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Introduction: In this project you will visit an interactive website to research the planets in the Solar System. You will then use this information about the planets to create an original crossword puzzle based on your research. The puzzles will be printed so you can share them with your classmates. Tasks: 1. Go to Interactive Solar System Facts. (Apples4theteacher) 2. Look at the 10
rockets moving across the screen. Each rocket has the 3. Click here to print out the research worksheet. 4. Mouse over each
rocket and read the paragraph. Record 2 or 3 facts 5. When you've read
each paragraph and written facts about each planet and 6. Go to Discovery School's Puzzlemaker. 7. At Step 1 type "Your Planet's Puzzle". Skip steps 2 and 3. 8. At Step 4 type the
word "Sun", hit the spacebar once, and type what you 9. When you are
finished with the first clue, type a period, hit the Enter key, 10. Repeat the steps above for each of the planets. 11. Click "Create my
puzzle". Now you should see a crossword puzzle with 12. Print the page TWO times. 13. On one copy of
the puzzle write the correct answers in the blanks. 14. Hand in both
puzzles to your teacher. The completed puzzle (the one |