Lets change things up

I decided to change my virtual tour from an Oregon Trail assignment to a Mission to Mars assignment. The new assignment meets the following Utah state standard:

Objective 2 Describe the use of technology to observe objects in the solar system and relate this to science’s understanding of the solar system.

1. Describe the use of instruments to observe and explore the moon and planets.
2. Describe the role of computers in understanding the solar system (e.g., collecting and interpreting data from observations, predicting motion of objects, operating space probes).
3. Relate science’s understanding of the solar system to the technology used to investigate it.
4. Find and report on ways technology has been and is being used to investigate the solar system.