Curated OER
Can You Hear My Now?: Getting the Message Across
In this power transmittance worksheet, students read about sources that transmit power and are given a chart with the distance and the power transmitted by each device. Students determine the intensity in watts of the power for each...
Curated OER
Awesome Saturn
Learners brainstorm words that describe Saturn. They view images sent to Earth from satellites. They write poems about the planet using different poetic forms.
Curated OER
What Do I See When I Picture Saturn?
Students create their own Saturn Discovery logs. They draw pictures of the planet and its founder. They share their drawings and writings with partners.
Curated OER
Titan and the Other Moons of Saturn
Students identify and describe the moons of Saturn. They sort the moons by their characteristics. They write a paragraph describing the moons to end the lesson.
Curated OER
Drop Zone! Design and Test a Probe
Learners work together to develop their own parachuting probe. They test it and record the results. They simulate other experiments that are going to be carried out by the Huygens probe.
Curated OER
All About Titan and the Huygens Probe
Students examine the characterisitics of Saturn's largest moon, Titan. They discuss what they think is on Titan and what the Huygens probe can tell them about the moon. They write a summary about the information they gathered during...
PBS
Nova: Anatomy of the Rings
Thanks to the Cassini spacecraft, you can view numerous pictures of Saturn's rings. There are also answers to eleven different questions about the rings.
NASA
Nasa: Cassini: Mission to Saturn
NASA site details what sets Saturn apart from the other planets in our solar system and why the Cassini spacecraft mission is important.
Children's Museum
Field Guide to the Universe: Space Craft
Pictures and descriptions of the robot spacecraft that have explored the planets and outer space since the 1960s.
PBS
Pbs: Nova: Hunting the Edge of Space
Hour One of Hunting the Edge of Space, "The Mystery of the Milky Way," includes information on the Milky Way and chronicles the history of telescopes from Galileo's time to today's planet-searching telescopes. Hour Two, "The...
NASA
Nasa: Cassini at Saturn: Present Position
NASA site presents simulated images of the views from the Cassini spacecraft. Images updated on a daily basis.
NASA
Nasa: Cassini Huygens Mission
NASA site surveys the satellite Cassini's mission to Saturn as well as the ejection of the Huygens probe.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Saturn's Rings May Be Eroding
From ABC News in Science, Dan Whitcomb's article uses research from the Cassini spacecraft to suggest the possibility of the erosion of Saturn's rings, meaning that they will cease to exist in 100 million years.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Could a Saturn Moon Harbor Life?
Carolyn Porco shares exciting new findings from the Cassini spacecraft's recent sweep of one of Saturn's moons, Enceladus. Samples gathered from the moon's icy geysers hint that an ocean under its surface could harbor life. [3:27]
NASA
Nasa: Welcome to the Planets the Explorers
View photographs of space craft and read about their assembly, launching, and where they went.
PBS
Pbs Nova: A Conversation With Neil De Grasse Tyson
Nova offers an enlightening conversation with astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. Topics include origins of the universe, multidisciplinary approaches to science, exciting recent discoveries, his position as director of the Hayden...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Saturn's Rings Show Surprising Features
From ABC News in Science, this article discusses research conducted by the Cassini spacecraft in regard to Saturn's rings which some scientists suggest could lead to information regarding the "birth of the entire solar system."
Read Works
Read Works: Cold Faithful
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about ice geysers on Enceladus, one of the moons orbiting Saturn. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Voyage to the Mystery Moon
Observe the night sky and speculate the distance between the Earth and its moon and Saturn and its moon. Explore how scientists have used robots to learn about celestial bodies, and conduct research about one of Saturn's moons.