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Warm-ups
10/20 Read "Glow Stick Science" on pages 12-13 of ScienceWorld Oct. 31, 2016
Geocentric (SS pg. 50)
Parallax (SS pg. 50)
Aphelion (SS pg. 63)
Perihelion (SS pg. 63)
Astronomical Unit (SS pg. 88)
Centripetal Force (SS pg. 66)
Law of Universal Gravitation (SS pg. 65)
Escape Velocity (Old ES pg. 601)
Sputnik 1 (SS pg. 220)
Satellite (SS pg. 154)
Suborbital (SS pg. 222)
Space Probes (SS pg. 226)
Meteoroid (SS pg. 124-125)
Meteor
Meteorite
Kuiper Belt object (SS pg. 118-123)
Oort Cloud
How does a glowstick work?
What happens in an atom to produce light?
Of the 5 ways light is produced, which does the sun use?
10/21 - Make a Venn diagram comparing geocentric and heliocentric models. (SS pg. 50)
10/25 to 10/27 - Describe how the force of Gravity is a Centripetal Force. (SS pg. 66) Use the following two simulations for the Gravity and Orbits Worksheet:
10/31 - In your notebook: (SS pages 63-64)
Make an ellipse with two thumbtacks, string and a pencil.
Label both focus points, the major axis and the minor axis.
Draw the sun at one of the focus points.
Label the Perihelion and Aphelion.
Describe what Kepler's second law says happens at each.
What are Newton's 3 Laws of Motion? (SS pgs. R-16, Old ES pg. 748)
How does each of the laws apply to a rocket? (Old ES pgs. 598-600)
11/2 - What does NASA stand for? Why was it formed? (SS pg. 220)
11/3 - NASA considered 3 modes to get to the moon: Direct Ascent, EOR, and LOR. Make a list of Pros and Cons for each.
What trade-offs led them to finally select LOR to get to the moon?
11/7 -
Make a hypothesis for how the moon became the moon.
What kind of evidence would support your hypothesis?
What kind of evidence could prove your hypothesis wrong?
Assignments
11/8 - Why does the moon have so many impact craters, while the Earth only has a few that we can see?
11/9 - Make a Venn diagram comparing a typical comet with an asteroid. (SS pgs. 120-123)
Objectives
SS U2L1 - Historical Models of the Solar System - 11/24
Solar System Explorer Gizmo: Activities B & C -
Gravity and Orbits Worksheet - 10/27
SS U2L2 - Gravity and the Solar System - 11/1
SS U4L3 - History of Space Exploration- 11/7
SS U2L6 - Small Objects in Space - 11/10
Quiz: Gravity in the Solar System - 11/10 (11/14 for 3rd & 5th)
Test Corrections: Universe Stars and Galaxies - 11/8
Signed Portfolio 9/21 to 11/2 (signed during conferences) - Due 11/9
Advanced Due
Present Tech., History and at least 4 Bibliography entries. - 10/27
Update to 2 pages of Future Tech. and at least 1 page of Breakthroughs on Exploravision project. Correct in-text citations. - due 11/28
Compare different models of the solar system.
Apply Kepler's laws to our solar system.
Explain how two main variables determine the force of gravity between stars and planets.
Describe how the Solar System formed.
Explain the conditions that would cause one object to orbit another.
Discuss design trade-offs in spacecraft.
Websites
Astronomy Simulations and Animations - astro.unl.edu - Simulations and Animations from Astronomy Education at the Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL)
Celestial Coordinate Explorer - Star map using celestial coordinates.
Rotating Sky Explorer - Animates stars as the Earth rotates on its axis.
Solar System Models Lab - Good source for models of the solar system before the Copernican Revolution.
Planetary Configurations Simulator - Shows retrograde motion of planets viewed from Earth.
Ptolemaic System Simulator - Simulation of Ptolemy’s astronomy including deferents, epicycles and equants.
Planetary Orbit Simulator - Kepler’s Laws demonstrator.
Newton's Law Calculator - Calculator for Newton’s Law of Gravitation to deal with the BIG numbers.
Astronomy Interactives - Interactive questions on basic astronomy.
Kepler’s First Law of Motion - Elliptical Orbits (Astronomy) - youtube.com
Kepler’s Second Law of Motion (Astronomy) - youtube.com
Understanding Kepler's 3 Laws and Orbits - youtube.com
Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion - youtube.com
Gravity and Orbits - phet.colorado.edu - Simulation demonstrating how mass and distance between objects effects the force of gravity.
My Solar System - phet.colorado.edu - Configurable simulation showing gravitational relationships and motion among multiple objects.
Gravity Pitch - explorelearning.com
Solar System Explorer Gizmo - explorelearning.com
Space Travel
NOVA: To the Moon (1999) 115 mins - youtube.com - Excellent video chronicling the engineering, history and personalities that put Americans on the moon.
Space Flight - evergreenmuseum.org - Air and Space museum in McMinnville. They have a real Mercury capsule!
The First Space Walk - bbc.co.uk
Lunar Lander - phet.colorado.edu - Test your skills landing the Lunar Lander with this simulation.
The impact of apollo 16's third stage booster has been found! - gizmodo.com
Impact Theory of Moon Formation - classzone.com - Simulation show one of the lead theory for the formation of the moon.
Space History - spacekids.co.uk - Timeline of major space travel events
Exploration Timelines - nationalgeographic.com
Chronology of Lunar and Planetary Exploration - nasa.gov - Chronologies from the one of the major sources - NASA.
Rosetta: rendezvous with a comet - rosetta.esa.int
Famous Craters
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