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**Criteria for Mission to Space**
Criteria for Mission to Space Blog


 * Examples of Planetary Blogs:**
 * Mission to Mercury || Mission to Venus || Mission to Mars || Mission to Jupiter ||
 * Mission to Saturn || Mission to Uranus || Mission to Neptune ||  ||

**Resources:**

 * Note taking Sheet** To use the notetaking sheet, you must be logged in to Google Apps. Open the document, click File and "Make a Copy". Rename the Note taking sheet with your block, your full name, Mission to Space Notes: //Example: 1A first last Mission to Space Notes//. Share the document with Mr. Warner, Mrs. Johnson and your crew members.

Note taking sheet in Word

Grading Rubric

Blogging
Cheetahs Blog Wiki

Citation
Citation Guide Citation Generator: EasyBib

Just go to the desired web page of your choice and paste the following code in your address bar: javascript:alert(document.lastModified)
 * Code for finding when Webpage was last updated: **

A message box pops up (figure below) showing you the date and time when the page was last updated.

 Hard website to cite: "ThinkQuest Space Travel - Antimatter." ThinkQuest Space Travel. Oracle Education Foundation, 2003. Web. 03 Dec. 2011.

Database
[|Science Online Database] Edupics

**Living and Working in Space**
[|Life in Space] [|Space Station - a rare inside view of the next frontier in space exploration] [|HSF > Living In Space] Learn more about how astronauts eat, sleep, work and play in space. [|Leafy Green Astronauts] Growing plants in space Deep Space InternetCan you Google in space? [|Breathing Easy on the Space Station] How breathable air is created in space [|Water on the Space Station] How water is used and recycled in space [|Artificial Gravity] An astrophysicist explains how artificial gravity could be simulated [|Inflatable Spacecraft Habitat] A cool idea for living in space Astronaut ranks and positions - Wikipedia Classification of Astronauts ||
 * [[image:missiontospace/Living_in_space.jpg]] || **Living and Working in Space**
 * Crew Member Jobs and Positions**

Calculations
[|Online Conversion - Convert just about anything] Wolfram Alpha - Computational search engine ||
 * How tos for this project || Time, Speed and Distance Calculator
 * Considerations for acceleration || Use 1 G (9.8 m/s^2) for acceleration, remember, you also have to stop! ||

**Spacecraft and Propulsion Systems**
Antimatter Spacecraft Antimatter Spacecraft - ThinkQuest - Space Travel Improved Antimatter Propulsion Top Speed 216,000 mi/h ||= FAQ Ion propulsion Fact Sheet: Ion Propulsion [|Ion Propulsion] Top Speed 200,000 mi/h but has very SLOW acceleration ||= Fusion Propulsion Wikipedia - Fusion Rocket Top Speed 180,000 mi/h ||= Solar Sail - from Universe today How Solar Sails Work Top Speed 200,000 mi/hr ||= How Rockets Works Avg Speed18,000 mi/h || Space Travel Guide-A ThinkQuest written by students, but has good information about different propulsion systems Brochure about Propulsion with Images ||
 * = [[image:missiontospace/antimatter_t.jpg align="center" caption="Antimatter"]]
 * = **Propulsion Systems - General Sites**

**Solar System**
National Geographic - Solar System Excellent information and images. [|Windows to the Universe] an internet site that includes a rich array of documents, including images, movies, animations, and data sets that explore the Earth and Space sciences. The Nine Planets Solar System Tour A great site for factual information and data for the nine planets and their moons. Be sure to read the “Open Issues” section at the bottom of each planet’s page for further ideas for future exploration and experimentation. Lots of internal links. [|The Nine Planets For Kids] Based on the website above, but easier reading. [|StarChild: The Planets] StarChild is a NASA project aimed at educating young people about astronomy. [|Views of the Solar System] An award winning site, Views of the Solar System presents a vivid multimedia adventure unfolding the splendor of the Sun, planets, moons, comets, asteroids, and more. || Nine Planets - Mercury Be sure to read the “Open Issues” section. || || Jupiter - Windows to the Universe Nine Planets - Jupiter || Venus - Windows to the Universe Nine Planets - Venus || || Saturn - Windows to the Universe Nine Planets - Saturn || Nine Planets - Uranus || Nine Planets - Mars || || Neptune - Windows to the Universe Nine Planets - Neptune ||
 * = **General Solar System Resources** ||
 * [[image:missiontospace/Solar_System_Momtage.jpg width="105" height="105"]] |||||| 8 Wonders of the Solar System take an interactive tour through the solar system.
 * = **Specific Planet Resources** ||
 * [[image:missiontospace/Mercury.jpg width="80" height="59" align="left" caption="Mercury"]] || Mercury-Windows to the Universe
 * [[image:missiontospace/venus_med.jpg width="80" height="59" align="left" caption="Venus"]] || NASA - Venus
 * [[image:blue_marble_2012.jpg width="78" height="63"]] ||  || [[image:missiontospace/uranus_med.jpg width="80" height="59" align="left" caption="Uranus"]] || Uranus - Windows to the Universe
 * [[image:missiontospace/Mars.jpg width="78" height="57" align="left" caption="Mars"]] || Mars - Windows to the Universe

**Image and Media Sites**
[|Planetary Photojournal: NASA's Image Access Home Page] NASA's NASA Video Gallery Type in your planet to search - these embed codes seem to work better in Edublogs Multimedia - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory [|HubbleSite - Hubble Showcase] Click on a planet and get all the Hubble Space Telescope's photos Views of the Solar System Read and follow the Solar Views Copyright Information if you use images from this site. Bisbos.com: Spacecraft Mrs. Johnson obtained permission to use these copyrighted images - You must give attribution and link the image back to the site. Use the following attribution: Used with permission - illustrations by Bisbos.com ||
 * [[image:missiontospace/63114main_highway_med.jpg]] || ** These are sites that have public domain images or can be used by permission **