| WebByte submitted by: | Carolyn Hinshaw | Date submitted: | Fri Jan 19 09:16:18 PST 2001 |
| Grade Level: | 5 | Email: | chinshaw@bham.wednet.edu |
| School: | Birchwood Elementary | District: | Bellingham |
| WebByte Title: | The Milky Way | ||
| Curricular Areas: | Reading | Science | |
| Key Essential Learnings: | 1.2 recognize the components, structure, and organization of systems and the interconnections within and among them | ||
| 1.5 use features of non-fiction text and computer software such as titles, headings, pictures, maps, and charts to find and understand specific information\0 | |||
| Teaching Point: | Using one website I want my students to be able to identify an answer that is right there on the web page, one that they have to think about - make an inference, and one that they have to find information somewhere else.Be able to tell me what a galaxy is. | ||
| Web address for the activity: | http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/html/milky_way.html | ||
| Student Directions: |
Find out about the galaxy we live in called the Milky Way http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/html/milky_way.html Visit the website and use WORD to answer the following questions How many stars are in the Milky Way Galaxy? How far is Earth from the center of the Galaxy? What is the shape the Milky Way Galaxy? |
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| Technology Skills: | Scan for kew words. Copy and Paste information between 2 programs. |
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