Asteroid Ida

Exploring the Solar System

Reports from a Workshop Presented by NASA for Girl Scouts of the USA
April 19-23, 2002
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Purpose:

By defining the life requirements of a variety of creatures, discover that Earth is the only natural home for us in our solar system.

Brief Description:

Each team makes a model of a planet in our solar system. Touring this solar system, each planet is evaluated for habitablity for the creatures created in "Search for a Habitable Planet - I".

Where you can find complete description:

Modeling the Solar System

Planet models