L6 - Conditions for life

OUTCOME

By the end of this lesson you should be able to explain habitable zones in the search for life.

For life to exist on a planet around another star the planet needs to be within that stars habitable zone

LEARNING TASKS

Explain

1. Why is the habital zone so important to our search for life outside the solar system

Explore and Elaborate

What's so important about liquid water?

explore this NASA site

Prac: The dipole nature of water

Evaluate

Try Questions Qs 32-38