Scale of the Universe
Post date: Sep 26, 2017 12:28:08 AM
Keywords
Precision (IS 572)
Accuracy
Significant Figures (IS 573)
Scientific Notation (Old ES 743)
Galaxy
Star
Universe
Superclusters
light-year
Solar system
planet
Zenith (old ES p. 491)
Ecliptic (old ES p. 492)
Apparent Magnitude
Absolute Magnitude
Electromagnetic Spectrum
Nebula
Main-sequence star
white dwarf
supernova
Warm-ups
9/26 - List all the units in the metric system you know for: length, volume, mass, and temperature. (Old ES pgs. 22-25)
9/27- On the shots fired by Greedo and Han on the front board, answer the following: Which shots are more precise? Which shots are more accurate?
9/28 - From Star Size Comparison HD - youtube.com:
How do objects in space compare in size to each other?
9/29 - Scale of the Universe 2 at http://htwins.net/scale2/
How do nanometer, micrometer, and millimeter size objects compare to a kilometer or bigger size objects? From video clip The Scale of the Universe - BI Science - Youtube.com
10/2 - Describe the limitations and capabilities of electron scanning microscope. THIS IS A BUTTERFLY! - youtube.com
10/3 - Look at the abbreviation list and pick out 6 abbreviations you could use when taking notes or summarizing warm-up questions.
10/4 - Make a Venn diagram comparing galaxy and solar system. (Old ES 582)
10/5 - Galaxy Zoo using
Assignments Due
Measuring Length Activity - 9/28
Scale of the Universe & Sci. Not. Practice - 10/2
Metric Conversions/SI Prefixes Length - 10/5
Galaxy Zoo using zoo3.galaxyzoo.org - 10/6
10/6 - List the seven numbered keywords from LARGEST to smallest.
Objectives
Identify common SI units and prefixes.
Convert measurements between SI prefixes.
Convert Scientific Notation into decimal and back again.
Associate metric prefixes with scientific notation.
Appreciate the relative size of things throughout the universe.
Describe the structure of the universe.
Describe the scale and distances between objects in the universe
Be able to describe the different types of stars and their physical properties.
Explain the possible life cycle of stars depending on their mass.
Web Links
Scale of the Universe 2 - Best Scale of the Universe ever! The slider on the screen zooms in and out with more precision than the mouse. Pressing CTRL = will help make the app fill the screen.
The Scale of the Universe - BI Science - Youtube.com
Star Size Comparison HD - youtube.com
THIS IS A BUTTERFLY! - youtube.com
NOVA: Hunting the Edge of Space, Part 1- pbs.org
NOVA: Hunting the Edge of Space, Part 2 - pbs.org
Galaxy Zoo - galaxyzoo.org - At Galaxy Zoo you can help scientists classify the millions of images taken from the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). Some of the images may never have been seen by human eyes before.
zoo3.galaxyzoo.org , zoo2.galaxyzoo.org , zoo1.galaxyzoo.org - Archived versions with practice and more information.
Planetarium - neave.com - App that works like a star finder.
Color Vision - phet.colorado.edu - Interactive shows how red, green and blue light can be mixed to get any color.
Blackbody Spectrum - phet.colorado.edu - Interactive shows the relationship between color and temperature of a light source.
Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram Explorer - astro.unl.edu - Interactive H-R diagram.
The Doppler effect and red shift of galaxies - educationscotland - Animations describing redshift and the Doppler Effect.
A Short History of the Universe - sun.org - The Big Bang etc.
Stars - workshop.chromeexperiments.com - Displays the relationship of over 100,000 stars in our galaxy. Very cool!
Black Holes - hubblesite.org - Basics of black holes.
Sleeping Black Hole Awakens to Devour Doomed Star - space.com
