Planet+Project+Part+4

Picture Your Colony

By now you should have researched your planet and thought about what resources you must provide to support human life. Think about your colony or space station. Are you on a hard surface, hovering in the atmosphere, or in outer space circling the planet? Your next step is to create a representation of your colony. Don’t be afraid to use your imagination. You may make reasonable assumptions. Just make sure that what you make up is consistent with the basic facts of your planet. Don’t go putting rings around Mars or giving extra moons to Neptune. You have two options on how to create it.

**__Option #1:__ Planet Illustration** You will create a drawing of your colony and your planet. Imagine that you are standing on your planets surface looking at your colony. Draw a picture of what you see as you look at your planet. You will need to include your colony with its buildings, along with details of the planet. Be sure to use color, and fill the entire page with your drawing.

**__Option #2:__ Planet Model** You will create a model of your colony and your planet. Imagine that you are looking down on your planets surface and your colony. You will need to include your colony with its buildings, along with details of the planet. You may use any materials you wish to represent your space colony. Make sure you add detail to your colony as you create it.

Think about what you already know about your planet. How far away is the sun? Are there any moons or planets nearby? What does the surface of your planet look like? Are there volcanoes, mountains, cliffs, canyons? Can you see the sun, any stars, other moons, or rings?
 * __All Projects__ **

Your caption needs to be only a few sentences. It must: 1) state what planet or moon is depicted; 2) identify the objects in your drawing; and 3) explain what part of your space outpost we are seeing. Also, if there is anything peculiar about the lighting or coloring of your drawing–if, for example, your drawing is from deep within the atmosphere of a gas giant that makes everything appear unusually bluish–you will want to explain this in your caption.
 * ** Include a caption describing or explaining the objects in your drawing. **
 * Sample (Fake!) Caption ** : //This is the view of our space colony on planet Zorg. To the right is the// // Flibbideath //// Canyon ////, which is over //// 14 miles //// deep. The colony’s greenhouse and sewage treatment facilities are on the left. You can see two of Zorg’s seven moons, Twilbane and Snotflobbery, in the sky above the greenhouse //// . //

You will need to include the whole picture, not just the colony. Think about the foreground vs. background. Make sure to include the foreground, in this case the colony, the mid-ground—the surface of the planet outside your colony—and the background—the stars, moons and sky behind the planet or colony.
 * ** Art Components **

The assignment will be graded based on the quality of your work, the amount of detail it contains, the amount of creativity and effort it reflects, and the completeness of your caption. **A reminder: you must use color.**

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Rubric


 * Artistic: **

Quality of Drawing/construction 10 pts

Amount of detail 10 pts

Artistic Skills/ Creative use of materials 10 pts


 * Colony: **

Caption 10 pts

Representation of planet 10 pts

Scientific creativity 10 pts