Monica

Hi Monica

You will find the information to complete the Comet's Tale in the navigation bar to the left. They are in Word documents under each of the headings. You may complete your work on your wikipage by copying and pasting the word document to your page or you can complete it using the sheets supplied. Please include pictures of comets.
 * A Comet's Tale**

You can find a word document with your project information in 'Project' on the navigation bar It is due 30 March 2009
 * Project**

Please insert 1 image to the Space Images page, include your name and label the image.
 * Homework - 23 March 2009**

Ms Lumby =Best of the Solar System= Before going to the computer, answer the following questions to the best of your knowledge.

1. Which planets do you think are visible from Earth with the unaided human eye? Venus, Mars,Jupiter and Saturn 2. What do you think planets look like when viewed from Earth with the unaided human eye? like coloured stars eg:mars is red 3. Before the telescope was invented what were ancient astromoners able to learn about the planets? Early astronomers observed that when certain planets were in certain places, things would often occur on a continual basis eg. flowers blooming, leaves falling etc. which eventually led to the naming of the seasons. 4. When was the telescope first used to study astronomy? In about 1609, when Galileo Galilei used a telescope to study the solar system (he found that saturn had 'ring like formations' and that a lot of planets have more than one moon). 5. What are some discoveries made with the telescope? Jupiter, Saturn, Venus' phases, proof that planets revolve around the sun, moons orbiting larger planets. 6. When did spacecraft first send back data and images from the planets? I don't know 7. What features do you think we can see in images of the planets? craters, mountain rangers, volcanos

I got most of my information from the internet and books, my sister also helped me.