle & Ptolemy

Copernicus & Galileo Aristotle & Galileo

Back to the Voyage Page Find help with Study Guides Back to Advances in Space Page

A. B. C.


Yeah~ You got the right answer~ Aristotleand Ptolemy did think Earth was the center of

the Universe. The name of this theory wasthe Geocentric Theory!!

Back to the Voyage Page Back to Advances in Space Page

Keep on Playing!

Wrong answer! Copernicus & Galileo believed that the SUN was the center of the Universe. You can go back and try again. Try looking at the study guides

before answering this time!

Back to Advances in Space PageBack to the Voyage PageTry again! Study Guide Link


You are half right and half wrong. One of the people you chose did believe the Earth was the center of the Universe. You may want to review your notes to find out who before trying again!

Try again! Study Guide Link Back to the Voyage Page Back to Advances in Space Page



2. What year did the first man walk on the moon?

1979 1879 1969

A. B. C.



You sure know your stuff!! Yes, Neil Armstrong walked on the moon in 1969 during

the Apollo mission!

Keep on Playing! Back to the Voyage Page Back to Advances in Space Page

Oops! It looks like your answer was out of control! Try again- don’t forget to use your study

guide for help!

Study Guide Link Back to the Voyage Page Back to Advances in Space PageTry again!


Don’t get all up in arms about your wrong answer! Keep on

trying! Give yourself a hand by using your study guides!




3. What government agency sent the first man to the moon?

DMV NASA KGES

A. B. C.



Sorry! The DMV was not responsible for sending the man to the moon! Use

your study guide to find out which agency did.

Back to Advances in Space PageBack to the Voyage PageTry again! Study Guide Link


Uh-oh! A lot of hands were involved in sending the first man to the moon but KGES was not

involved. Wrong Answer!!



You are out of this world! Correct Answer! NASA which stands for National

Aeronautics and Space Administration did send Neil Armstrong to the moon!

Back to the Voyage Page Back to “Advances in Space” Page

End of questions for “Advances in Space”

Enter the Advances in Space “Space Scavenger Challenge”

Advances in Space“Space Scavenger Challenge”

• Use the following websites to fill in your answers on your “Space Scavenger Challenge” sheet!

• Space Today (1st website)

• Windows to the Universe (2nd website)

Back to the Voyage Page Back to “Advances in Space” Page

Play the Advances in Space “Space Game”

http://www.spacetoday.org/Astronauts/Animals/Dogs.html

http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/people/people.html

EARTHY FACTS“SPACE GAME”

1. Earth is a _______, ________ planet.

Gaseous, outer

Rocky, outer

Rocky, inner

A. B. C.

Back to the Voyage Page Find help with Study Guides Back to “Earthy Facts” Page


Oh no, Earth is definitely not a gaseous planet! You can always try again with

your notes!

Back to “Earthy Facts” PageBack to the Voyage PageTry again! Study Guide Link


Wrong choice! Hope it isn’t your last one! Earth is not an outer planet. Keep

using those study guides to help.



You are A-OK! Earth is both a rocky and an inner planet. As a matter of fact, it is one

of the four inner planets.

Keep on Playing! Back to the Voyage Page Back to “Earthy Facts” Page


2. How far away is the Earth from the sun?

150 million Kilometers

150 million miles

150 kilometers

A. B. C.

Back to the Voyage Page Find help with Study Guides Back to “Earthy Facts” Page


Nope! Actually, Earth is 93 million miles away from the sun. Keep at it!



Ouch! We would definitely burn up if we were only 150 kilometers away from the sun!! Better refer to your study guide for

this one!



You are exactly RIGHT! Earth is 150 million

Kilometers away from the sun! Good thing or else we

would burn up!

Keep on Playing! Back to the Voyage Page Back to “Earthy Facts” Page


3. Earth’s protective _______ protect us from damaging rays from the sun.

water mountains rays

A. B. C.

Back to the Voyage PageFind help with Study Guides Back to “Earthy Facts”

Page


Wrong choice! We do need water to survive but it doesn’t protect us from sun’s rays. Use your study guide to

help you.



Sorry! Mountains don’t help protect us from the damaging rays. Use your

notes!



You are so right! Thank goodness for those rays! Make

sure you use your sunscreen or you may wrinkle like me!

Back to the Voyage Page Back to “Earthy Facts” Page

End of questions for “Earthy Facts”

Enter the Earthy Facts “Space Scavenger Challenge”

MOTIONS IN SPACE“SPACE GAME”

1. Which movement gives us days?

rotation revolution orbiting

A. B. C.

Back to the Voyage Page Find help with Study Guides Back to “Motions in Space” Page


Revolution is NOT the reason for days and nights!! Revolution causes us to

have years because it is the bath around the sun. Try again!

Back to “Motions in Space” PageBack to the Voyage PageTry again! Study Guide Link


Sorry! Orbiting is the path the Earth takes around the sun and has nothing to do with days and nights! Use your study

guides!



