Wednesday 28 November 2012

5. Article and Internet research.

IT ROOM

Don't forget to sign with your name or, if you work in pairs, with your names.

If you don't speak English and you don't have an English-speaking partner, you can answer in Spanish, but remember to ask for help first.

Control the time you have, do not waste any time.


  1. Read the article in this website.
  2. Look up any words you don't understand, using this online dictionary. You can select the option ENGLISH-SPANISH or any other, like for example ENGLISH DEFINITION if you speak English.
  3. Open a new document to answer all the questions in activities 4 and 5. When you finish, you'll have to copy the text from that document and publish it as a comment.
  4. Enter Wikipedia, search "Mars" and answer the following questions in the document you've just opened: Can we see Mars from the Earth without a telescope? Copy and paste the complete sentence you found in the article in Wikipedia. Does Mars have an atmosphere? Copy and paste the complete sentence you found in the article in Wikipedia.
  5. In the same document, answer this question: What did you know about Mars before you read this article? What did you learn about Mars and the rover, Curiosity, after reading the article? 
  6. Check that you have all the answers for activities 4 and 5. Check capital letters, full stops, commas, presentation, separation between activities... Copy all the text in that document and paste it in the comment box to apply for publication. Don't forget to sign with your names, so you can get your marks.

15 comments:

  1. Can we see Mars from the Earth without a telescope?

    Mars can easily be seen from Earth with the naked eye. Its apparent magnitude reaches −3.0,[7] which is surpassed only by Jupiter, Venus, the Moon, and the Sun. Optical ground-based telescopes are typically limited to resolving features about 300 km (186 miles) across when Earth and Mars are closest, because of Earth's atmosphere.[24]


    Does Mars have an atmosphere?

    .Mars is a terrestrial planet with a thin atmosphere, having surface features reminiscent both of the impact craters of the Moon and the volcanoes, valleys, deserts, and polar ice caps of Earth.

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    1. Who are you? I can't mark this comment because I don't know your name.

      You also forgot to answer question 5.

      You can finish this at home any other day.

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  2. Mars can easily be seen from Earth with the naked eye so yes .

    Mars is a terrestrial planet with a thin atmosphere.

    Before i readed it i now it was a planet.

    Now i readed it i now alot a of intresting things like It is about the size of a car and has six wheels that allow it to travel across the planet’s surface and climb over sand and rocks and Curiosity also found smooth, flat stones like the ones found on river beds and seashores on Earth, where their rough edges have been worn down by water, mars very cold and dry now, but scientists say the smooth stones tell them that a river used to run through the place where they were foundthe size and shapes of the stones will provide clues to how fast and deep that river was, and Curiosity is the fourth rover to be sent to Mars, it will to explore the planet for about two years.

    Travis Jones.

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    1. Very good! Next time, as we already know how this works, we'll have more time and we'll answer the questions one by one, indicating the number and checking for grammar or spelling mistakes.

      Good job!

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  3. Paige Taylor Ellis29 November 2012 at 09:47

    Hey it is Paige here,
    Can we see Mars from the Earth without a telescope?
    Mars can easily be seen from Earth with the naked eye. Its apparent magnitude reaches −3.0,[7] which is surpassed only by Jupiter, Venus, the Moon, and the Sun. Optical ground-based telescopes are typically limited to resolving features about 300 km (186 miles) across when Earth and Mars are closest, because of Earth's atmosphere.[24]

    Does Mars have an atmosphere? Mars is a terrestrial planet with a thin atmosphere, having surface features reminiscent both of the impact craters of the Moon and the volcanoes, valleys, deserts, and polar ice caps of Earth.

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    1. You forgot to answer question 5 (the difficult one). You can finish it any other day, from home or wherever you like.

      Well done.

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  4. Can we see Mars from the Earth without a telescope?
    Mars can easily be seen from Earth with the naked eye. Its apparent magnitude reaches −3.0,[7] which is surpassed only by Jupiter, Venus, the Moon, and the Sun. Optical ground-based telescopes are typically limited to resolving features about 300 km (186 miles) across when Earth and Mars are closest, because of Earth's atmosphere.[24]

    Does Mars have an atmosphere? Mars is a terrestrial planet with a thin atmosphere, having surface features reminiscent both of the impact craters of the Moon and the volcanoes, valleys, deserts, and polar ice caps of Earth.

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    1. I can't mark this comment because I don't know your name.

      Finish it from home whenever you like, and don't forget your name.

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  5. Can we see Mars from Earth without a telescope?Yes it can be seen by the naked eye.

    Does Mars have a atmosphere? Yes it does its a thin atmosphere.

    What did you know about Mars before you read this article?
    I knew tghat Mrs is the red planet and that they think there was water on it.They think that there was life on Mars.

    What did you know about it after?that it was named after the roman god of war
    Abby Clements

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    1. Very good! Next time, we'll have more time and we'll be able to give more complete answers (in order to get higher marks!).

      Well done!

      Next time, if you finish early, you can volunteer to help those people who aren't really familiar with computers and the Internet. I'd appreciate it, and so would your marks :P

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  6. Can you see mars from earth with out atelescope?

    Yes you can becse its like a star really shiny and ready.

    does mars have an hacmost fear?

    Yes flat hacmost fear

    not alot

    charlie hirst

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    1. Remember to give complete answers. It has to be understandable.

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  7. ¿Can you se mars with out a telescope?

    Yes you can it looks like a red flashing. star

    ¿does mars have a atmosfere?

    No becouse whe need a spacesuit.

    ¿What did you you no about mars before you read the script?

    Not much i new that it was a planet and it was red

    It is about the size of a car and has six wheels that allow it to travel across the planet’s surface and climb over sand and rocks.

    bye from jamie clements

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    1. You didn't use all the information from the articles. Mars does have an atmosphere, though it's very thin and of course it isn't good for us to live there.

      When you say "it is about the size of a car", it looks like you're writing about the planet, not the rover!

      Be clearer.

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  8. Good job, class! Now that we know how this works, next time we'll go faster and make the most of the session.

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