Create A Habitable Planet for Humans

PART 1

As a practice for your upcoming assignment on creating a planet that is habitable by human-like life forms, you are going to experiment with NASA's extreme planet makeover.  You will balance 5 factors to create an earth-like habitable world. 

1) The size of the planet (more gravity, atmosphere...)

2) The type of planet

3) The distance relative to the largest and nearest star (the Goldilocks Zone)

4) What type of star it is close to

5) The planet's age

By adjusting the distance from its star, the star type, the planet’s age and size, you can determine if your planet is habitable [by human-like creatures] or not. When you’re done playing around with the sliders, click on the little camera icon to take a snapshot of your very own planet.  If your planet is too small or too far from a star, then you create a cold icy planet that may not be able to sustain life.  If your planet is too close...singe.

PART 2

After reading the directions below: go to this website.

Your goal is to make a habitable planet by adding enough water, atmosphere and clouds to reach a global average temperature of about 15°C (59°F). You can mix and match, add or remove water, atmosphere or clouds.

• Click an item from the right side (red panel) to add that element
• Click an item in the left to remove that element
• HINT You must put at least 3 clouds by the planet!!

After each click, it will take a few seconds for the planet to reach a stable, balanced temperature.

Post how many years it took you to make the planet livable.  Use a complete sentence and remember your name.