WOW! You are dynamite! Great job! Rotation does cause days and nights because when it spins on its axis, it is facing the sun (day) and

away (night).

Back to the Voyage Page Back to “Motions in Space” Page

Keep on Playing!


2. Which movement gives us years?

rotation revolution spinning

A. B. C.



No way, rotation gives us days and nights! Didn’t you learn anything from

the last question?? Try again!



Wrong- spinning is another name for rotation! Rotating doesn’t give us years

but days and nights!



Yahoo! You got the right answer! Revolution does

gives us years.


Keep on Playing!


3. Why do we have seasons?

We are closer to the sun at certain times

Axial tilt Due to the speed of the revolution of the Earth

A. B. C.



Wrong! Although we are closer to the sun at times, this is the main reason we

have seasons.



Sorry! Wrong answer! Use your notes to help you!



You are so right! When the hemisphere is tilted toward the sun, that hemisphere is

experiencing summer. When the hemisphere is tilted away, winter is happening.


End of questions for “Earthy Facts”

Enter the Motions in Space “Space Scavenger Challenge”


“SPACE GAME”

1. Which moon phase is this?

WaxingGibbous

WaningGibbous

WaxingCrescent

A. B. C.

Back to the Voyage Page Find help with Study Guides Back to “Eclipses & Phases of the Moon” Page


Wrong! Do you need extra help besides the study guides? Click here for a

cheat-cheat!

Back to “Eclipses & Phases of the Moon” PageBack to the Voyage PageTry again! Study Guide Link


No way! Try again and you can get extra help by clicking here.



Yahoo! You are real smart! You know your

phases

Back to the Voyage PageBack to “Eclipses & Phases of the Moon” PageKeep on Playing!


“SPACE GAME”

2. When the light is on the right, which moon cycle are we experiencing?

Waxing Waning Eclipse

A. B. C.



Wrong! Fly away and try again! Use your notes!



Sorry! Wrong answer! To point in the right direction, use your study guides at

the link below!.



You definitely have all the right

moves! Good Job!

Back to the Voyage PageBack to “Eclipses & Phases of the Moon” PageKeep on Playing!


“SPACE GAME”

3. What is it when the Earth, sun, and moon line up and the moon is between the Earth and the

Sun?

Solar Eclipse

New Moon

Lunar Eclipse

A. B. C.



Wrong answer! To look for the right answer, use your study guides!



Stop! You got the wrong answer! Try again!



Yahoo! The sparks are flying around

you!

Back to the Voyage PageBack to “Eclipses & Phases of the Moon” Page

Enter the Eclipses & Phases of the Moon “Space Scavenger Challenge”.!

SUN AND THE MOON“SPACE GAME”

1. Which one has extreme temperatures?

sun Earth moon

A. B. C.

Back to the Voyage Page Find help with Study Guides Back to “Sun and the Moon” Page


Wrong!

Back to “Sun and the Moon” PageBack to the Voyage PageTry again! Study Guide Link


Keep looking for the right answer! You can do it!



Yahoo! You are steering in the right direction

with your answers! Great

work!Back to the Voyage Page

Back to “Sun and the Moon” PageKeep on Playing!


2. How much larger is sun’s diameter than Earth’s diameter?

four 110 eight

A. B. C.



Uh-oh! You are going in the wrong direction! Reverse and try again!



Try again! Look toward the notes for the answers!



You are sparkling! Great work! The sun’s diameter is much larger than

our diameter!

Back to the Voyage PageBack to “Sun and the Moon” PageKeep on Playing!


3. Our moon has _____ the mass of Earth.

1/8 1/4 1/10

A. B. C.



Wrong- the diameter of the moon is ¼ not the mass. Don’t look behind you!

The answer isn’t there but in your study guide notes!




Wrong- Turn that frown upside down! Use your notes to help you!


You can party now! You have all the right answers!

Back to the Voyage Page Back to “Sun and the Moon” Page

Enter the Sun and the Moon “Space Scavenger Challenge”.!

Earthy Facts“Space Scavenger Challenge”


• Solar Space Station- Planets (1st website)

• Solar Space Station- Earth (2nd website)

Back to the Voyage Page Back to “Earthy Facts” Page

Play the Earthy Facts“Space Game”

http://www.solarspace.co.uk/Planets.php

http://www.solarspace.co.uk/Earth/earth.php

Motions in Space“Space Scavenger Challenge”


• About.com (1st website)



Play the Motions in Space “Space Game”

http://geography.about.com/od/learnabouttheearth/a/earthspeed.htm

Eclipses & Phases of the Moon“Space Scavenger Challenge”


• The Myths and Rituals of Eclipses (1st website)

• Once in A Blue Moon (2nd website)

Back to the Voyage PageBack to “Eclipses &

Phases of the Moon” Page

Play the Eclipses & Phases of the Moon“Space Game”

Sun and the Moon“Space Scavenger Challenge”


• NASA (1st website)


Back to the Voyage Page Back to “Sun and the Moon” Page

Play the Sun and the Moon “Space Game”

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