Teacher Feature

Student Objectives:
Students will be able to use observations to gather information, and use context clues to place information into complete statements.

Lesson Format:
individual work

Introduction:
Discuss job of satellite spacecraft - to collect and return data for interpretation

Class Activity:
"Satellite Sight"

Materials Needed:
'answers' preprinted (see list below), mounted on colored paper and placed around the room in plain sight
copy of the worksheet for each student

Procedures:
A. Have students read through worksheet with blanks.
B. Explain that the words (answers) that fit in the blanks are in the room.
C. Allow students to walk around the room to gather information (words) - tell the students not to move the words or point them out to others. There is no talking.
D. After sufficient time looking, students should be able to find and place most words in the proper places in the worksheet.

Answer Words (make sure to eliminate corresponding number when placing around room)

 1.  small				14.  relative dating
 2.  large				15.  agents of change
 3.  small				16.  volcanism
 4.  large				17.  Io
 5.  asteroid				18.  resurfaced
 6.  asteroid belt			19.  older
 7.  Mars				20.  planets
 8.  Jupiter				21.  4.5 billion years
 9.  collide				22.  debris
10. collision				23.  frequency
11. predictable distribution		24.  Apollo astronauts
12. geologic				25.  surface
13. planets

Discussion Points:
Go over worksheet together

Evaluations:
Student sheet completed