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Week 5 Rocketry Skills Tutorial (Very Large 5 Mbyte Flash file!)

Part A: WORD 2000 REVIEW SKILLS

Open A Word File.

How to use the Word Toolbar.

Using Headers [Title Of Document].

Using Footers [Youth�s First & Last Name, File Name, Committee Name, Date, Page #].

How To Use Bullets and Numbering.

Part B: The Mission Statement of the Business Plan

Work on typing The Mission Statement page of the Business Plan.

� Design A Virtual Space Ship On The Computer. This rocket ship designed by students will explore our solar system and, by it's creation and execution, will help foster international cooperation. Such an endeavor, like the international space station, would require many nations to come together to contribute ideas, manpower, and resources to build and fly such a spacecraft. By comparing our home to other planets in the areas of planetary development, geology, climate, and possibly biology, mankind will learn more about how our own planet's systems interact to create things that affect us all across political boundaries: climate, geology, and biology. By better understanding how all of these systems work together to support our biosphere, we can create international cooperation to ensure a unified approach to planet-wide issues.

� Each Of The 4 Groups Will Design A Rocket; Groups Will Then Select The Best Design For Their Business Proposal.

Selects His / Her Own Graphics or Clip Art for the Mission Statement page and Inserts a picture.

Save the File to a Network Folder or your local computer.

Part C: Your final goal is to continue to use the World Wide Web to help you fill in your Word Table comparing the planets against each other in the categories of:

DATE DISCOVERED

DISTANCE TO SUN

MOONS

RINGS

ROTATION / REVOLUTION PERIOD

ATMOSPHERE

ORBITS

OTHER

DATA

1. In order to do this, please CLICK on the picture of Saturn at right and-

2. A dialog box pops up. CHOOSE "Save" from your choice.
> IF you don't see this pop-up box and a Word document shows itself, just press the BACK button then
> RIGHT-CLICK on the picture of Saturn at right and choose
"SAVE TARGET AS" from you choices. Then-

3. A new window will appear that will allow you to name this Word Document and SAVE IT to your local computer OR the NETWORK FOLDER if one has already been made for you.
> Name it "YOUR_NAME Rocketry Table of Planets"
> Example- Sara Miguel would name it "Sara Miguel Rocketry Table of Planets"
> Check the location of where this file will be saved. IT could be a spot called MY DOCUMENTS OR a NETWORK FOLDER. Your local instructor will tell you which spot to save it to.
> Choose "SAVE" and hit ENTER if the location of where the file will be saved is OK.

4. You are now ready to fill in the Planetary Table by using the Web Sites below! Keep it open so you can type into it as you work.

5. We'll now add HEADERS & FOOTERS to this WORD DOCUMENT.

Web Links below are to help you navigate through the Internet in order to discover facts about the planets of our solar system. Make sure you bookmark all of these or any other sites of interest you discover.

Search Engine: Google

	Web Site to visit		Description
	The Guardians		> Why would peace on earth stand a greater chance if humankind could explore the solar system together? Look here for help on the Mission Statement for your group.
	1. The Nine Planets		> History of the 9 planets.
	2. Solarviews		> History of space exploration & comparison charts.
	3. 3-D Tour of the Planets		> Great 3-D tour of planets if you have the special glasses. We don't, but there is still lots of great information here.
	4. Flagstaff Observatory Planetary Tour		> This world-renowned telescope has great resources for beginning space explorers
	5. Jet Propulsion Laboratory's (JPL's) Planetary Bodies Tour		> The NASA location that runs the robotic space missions that collect pictures and information on our solar system is one of the main libraries for planetary images. Good descriptions accompany these pictures.
	JPL Planetary Table of Comparisons		> Want to know how many Mercury's it would take to balance out one Jupiter? You could calculate it from this massive data table. A side-by-side comparison of the planets.
	When you finished filling in the Planetary Comparison Table or your instructor tells that time is up, make sure you SAVE the WORD DOCUMENT AGAIN!
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