"Rendezvous with a Comet"
 

    "Rendezvous with a Comet" is an opportunity for Palos East fifth graders to become mission specialists, astronauts, scientists, and engineers, as they explore the vastness of space.
    We will encounter Comet Enke as it is hurtling through space!  Our mission is to build and launch a probe to pass through the tail of the comet to collect data that will help us learn about the past, present, and future of our solar system.
 
 

*To find out more about The Challenger Learning Center,
click on the space shuttle!!

Web sites:
http://www.nasm.edu/ceps/etp/comets/
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level1/solar_system.html
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/solarsystem/splash.html
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/asteroids/index.html
http://www.seds.org/sl9/sl9.html
http://hea-www.harvard.edu/ECT/the_book/Chap5/Chapter5.html