Posts Tagged ‘Astronomy’
Our Solar System to Scale
Posted by: Scott on: April 18, 2010
- In: Activities | Astronomy | Outdoor | Physical Science
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Tomorrow the students learn just how big our solar system is and just how small we are. We will use the attached worksheet to calculate the percent distance from Pluto for the planets in our solar system and our nearest neighbor, Proxima Centauri. Solar System – Size and Scale To make this lesson really stick, [...]
Free Astronomy Resources
Posted by: Scott on: March 30, 2010
At NSTA I met an earth science/astronomy teacher named Jay. In one of the lectures Jay attended on the Chandra, there were playing cards showing the steps of stellar evolution. He told me the cards are free and I found the site and ordered a set of them for my classroom today. One way the [...]
Looking for Your Opinion
Posted by: Scott on: November 20, 2008
My 12th grade Physical Science class has been restructured. Basically, about half of my students had Physical Science in 9th grade at other schools and they all had Chemistry last year. While it’s still Physical Science, we are spending a great deal of time on astronomy and the basic physics they need to understand the [...]
Astronomy Project
Posted by: Scott on: June 22, 2008
- In: Projects
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This year I wanted to include a unit on astronomy in my Physics classes. Rather than teach the material myself, I felt this was worth having the students do as a project. I broke the material into the following areas: The Earth The Sun & other stars Space Travel & Space Ships The Big Bang [...]
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