Solar+System+Report

Every student has a student resources guide that goes into great detail for what is to be included in this report. The following is a rough guide which will be elaborated as time and questions about the project allow for it. Parents may request a copy of the student resource guide by email. Please write the request on your child's homework log.

Your solar system report must include the following components.


 * A title page colored and designed
 * An introductory paragraph
 * A minimum of four paragraphs with at least one paragraph for each of four different schema catergories. The following schema categories are your choices. Subheadings should be used in your report to show which schema catergories you chose.
 * 1) Classification, What object in the solar system are you studying?
 * 2) Location, Where in our solar system is it located?
 * 3) Physical characteristics, What is it like on the surface and on the inside?
 * 4) Atmosphere, What gases immediately surround it?
 * 5) Origin, How was it formed?
 * 6) Orbit, How does it move in our solar system?
 * 7) Natural Satellites, What other objects orbit around it?
 * 8) Exploration, How have scientists learned about it?
 * A conclusion
 * A glossary
 * Two graphics including captions and labels.
 * A bibliography.

Grading Guidelines
 * [[file:Rubric-Grading-Solar-System-Report.pdf]]