Earth in Space

The first semester of 6th grade science is spent learning about "Earth in Space".  Below are some websites to use to help supplement our learning in science.

Sun-Earth-Moon LINKS 

SEM Bingo Review Game (2012):

BingoBoard

BingoQuestions

SEM Jeopardy Game (2011):

SEMJeopardy

 North Star Video Clips:

Information and explanation about the north star 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riEzJ8IliHU

Time lapse video of North Star in Hawaii.  Watch how all of the other objects in the sky appear to revolve around the North Star!

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090413.html

Sun Video Clips:

How sunspot activity can affect Earth: interupt communication and blackouts!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvJfjVdJ79o

How sunspot activity can affect Earth: how energy gets from the sun to create auroras!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Mz2laHjVoQ&NR=1&feature=endscreen

 Interactive Sites:

Seasons Review: 

http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/007299181x/student_view0/chapter2/seasons_interactive.html

http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/educators/resources/astronomy/multimedia/module3/reasons_seasons/reasons_seasons.swf

http://esminfo.prenhall.com/science/geoanimations/animations/01_EarthSun_E2.html

Phases of the Moon:

http://astro.unl.edu/naap/lps/animations/lps.swf

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/moon_phases/

http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/olcweb/cgi/pluginpop.cgi?it=swf::800::600::/sites/dl/free/0072482621/78778/Lunar_Nav.swf::Lunar%20Phases%20Interactive

http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/animations/content/moonphase.html

http://www.valdosta.edu/~cbarnbau/astro_demos/frameset_moon.html

http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es2503/es2503page01.cfm

 Eclipses:

Lunar Eclipse: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuhNZejHeBg    or see it in 3D: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5JRVOw6mes

2010 Winter Solstice Total Eclipse video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhZWIgUUPZ8&list=PLECD694BC88C322DA&index=29 

Solar Eclipse: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Gs02YQNckE

Eclipses interactive!  Change the tilt of moon's orbit, its distance from earth, or its size and see the effect on eclipses!

http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/olcweb/cgi/pluginpop.cgi?it=swf::800::600::/sites/dl/free/0072482621/78778/Eclipses_Nav.swf::Eclipse Interactive

Mars moon eclipses the Sun; as recorded by curiosity: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyZoD7BRTtg

Tides:

http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/tutorial_tides/media/supp_tide01.html  What is a tide? – good animation for basic info

http://www.onr.navy.mil/focus/ocean/motion/tides1.htm   *  Shows moons revolution around Earth and the resultant tide – spring and neap tides are shown as moon aligns with Sun and is at a 90° angle respectively.

http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/tutorial_tides/media/supp_tide05.html  *  Shows 24 hours rotation of Earth and that in that time period, Earth experiences 2 low tides and 2 high tides.  Students will need to “do the math” to determine that each tide is approximately 6 hrs apart.

Solar System

Classroom activities

The Inner and Outer Planets presentation - guided notes

Inner and outer planets

Comets, asteroids and meteors - oh my!

Comets, asteroids, and meteors 

Gravity BrainPop  User login is:  mms    Password is:  student

then search for Gravity 

http://www.brainpop.com 

The scale of our observable universe - Check this out!!!  

Use your mouse to slowly move the scroll bar in and out to see how BIG our universe is, and how SMALL the stuff we are made of is!!! 

Click on an object to learn more about that it! 

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap140112.html

The scale of our solar system (if the moon was the size of a pixel)

Click on the symbols at the top to quickly "travel" to each planet OR use the scroll bar at the bottom to take the LONG route

http://joshworth.com/dev/pixelspace/pixelspace_solarsystem.html 

Pluto is no longer a planet!

Click the link below to watch a PBS movie and find out why and the future plans to explore Pluto.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pluto/