Student Exploration: Solar System Explorer

Student Exploration: Solar System Explorer Save this Word document to your computer hard drive. Be sure to put your name in the title. FINDING THE GIZMO Follow these steps to find the Gizmo: • Go to the Explore Learning website: • In the upper right hand corner, click on Enroll in a Class. • The class code you need is: 1. Last Name A-M: SGZSSTTP53 2. Last Name N-Z: KDRA364WZ4 • Click on Continue. • If you have used the Explore Learning site before you should be able to log in using your MNOHS username and password (for example, mnohs10ajones / piano227). If you have never used Explore Learning before, you’ll need to register using your MNOHS username and password. Once inside the Earth and Space Science course, look for the Gizmo called Solar System Explorer and click on Launch Gizmo. If you have trouble logging in, please contact me! Vocabulary: astronomical unit, dwarf planet, eccentricity, ellipse, gas giant, Kepler’s laws, orbit, orbital radius, period, planet, solar system, terrestrial planet Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.) 1. List all of the planets you can think of in our solar system. Try to list them in order from closest to farthest from the Sun.