Friday and Monday

Part 2:  Planet rotation.



  http://www.solarsystemscope.com/


http://phet.colorado.edu/sims/my-solar-system/my-solar-system_en.html




Monday:


You and your partner have a choice to make.   Should the first off-Earth settlement be built on the Moon or on Mars?  There are pros and cons to each.

To start, go to:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonization_of_Mars
http://marshome.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonization_of_the_Moon
http://www.nss.org/settlement/


Now look at some of the missions:

http://planetary.org/explore/topics/the_moon/missions.html
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/programmissions/

Use your Unit 2 readings to help you see if there are:

a) plate tectonics
b) a magnetosphere
c) an atmosphere
d) water
e) gravitational forces
f) minerals
g) temperature extremes


Come up with a list of up to 40 must-have items on your colonization effort.  Also, be sure to tell me WHERE you plan on making your settlement (equator, a pole, etc.)