Help with your Space Project

Your project should consist of 6 paragraphs (one for the introduction, four for the main body, and one for your conclusion) as well as a bibliography.

You can choose to present this as a formal written report, a slideshow presentation, or a poster.

For more information on how to write an information report, and what I expect, please click here.

For information on how to write a bibliography, please click here.

more space websites...

Sass found this site. It shows you the size of the planets in relation to each other and the sun.


The size of our world

Emily found this site, you might find it helpful for your project too!

Ask an Astronomer FOR KIDS!

space clipart

Here's a link to a website that has lots of clipart that you can use for your project

WP Clipart

Science Project - Space

Our first project for the year will be a science project on Space. You will be looking at our wonderful planet Earth! Your project is due on Friday the 23rd of March.

Here are some links that I'm sure you will find useful for this project:
What is Earth?
Earth Overview
Habitable Worlds 
Atmosphere Layers
The Layers of our Atmosphere

Some good food-web websites

What eats? - Thanks Sass!

Whales and Antarctica Food Webs

Food chain - this site page has links to more helpful sites at the bottom

Defenders of Wildlife - Thanks Aaron!

All about Wildlife - Thanks Clay!

Food Chains and Food Webs

Chain Reaction

Geography 4 Kids

The Food Chain

Teach the Children Well - Animals - There's lots and lots and lots of links to lots and lots and lots of websites here!

Science Games for Kids - Food Chains

Australian Animals

Australian Wildlife
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Food Web Project

Due: Friday 2nd of December

Your assignment is made up of two parts:
Part one - create a food web
Part two - research project on an animal of your choice from your food web


Part One - Poster
Your challenge is to create a food web from a habitat of your choice.

The food web should be created on a poster, you can hand draw the images or you could use magazine pictures to create a collage.

The foodweb should include at least three non-living things and be clearly labelled with the animal name and a classification.

As part of your project, you will also need to define the following terms and provide an example of each:

• herbivore 
• carnivore 
• omnivore 
• insectivore 
• producer 
• primary consumer 
• secondary consumer 
• predator 
• scavenger 
• filter feeder 
• cleaner 
• parasite

Part Two -  Written Report
Research one of the animals on your food web and provide the following information on that animal:

• where does it live? 
• in what country is it found? 
• what does it eat? 
• what is it hunted by? 
• how does it look after its young 
• is it endangered? 
• what does it look like? 
• what does it spend its time doing? 
• any other interesting information....

For information on how to write a written report, and what my expectations for your written report are, please click here.

Assessment Rubric:

even more websites to help you with your project

How things fly

Kids: How do aeroplanes fly?

National Air and Space Museum

Youtube: How Airplanes fly

Flight

Here are some more websites to help you with your projects

How do airplanes fly? 

What is lift?

Bernoulli's Principle

Weird Science Kids

Flight Project

Here are a few more web sites that might be helpful to you...

The official website of Amelia Earhart

The Wright Brothers - First Flight of an Airplane

Aviation in Australia

History of the Airplane

Century of Flight

How Stuff Works: How Airplanes Work

NASA - How Do Planes Fly?

Flight Science Project

I'm looking forward to seeing your presentations at the end of the term.

If you have lost your guidelines handout, click here to download a new one.

Here are some websites that you might find useful:

NASA Glenn Research Center, UEET Program Student Site 

National Air and Space Museum

Women's Air and Space Museum

K8 Aeronautics Principles Text book

For the written part of your report, please make sure all the information is written in YOUR OWN words. You need to include a bibliography which tells the reader where you found your information, this includes any websites you visited where you got information from.