Magellan Arrives at Venus
Building the Magellan Scientific Findings Page
As the mission scientist you are responsible for planning the experiments onboard Magellan and analyzing the data sent back to Earth. You have been working on the mission for years and eagerly await the images and data from your robotic explorer.
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Using Dreamweaver go to the your mission folder and open the page magellan_findings.html and configure your page to our web site standards.
Explore the Magellan Web Site and share what you have learned by answering the following questions. (Remember, no big cut and pastes, summarize your answers in your own words. Also, don't get hung up on any one question (try asking your team mates for help), just try to answer as many questions as you can):
- Magellan couldn't use an ordinary camera to take pictures of Venus, Why? What did it use instead? (Hint)- What did we learn about the surface of Venus? (Hint: scroll down to Discoveries)
- What else did Magellan measure?
- How many volcanoes does Venus have?
- How long does a day last on Venus?
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- Add a few images that were sent back from Venus by Magellan. Choose your 2 favorite images to be included in a class slide show.
- Add at least one Venus related link to your page.
- Next add a couple of interesting facts that you have learned about Venus.
- Don't forget to create your "up" links.
If you have time you can add pop-up fields to your images that describe some of the major features of Jupiter. For a skill set on how to do this click here.
Additional reference links:
Magellan Venus Explorer's Guide
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