The title of the recipe is telling us that we are traveling far away from planet Earth, which means we are no longer traveling by boat or by plane. We have decided to travel as Dennis Tito did on Saturday 28th April, 2001. Yes, we travel in a spaceship and into space. We are going to see the solar system from the window of our rocket.
This is a very simple and appealing recipe because we work with a quite amusing as well as entertaining website. It offers a free astronomy resource designed to teach children about the exciting world of outer space, as stated on the website.
Visit the following website: http://www.kidsastronomy.com/index.htm. We click on Solar System, as shown in the following screenshot:
Image credit: http://www.kidsastronomy.com/index.htm.
We are going to insert a passive activity in our Moodle course; that is to say we add a resource. We choose the weekly outline section where we want to place it. Then, follow these steps in order to carry it out:
- Click on Add a resource | URL.
- Complete the Name and Description blocks.
- Complete the Content block and copy the following URL: http://www.kidsastronomy.com/solar_system.htm, as shown in the following screenshot:
- Click on Save and return to course.
As stated before, it is a simple recipe. We can just work with this amazing website. Students click on the planets and information is displayed about them. Thus, you can make any other links or add any other activities, including games. Therefore, the resource looks as shown in the following screenshot:
Image credit: http://www.kidsastronomy.com/solar_system.htm.