MERLOT Materials

Two poems are provided to analyze and discuss. Students can write their own poetry about Saturn and Cassini.

This site solely discusses Saturn and the topics related to it. Some of the issues touched on include: the atmosphere,... see more

Looking for Saturn images in everyday objects and art.

Students will organize notes to prepare to write one of the following types of nonfiction for their final piece:... see more

Students generate a word list, then create one or more poems about Saturn. This series introduces science into a reading... see more

Students work with partners to think of solutions of problems that the NASA team faced when designing a spacecraft to... see more

From the "Reading, Writing, and Rings" Series... Pre-assessment of students knowledge about Saturn. This series... see more

The students will look at pictures of Saturn, the Cassini spacecraft, and the Huygens probe and write what they notice,... see more

Students learn how scientists throughout history have explored Saturn, enables the students to discern the multicultural... see more

Students hear a read-aloud of the history of Saturn discoveries. Next, they learn two reading comprehension strategies... see more

Students extend and enhance their current understandings about Saturn by reading a series of Saturn minibooks, and learn... see more

Students use simple props to create a playground model for size and distance for the Sun, Earth and Saturn. Writing... see more

Students will create and use a Saturn Discovery Log to chronicle their journey of discovery about Saturn, the... see more

This site, authored by Science at the National Aeronautics and Space Adminstration, is a news story from July 9, 2004... see more

This resource covers the general features of Saturn; the surface and interior of Saturn, such as storms and high-velocity... see more

Students use drawing and writing to explore the comparative features of Saturn and Earth. This series introduces science... see more

Welcome to the Saturn Observation Campaign. This program gives sky enthusiasts of all abilities the opportunity to share... see more

This site offers an extensive, interactive way to learn about space probes. Specifically, it details the Cassini-Huygens... see more

This educators guide uses NASA's mission to Saturn (Cassini-Huygens) as real-world motivational context for learning... see more

This site from NASA has a number of links including images, articles and current events.

This article outlines ideas on Saturn's rings and their physical effect. The authors present arguments that the... see more

This is an effective and informative website. I will be posting a number of cross content lessons to this specific... see more

Students create a multi-layered book showing Saturn's layers, ring system and moons; then develop their own texts to... see more

This site is very cool and informative. I use it for those few minutes to kill before any one of the bells that ring... see more