You work for a travel agency and Mr. Klein is a customer that wants to go on a vacation in space! So he is coming to you for help. You must plan his space vacation.
Mr. Klein wants to have the best space vacation ever! So, he is asking lots of different travel agencies to come up with vacation proposals for him. Make sure your proposal is exciting so that he picks yours!
Work in groups of 3 and come up with a name for your travel agency.
Select 3 places in space (planets, solar systems, nebulae,...) for Mr. Klein to visit.
Find the distances between the 3 places (use scientific notation and include units.
Find the distances between the 3 places (use scientific notation and include units) starting from Earth.
Find the total distance (use scientific notation and include units)
Find 2 facts or pieces of information about each of the 3 places (use percentages)
Put together a presentation of your vacation proposal. Remember, this is a competition to see who plans the best trip. Be sure to:
Include distances and your interesting facts. Why would he want to go there?
Make it interesting. You can make a power point, brochure, poster, or even a video!
Resources you might want to use:
http://www.outerspaceuniverse.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_planetary_systems
http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/space/
Examples you may want to look at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meio_WHYDXE&list=UUIbPdkNRfmweCNnYOons1vg
http://catalog.vmagsmedia.com/publication/cdeacbf8#/cdeacbf8/2
This project is worth 50 Points. This is how you will be graded.