Black Holes and Worm Holes = Must watch before Interstellar!
http://www.seti.org/drakeequation
Link to Drake Equation Calculator
http://www.pbs.org/lifebeyondearth/listening/drake.html
Background on Alien Worlds or Exoplanets:
As a class- Watch Revealing Alien Worlds Video, Click Here
This video shows students how the Kepler Space Telescope works. Watched from beginning to 15 mins.
1. Kepler Space Telescope Mission Overview Interactive Here
This interactive shows exactly how the Kepler Telescope works with very simple animations and explanations.
2. Astro-Adventure Interactive: DESIGN YOUR OWN PLANET Click Here or Here
This interactive allows you to choose a star, create a planet by distance from the star, and adjust it's size. This interactive provides students with a lot of help in explaining (with audio) the essential parts of what makes a planet habitable.
3. Planet Quest Interactive: Vital Signs of Our Planet Click Here
This interactive is a quiz that helps you learn about what makes Earth a great place for life (such as the habitable zone) and what types of characteristics scientists are looking for in Exoplanets.
4. Exoplanets Explained - Video Clip (PhD TV) Here
This video explains the different ways scientists look for and find planets orbiting other stars or "Exoplanets."
Final Project worksheet click here
http://kepler.nasa.gov/multimedia/Interactives/keplerFlashAdvDiscovery/flash.cfm
This is the beginning (Part 1) of your Final Project. You should be collecting data from this interactive in your science class on Friday, May 16th. We will continue to collect data on Monday, May 19th and all students should be moving on to Part 2.
Star Classification Help Sheet Click Here
Use this help sheet to determine the type of star you have in your project.
Instructions Click Here
Astro-Adventure Interactive: CREATE YOUR OWN PLANET Click Here or Here
Since this website was in the Webquest. You should be familiar with it. Get a partner and decide on who's Star and Planet you use. Then, use your data from the Exoplanet Transit Hunt and plug it into this website. Your final planet will have a picture and will tell you more information about your planet in order for you to decide on how your hotel will be constructed.
Video Examples to help you with your Hotel Project:
Articles to help you with your hotel project:
On March 4, 2014, a team of astronomers announced that analysis of new and older radial-velocity data from nearby red dwarf stars indicates that most such stars may have at least one planet below 10 Earth-masses each. In addition to 10 unconfirmed, weaker "signals," the team was able to detect eight super-Earths around red dwarfs between 15 and 80 light-years away from our Sun,Sol, of which three orbit within the habitable zones of their host stars. They calculate that such habitable-zone super-Earths may orbit around at least a quarter of the red dwarfs in the Solar neighborhood (UH news release; and Tuomi et al, 2014).
See article here