Webquest and Blog Post #3

Webquest

Today you will complete the Ch. 25 Webquest. If you complete the Broncos Version, you may earn up to 100%. If you complete the Cavaliers version, you may earn up to 110%. Both webquests ask the same # of questions and require the same amount of work. I encourage you to check them both out before deciding which one to do.

Blog Post #3: Extrasolar Planets

Extrasolar planets are planets that are found outside of our Solar System. There are four ways that astronomers detect extrasolar planets. Click here, then click on the picture on the right side of the page ("4 Ways to Find a Planet") to answer questions 1-2.

1. What are the four ways astronomers can detect extrasolar planets?

2. Choose one of the four ways and explain it in detail.

3. In your answer to #2 you chose one way that astronomers detect extrasolar planets. Search the Internet to find how many extrasolar planets have been detected using this method.