Sixth Grade Science Signal Mountain Middle School

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Big Paper: Group Assignment


Retrograde Rotation of Venus


Task Sheet and Rubric

Supporting websites: 

Retrograde planets: The planets that have a retrograde rotation are Venus, Uranus and Pluto. Just remember Very Unusual Planets.



Asteroids & Meteoroids: First let us explain the only diffence between an asteroid and a meteroid: their sizes. Anything smaller than 1 mile across is considered a meteroid. Anything larger is considered an asteroid.


Meteoroids vs. Asteroids

Near Earth Object Program: NASA

Examples: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 (to be updated)
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