Th Grade Space Project Name: Date: Due Date: - Ms. Samuels' Science Class

6th Grade Space Project

Name: __________________ Date: _________Due Date: _____

Design your own Planet!

It is the year 3010 and the Earth has become over populated. It is your job as a NASA scientist to find a new planet for the humans to inhabit.

Some questions to answer and include in your presentation about your planet (turn this sheet in with your project):

Name of the planet: ____________________________________________________

Size of the planet: ______________________________________________________

What type of orbit will your plant make (how many days will in take)? _____________________________________

Will your planet have moons? ________________ How many? ___________________ How with the moons affect your tides? ________________________________________

What type of landforms will your planet have (mountains/ craters/ volcanoes?)? _____________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________

Will your planet have plate tectonics? _________________________________________

Explain how your planet's plate tectonic activity is affecting your landforms being created (mountains/volcanoes/trenches) and natural disasters. _____________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________

Using the Periodic Table, what elements will be found on your planet and Why? _____________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________

What types, if any, of bodies of water? ________________________________________ What types, if any, of animals? ______________________________________________ What types, if any, of vegetation? ____________________________________________

Explain the climate of your planet. _____________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________

Explain the weather experienced on your planet. ____________________________________________________________

Will your planet have seasons? ______________________________________________ What will cause these seasons? ______________________________________________

What will your planet be made of? _________________________________________

After you are finished researching and developing your planet, you will be making a presentation to the NASA Population Board as to why the

people from Earth might want to migrate to your planet via a poster board or pamphlet or power point or a webpage (weebly or other). Include all the above information as if you were giving a tour of your

planet.

Also, for extra credit you may create a 3D model of your planet to present. This will count as 1 Extra Credit test grade.

Due Date: March 28

Useful websites: Design a Planet:

Planet Makeover:

Weebly Website Creations:

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