The Sun and Planets

Post date: Nov 16, 2016 6:45:21 PM

Keywords

Warm-up

11/16 - What is the Sun? Make a list of properties and observations that helps answer this question. (SS pgs. 74-85)

11/17 - How can light from a star tell us what elements are made of? (Old ES pgs. 570-571)

11/21 - Make a Venn diagram comparing solar flares to prominences. (SS pg. 83)

11/28 - What kinds of challenges are there to get to the Mars and back? Is it worth it? Should people go to Mars?

11/29 - Make a Venn diagram comparing terrestrial and gas giant planets. (SS pgs. 88, 104)

11/30 - Make a Venn diagram comparing Mercury and Venus. (SS pgs. 88-91)

12/1 - Venus is so similar to Earth that it is called a sister planet. Its also closer to Earth than Mars. Why are we considering taking people to Mars rather than Venus? (SS pgs. 90-97)

12/2 - List ways space probes can get new information. (SS pgs. 194-197, 206-210)

12/5 - Make a Venn diagram comparing Jupiter and Saturn. (SS pgs. 88-91)

    • Plasma (state of matter)

    • Spectrograph or Spectrometer (Old ES pgs. 570-571)

    • Sunspot

    • Asteroid Belt

    • Terrestrial Planet

    • Gas Giant

    • Retrograde Rotation

    • Density

    • Planetary Ring

    • Tilt of Axis

12/6 - Make a Venn diagram comparing Uranus and Neptune. (SS pgs. 88-91)

12/7 - Why would summer last so much longer on Uranus than Earth? (SS pg 109)

12/9 - Write down 3 things you learned from the rap.

From Sun to Oort: A solar photon's journey (2:36 mins) - youtube.com

Assignments

Objectives

Advanced Science

  • Update to 2 pages of Future Tech. and at least 1 page of Breakthroughs on Exploravision project. Correct in-text citations. - due 12/1

  • Prepare a 4 slide presentation of your Exploravision project to present to the class from 12/14 to 12/16.

  • Describe how the Solar System formed.

  • Explain how the sun produces light and energy.

Websites

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

Sun

The Sun is a Mass of Incandescent Gas music video (2:40) and the correction song, The Sun is a Miasma of Incandescent Plasma (1:56) - They Might be Giants music videos at schooltube.com.

The Sun: A Virtual Tour - climate.nasa.gov - Interactive showing activity, inner layers and future of the sun.

NOVA: Secrets of the Sun (2012) 53 mins - pbs.org

Virtual Lava Lamp - retrolamp.com

Virtual Plasma Ball - plasmalamp.com

Planets and Planetoids

Nine Planets - Solar System Tour - nineplanets.org

Planets - windows2universe.org

Planets - science.nationalgeographic.com - Last paragraph has a description of the most important discoveries by space probes.

Nasa - nasa.gov - Everything space related.

SPACE-Facts.com - Interesting facts about space. Highlights: Ceres Facts, Pluto Facts, Makemake Facts, Eris Facts, Haumea Facts.

When Is a Planet Not a Planet? - theatlantic.com

THESE ARE THE BEST PHOTOS OF PLUTO ANY HUMAN HAS EVER SEEN - popsci.com

NOVA: Pluto Files (2010) 53 mins - pbs.org

From Sun to Oort: A solar photon's journey 2:36 mins - youtube.com - Rapping the solar system.

NOVA ScienceNOW: Can we Make it to Mars? (2011) 53 mins - pbs.org

NOVA: Origins of the Solar System (2011) 13 mins - pbs.org

Asteroid Watch - jpl.nasa.gov - News on dwarf planets, comets, asteroids, meteoroids and space junk.

Astronomy 121: The Formation and Evolution of the Solar System - abyss.uoregon.edu - Written lectures to an introductory class taught at University of Oregon.

Astronomy 161: The Solar System - csep10.phys.utk.edu - The Solar System introductory class notes taught at the University of Tennessee.