December 13 - Planets to Scale

Post date: Dec 5, 2013 11:15:26 PM

Keyword

  • Terrestrial Planet

Warm-up

  • Make Venn diagram showing the differences between the inner and outer planets of the solar system. Include the mass and density data from questions 3 and 4 on Page 59.

Objectives

    • Relate planetary orbit to Kepler's Laws and Newton's Law of Gravitation.

    • Compare the properties of objects in the solar system.

Due

  • Planet Cornucopia: Part 1 12/13

  • SS U2 L4 - The Terrestrial Planets 12/16

  • SS U2 L5 - The Gas Giant Planets 12/18

  • Planet Cornucopia: Part 2 12/18

  • SS U4 L2 -Tech. for Space Exploration 12/19

  • Planet Cornucopia Finished 12/20

  • Signed Portfolio for Solar System 12/20

  • Test: Astronomy in the Solar System 12/20

Period 2 - Advanced Science

Exploravision: Breakthroughs >3 Pages

  • Make a list of technologies needed to make your Future Technology a reality.

  • Which technologies are currently available. (These should be described in your Present Technology section.)

  • Describe why technologies in your list are not available today.

  • Select one of the unavailable technologies and create a research proposal for developing and testing the technology. Use a Scientific Inquiry process or an Engineering Design process for your research proposal.

Turn-in all the sections up to and including Breakthroughs and the Bibliography properly formatted.

Due

  • Exploravision: Breakthroughs Section 12/16

  • SS U2L3 - The Sun 12/17

  • Slice of the Sun 12/17

  • SS U4 L2 -Tech. for Space Exploration 12/18

  • SS U2 L4 - The Terrestrial Planets 12/19

  • SS U2 L5 - The Gas Giants 12/20

  • Planet Cornucopia Finished 12/20

  • Signed Portfolio for Solar System 1/6/2014

  • Test: Astronomy in the Solar System 1/6/2014