Space Travel

Below are examples of famous space craft from the movies and real life. Look carefully at the designs of each one and consider why each craft looks the way it does? How do you think the shape of each craft would help you travel the stars? If you could design a space craft, what would it look like? Submit your designs in your replies and have fun reaching for the stars!


"To infinity and beyond!"...Buzz Lightyear

GO GO GOOGLE!

The latest version of Google Earth (Google Earth 5.0 Beta available at http://earth.google.com/) allows us to view migration patterns of endangered species (i.e. whales) as they travel throughout the ocean. What other species could benefit by being tracked via satellite tracking (such as Google Earth) and why? How does satellite tracking allow us to help endangered species on Earth?

What Might They Look Like?

Hollywood movies have featured hundreds of wild and wierd alien creatures (see below), but as mankind explores the universe, what do you think an alien creature might look like? Why? How does the organisms physical appearance help it survive on its home planet? Would it survive on Earth? Why or why not? Share your thoughts and ideas with your classmates!

Some famous Hollywood extra terrestrials include...

Hitching A Galatic Ride

Follow this link to read a fascinating article on the sun:

Hitching A Galatic Ride

If you were an astronomer, what would you choose to study? Stars, planets, galaxies, comets, nebula, the universe? Share your thoughts with your teammates!

Explore Your World!

As you begin another year of school, what do YOU think are the MOST important issues for us to focus on for our planet's future? How do you see the world (as an ecosystem) changing in the next twenty five years?

To infinity and beyond!

This picture represents the remains of a star that exploded millions of years ago and is now visible to us (using the Hubble Space Telescope). If you could take a picture of any part of the universe, what would you look at and why? What other things should we be looking at/for in space? Why?