Teaching overview
Learning points
- Cassini was sent out to study the planet Saturn and its rings and moons.
- Titan was found to look strangely Earth-like, with liquid, a mountainous landscape and a dense atmosphere – potentially able to support simple life.
- Cassini will fly directly into Saturn at the end of its mission, where it will burn up in the planet’s atmosphere.
Curriculum keywords
- STEM
- Space
- Solar System
- Saturn
Read the story
The Cassini spacecraft is entering the final daring stage of its 20-year mission!
Share with students
Spark a discussion
- Why was Cassini sent on its mission?
- What information did we discover about Titan, Saturn’s largest moon?
- Where will Cassini go at the very end of its mission?
Twig Science: A Complete Pre-K–8 Program for the NGSS
Immersive Investigations with High-Quality Multimedia
- Investigating, designing, building, and understanding phenomena
- Hands-on, digital, video, and print investigations
- Synchronous/asynchronous distance learning