Learning About Space Satellites
Learn about satellites and how our lives benefit from this technology
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| Upon completion of this unit you will be able to: | In order to complete this lesson successfully, you should already know how to : |
| 1. Explain how satellites
help scientists learn about the earth's weather
2. Define El Nino 3. Discover how much of the earth is covered by water (%) |
1. Use a mouse
to operate a computer
2. Be able to access Netscape Navigator from the desktop 3. Be able to type in a URL in the Location field 4. Ask the teacher for help if you need it |
Ready
for your mission? Read through the instructions carefully. Then click
on the web site below and answer the questions that follow.
Take the "Toppy the Satellite" tour. Use the questions listed below to guide your research. Good Luck!
1. What is Toppy the Satellite?
2. How high above the earth is Toppy?
3. What is his mission?
4. How did scientists take measurements
of an ocean before satellites?
5. Name 3 instruments on board Toppy that
measure the ocean.
6. What is El Nino?
7. How does information about the oceans
help scientists?
8. What can Toppy study about oceans?
9. How much of the earth is covered by
oceans? (Give the percent %)
Bonus: Explain the following
question based on your research:
Why should scientists bother learning more about
the oceans and the weather? Does this information affect you everyday
and how you live?
Satellites
for Starters- Learn how satellites are created and launched.
Made by high school students at St. Mary's High School in New York.
How
Satellites Work - Visit this NASA site
to learn what satellites are, see a model, and answer the question "why
do satellites stay in orbit?"
J-Track
Satellite Tracking- Another NASA site that tracks the position of the
Hubble Telescope, the Mir space station and other satellites.
KidSat/YES
(Youth Enhancing Space)- Check out this NASA program that is run by
students for students. There are images from orbit and information
on shuttle missions.
The
Satellite Site- This site is from the Tech Museum of Innovation in
San Jose, CA. This will let you know everything you wanted to about
satellites, including how to build one!
Satellites
- Become an aerospace engineer without all the school work! Work
with 'Engineer Susan' to build your own satellite while you learn about
satellite functions.
Wonderful
World of Satellites- More information on these amazing machines.
Yahooligans!
- Kid friendly search engine with additional satellite resources.
Finished with your mission?
| If you have a printer available, Click on the On-Line Coloring Book and print out an activity to complete on your own! |
| Complete another mission to discover other ways the space program has helped our lives |
