Solar System Safari



The Story: Peter, Mia and Emily took their father's space ship out for a spin when nobody was looking.

What they didn't know was the wormhole navigation system was broken!  Join them on a Solar System Safari as they jump from planet to planet and try to figure out where they are!

See Sample Story Here >>>

Alternative Ending Exercise

In story, Peter, Mia and Emily visit Jupiter, Saturn and Mars before the ships damaged navigation brings them home to Earth. 

The Alternative Ending Exercise is a multi-diciplinary exercise where the teens visit more planets before finally reaching Earth. 

Students are guided step-by-step writing their alternative exercise. 

Step 1
The first part is the space ship comes out of a wormhole above a planet.   Use the wormhole worksheet to start writing this part. 

Step 2
Have student choose one or more planets for Peter Emily and Mia to visit. Students research the planet and complete the Planet Report Worksheet for one or more planets.

Step 3
Have the students build up the story in point form.  Use the Character Worksheets to help build up the story. 


Now students have written some notes about when the space ship comes out of the wormhole, decided what planet they will be at, and written some descriptive notes about the planet, and selected some character interactions. 

With these three together, they are ready to write an alternative ending.


Activities

1)  How to Spend the Money?   How much does the US Government now spend on exploring space?  And how much should they spend?   Discussion activity with complete US Government Budget Handouts. 

Includes:

  • simplified US Government Budget (1999)
  • blank US Government Budget.

2)  How old are you?    Activity for students to calculate how old they are on the different planets with different length years. 

Includes: 

  • Planet Fact Sheet (Metric)
  • Planet Fact Sheet (US)
  • How Old are You Worksheet


    • 3)      How much do you weigh?  Activity for students to calculate how heavy they would be on different planets. 

    Includes: 

    • Planet Fact Sheet (Metric)
    • Planet Fact Sheet (US)
    • How Much do You Weigh Worksheet

    4) The Planets Crossword Puzzle

    Includes: 

  • Crossword Puzzle
  • Crossword Puzzle Answer Key

    •  5) Planet Encyclopedias
    • Earth
    • Jupiter
    • Mars
    • Mercury
    • Neptune
    • Uranus
    • Saturn
    • Venus
    6) Planet Fact Sheets
    • Fact Sheet for Planets compared to Earth (Standard Units)
    • Fact Sheet for Planets compared to Earth (Metric)
    • Earth Ratio Planet Fact Sheet (ratio's already calculated)
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