Location: Space Command (1st Floor of Museum, same floor as lunch rooms)
Exhibit: 3-D Pro Viewer (Computer in third room of Space Command on left hand wall)

Chaperone Instructions: The children have 30 minutes to complete this activity. Please help them pace themselves so they do their best work and complete the activity. Because there is only one computer, please make sure each of the children have a turn using the computer. All of the children need to draw and record their observations. If the children finish early the may explore other areas of space command. The Academy Challenge (also on a computer) is fun and educational.

1. Follow the instructions at the exhibit to locate Philadelphia.

2. Sketch and label the land and water you see on the screen. Use as many land and water vocabulary words as you can.

3. Travel away from Philadelphia. Type in the address of our Partner School: 354 Swedesford Road, Malvern, Pennsylvania 19355.

4. Sketch and label the land and water you see on the screen. Use as many land and water vocabulary words as you can. Write how this area is different than Philadelphia.

5. Locate the Grand Canyon.

6. Sketch and label the land and water you see on the screen. Use as many land and water vocabulary words as you can. What do you think created the Grand Canyon.

Land and Water Vocabulary
A valley is a V shaped area formed by a river.
A canyon is a deep, narrow river valley with steep slopes.
A delta is an area of land where a stream drops soil as it empties into an ocean or large lake. It is usually triangle shaped.
Tributaries are branches of streams.

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