By Karyn M. Peterson

Invite your middle- and upper-grade students to learn more about Saturn online! Before you begin, distribute the CyberHunt Reproducible, below. Then send students to www.scholastic.com/cyberhuntkids or directly to the interactive hunt.

CYBERHUNT ANSWER GUIDE

1. Jupiter. Nine.
2. Hydrogen. Helium.
3. Particles of ice, dust, and rock.
4. Moons. Seven.
5. 31 (to 33). Mimas.
6. Atmosphere.
7. Giovanni Cassini. July 2004.
8. Titan's surface. 1,100 images.

CYBERHUNT ACTIVITIES
Moon Mythology

www.nineplanets.org/saturn.html
Explain to students that most of Saturn's moons—like the planet itself—are named after ancient mythological figures. Share the site's brief explanations of these names with your students. Then suggest that they work in groups to learn more about the moon of their choice. Encourage students to use additional sites and the library. Have each group present its research by creating a mobile that includes a labeled, accurate model of its moon, as well as different objects that could represent the myth. For instance, a mobile for the moon Pandora could include a small decorated box.

Voyage to Saturn

http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.cfm
Students can create their own travel brochures advertising the amazing sights of Saturn! Begin by sharing the latest photographs, artwork, and video of the Cassini mission right from NASA's Multimedia archives. Ask students to imagine what it would be like to be traveling on the Cassini orbiter. What would they see on their journey 800 million miles away from Earth? Next, have students choose their favorite images from the site and write descriptions to match. They can then print the images for their tourist brochures, or use them to create PowerPoint presentations.

 
Karyn M. Peterson (kpeterson@scholastic.com) is the associate editor of Instructor.
 
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Karyn M. Peterson is associate editor of Instructor.

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