3. What would it be like to live on the International Space Station?

4. How does understanding other planets help us understand our own?

5. Over 90% of the scientists that ever lived are still living today, what might they discover in this new century?

6. How would the world be changed if we made contact with another (alien) civilization?

Math Ideas

1. How much would you weigh on each planet?

2. Make a chart or graph comparing facts (distance, size, etc.) about each planet.

3. If a model of the Earth was 4 inches in diameter, how big would the moon be and how far away in scale?

4. The Sun’s diameter is about 100 times that of the Earth’s diameter. About how many “Earths” would it take to cover a circle the size of the Sun? How many “Earths” would fit into the Sun?

5. The radius from earth to the Sun is about 100 million miles. Calculate the speed of the Earth in its orbit.

6. The early Greeks knew the Earth casts a round shadow on the moon during a lunar eclipse. What shapes (spheres, cones, pyramids, cubes, etc.) can do the same?

Report Ideas

1. What everyday technology has come from the space program?

2. Explain how a telescope works, the types and how they are used for research.

3. What contributions to astronomy were made by women?

4. How did the discovery of Jupiter’s moons change how people viewed our place in the universe?

5. Compare astrology to astronomy and the scientific method.

6. Research light pollution and how it affects astronomers and our environment.

7. Compare playing any sport on Earth to how it would be on another planet.

Creative Writing Ideas

1. Pick a Constellation and write your own story.

2. A funny thing happened on the way to ______ planet !

3. The Earth is one tiny planet orbiting an average star among billions and billions of stars. That makes me special because...

4. Pick a planet and make a brochure to draw tourists to your resort.

5. You're going to Mars! What would you see and do along the way or when you got there?

6. Which planet would you like to visit and why?

7. If Galileo was alive today what technology would he find most astonishing?

8. Describe your journey traveling on a comet.