Astronomy: Earth & Space Systems
The student will demonstrate and understanding of the characteristics, structure, and predictable motions of celestial bodies.
The student will demonstrate and understanding of the characteristics, structure, and predictable motions of celestial bodies.
TUG-A-WAR Activity:
Mark the text while reading each article. Take Cornell Notes of key information (at least half a page per article). Decide which side you are on in the debate. Write one sentence that provides JUSTIFICATION for your viewpoint on the post-it note provided. Use a specific sentence (EVIDENCE) from the article to support your thinking. Post your post-it on the Tug-A-War board in the back of the room. Links to articles: Article 1: What Is Pluto? Article 2: Pluto a Planet Again? It May Happen This Year What do we NOW know about Pluto?
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PLANETARY PROPERTIES ACTIVITY:
Your team will collect data on the characteristics of a planet and present a system to a "board of directors" on how astronomers should determine planets. Your team will need to justify your claims with evidence. Each team member is required to write a one-page summary supporting your argument. Planetary Posse Rap: Get your Groove on....Click on the two images above and watch the BrainPOP videos on the Solar System and Big Bang. When you have finished watching the clips, take the CLASSIC QUIZ for each topic and email the results to Ms. Stephenson. There are two videos and, therefore, two quizzes (each worth 10 points) that you must take for credit.
Username: vicenzaes Password: password BE SURE TO INCLUDE: FIRST & LAST NAME MY CORRECT EMAIL kim.stephenson@student.dodea.edu YOUR CLASS PERIOD Earth, Moon, & Sun SystemPLANET FAMILIES:
Try to build the perfect solar system. See how different planets react with one another, and see how some planets are important in keeping the solar system stable. Play alone, or team up with other online players! This can be completed for EXTRA CREDIT:Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginative content such as futuristic settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, time travel, faster than light travel, parallel universes and extraterrestrial life.
Mars Rover's "Seven Minutes of Terror"July 31, 2012—NASA planned one of the most complicated spacecraft landings ever attempted for the Curiosity rover's touchdown on August 6, 2012.
The complex procedure involves the use of the largest supersonic parachute ever built and a "sky crane" to lower the rover onto the Martian surface. "If any one thing doesn't work just right," says one engineer, "it's game over!" |
Building the Largest Telescope Ever....
Feb. 5, 2014—In a global collaboration between NASA, ESA, and CSA, a team of more than a thousand scientists and engineers are building the largest telescope ever sent into space—the James Webb Space Telescope. Bigger and more powerful than its famous predecessor, the Hubble Space Telescope, the Webb telescope will be able to observe some of the earliest light that ever existed in the universe and possibly find clues to where we came from.
STAR TREK: Space: The final frontier...To explore strange new worlds, To seek out new life and new civilizations, To boldly go where no man has gone before...