Astronomy
SSP #3 - Astronomy - Part 2
1. QOTD (10/14)
2. Vocab (10/15)
3. Astronomy Preview (10/14)
4. Phet Lab - Solar System (10/15)
5. Bill Nye - Planets (10/16)
6. Scale Model of the Solar System (10/18)
7. Scale Model Measurements (10/18)
8. Creating a Scale (10/21)
9. Milky Way Webquest (10/21)
10. Chapter 14.1 Section Review Questions (10/22)
11. Modeling Origin of Solar System (10/28)
12. "Our Changing Solar System" Article (10/28)
13. Modeling Origin of Solar System-Part 2 (10/28)
14. Patterns in the Solar System Webquest (10/29)
15. Creating a Solar System (10/30)
16. Gravity Demo (11/1)
QOTD:
1. Do you see the rabbit or the man on the moon in this picture? (10/14)
2. As the distance between objects change, what happens to the speed of the objects and why? (10/17)
3. How many millimeters are in 1 meter? (10/18)
4. How many meters are in 1 kilometer? (10/18)
5. Why would it not be a good idea to use centimeters to measure the distance from 1 planet to another? (10/18)
6. Why does Earth orbit the sun? (10/22)
7. What would happen if Earth's velocity was twice as fast while orbiting? (10/23)
8. What would happen if Earth's velocity was half as fast while orbiting? (10/23)
9. Why do things in space tend to be flat discs? (10/30)
10. Draw long hair on the 4 students standing on opposite sides of the world. Which direction would the hair be going? (11/1)
11. What is the role of gravity and inertia in creating our solar system? (11/5)
VOCAB:
Orbit- The path of an object as it revolves around another object in space.
Force- A push or pull exerted on an object.
Gravity- The force that pulls objects toward each other.
Universal Law of Gravitation- The scientific law that states that every object in the universe attracts every other object.
One Astronomical Unit = Earth’s average distance from the sun
Mass - A measure of how much matter is in an object
Weight - A measure of the force of gravity on an object
Inertia - The tendency of an object to resist any change in motion (something moving stays moving and something stopped stays stopped)
Nebula- huge cloud of dust and gas with immense volume in space
Protostar- As the gas and dust pull together and compact, it starts to heat up (nuclear fusion). That mass forms the early stages of a star.
Planetesimals -Small asteroid-like and comet-like bodies formed by collision of particles from the solar nebula
Resources:
Scientific Model Link: www.ck12.org/earth-science/modelling-in-earth-science/lesson/Scientific-Models-HS-ES/
"Earth is Born" Video link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFlxuYS7IS4
Lunar Phases and Tide Simulations
Link to Handout: drive.google.com/file/d/1-lprQc0KTr8j7aipIUGtCBwneq_ejZJ-/view?usp=sharing
Use these links to help you answer the questions on your handout.
Part 1 - Lunar Phases
http://astro.unl.edu/naap/lps/animations/lps.html
Part 2 - Tides
http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/tides.html
http://www.schoolsobservatory.org.uk/astro/esm/tidesim
http://sunshine.chpc.utah.edu/Labs/Tides/tides_simulator.html
http://interactive-earth.com/resources/science-visualizations/5-tides-and-sea-level-modelling
Patterns of Solar System Webquest Links:
- Moons of Neptune: drive.google.com/file/d/0B74nRW_pbYj1Q242REd3RGNlaTg/view
- Solar System Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yzraWw8mrc
- Saturn Rings Video: drive.google.com/file/d/0B74nRW_pbYj1T2ExRVFxTzJ2VUE/view
- Star Formation Video: drive.google.com/file/d/0B74nRW_pbYj1ODZXdDBJQ3U5ZEE/view