Churchill Science

Here are some of the planets that Cluster B created using Planet 10. To make your own planets, click on these photos!

Ruby’s Astro Planet

Chloe’s Planet

Ruby and Chloe – what happened to your planets? Did they succeed?

The objects in our solar system are remarkably different sizes. Click on the picture to find out more!

We are starting to explore the solar system, and this is the first tool we’re using. It’s free software called Celestia. Click on the picture to learn more about it! We’ll be posting screenshots of what we find!

Some of the things 219 noticed this morning:
-The Sun has spots!
-Jupiter and Saturn have many moons.
-There are many satellites orbiting Earth.

Blast Off to the Universe! Take a Ride to the Planets with Room 222

Here’s an awesome slideshow, set to music, made by the 222 Superstars during their solar system unit.

Screenshots from the video:

Although there is a lot of excitement about Mars right now, we are busy studying other planets too. This image is of the surface of Mercury.

This image (from NASA/JPL) shows craters and ”spidery” volcanoes. Scientists also think Mercury has a magnetic field.

One reason to study other planets is to compare them to Earth. Mercury is like Earth in some ways, but very different in other ways. Some scientists think that it can show us what was going on on Earth a long time ago.