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An "amazing" site for middle grades and high school students, this resource offers interactive lessons, which include images from the Hubble Space Telescope, high quality graphics, videos, and animation. Space topics include black holes, galaxies, stars, comets, and our solar system.
An "amazing" site for middle grades and high school students, this resource offers interactive lessons, which include images from the Hubble Space Telescope, high quality graphics, videos, and animation. Space topics include black holes, galaxies, stars, comets, and our solar system. The site provides extensive resources in the Teacher Pages, including background information and ties to the National Science Education Standards and Project 2061's Benchmarks for Science Literacy. Teachers teamed up with scientists and engineers to develop these inquiry-based, interactive lessons.
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Optional extensions push students to artistically represent the impact of comets, incorporating commercial and graphic arts. Business and Management students are prompted to analyze and prioritize as they select equipment for a task under time constraints in "Mastermind." General career skills can be developed using many of the presentation extensions.
Optional extensions push students to artistically represent the impact of comets, incorporating commercial and graphic arts. Business and Management students are prompted to analyze and prioritize as they select equipment for a task under time constraints in "Mastermind." General career skills can be developed using many of the presentation extensions. Teachers can add career-technical focus to their earth science lessons by digging through the site just a little. After selecting a lesson, teachers should select the teaching tips option and then the lesson plan link. Scrolling down through the lesson plan will reveal varied extensions and connections to art and management.
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| Science Academic Content Standards |
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| Earth and Space Sciences | |
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| Benchmarks (6 - 8) |
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| A. | Describe how the positions and motions of the objects in the universe cause predictable and cyclic events. |
| B. | Explain that the universe is composed of vast amounts of matter, most of which is at incomprehensible distances and held together by gravitational force. Describe how the universe is studied by the use of equipment such as telescopes, probes, satellites and spacecraft. |
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| Grade Level Indicators (Grade 8) |
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| 2. | Explain that gravitational force is the dominant force determining motions in the Solar System and in particular keeps the planets in orbit around the Sun. |
| 3. | Compare the orbits and composition of comets and asteroids with that of Earth. |
| 5. | Explain that the universe consists of billions of galaxies that are classified by shape. |
| 6. | Explain interstellar distances are measured in light years (e.g., the nearest star beyond the sun is 4.3 light years away). |
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| Physical Sciences | |
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| Benchmarks (6 - 8) |
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| D. | Describe that energy takes many forms, some forms represent kinetic energy and some forms represent potential energy; and during energy transformations the total amount of energy remains constant. |
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| Benchmarks (9 - 10) |
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| G. | Demonstrate that waves (e.g., sound, seismic, water, light) have energy and waves can transfer energy when they interact with matter. |
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| Benchmarks (11 - 12) |
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| D. | Apply principles of forces and motion to mathematically analyze, describe and predict the net effects on objects or systems. |
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| Grade Level Indicators (Grade 7) |
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| 3. | Identify different forms of energy (e.g., electrical, mechanical, chemical, thermal, nuclear, radiant and acoustic). |
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| Grade Level Indicators (Grade 8) |
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| 4. | Demonstrate that waves transfer energy. |
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| Grade Level Indicators (Grade 9) |
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| 18. | Demonstrate that electromagnetic radiation is a form of energy. Recognize that light acts as a wave. Show that visible light is a part of the electromagnetic spectrum (e.g., radio waves, microwaves, infrared, visible light, ultraviolet, X-rays, and gamma rays). |
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| Grade Level Indicators (Grade 12) |
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| 9. | Describe how gravitational forces act between all masses and always create a force of attraction. Recognize that the strength of the force is proportional to the masses and weakens rapidly with increasing distance between them. |
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| Scientific Inquiry | |
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| Benchmarks (6 - 8) |
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| A. | Explain that there are differing sets of procedures for guiding scientific investigations and procedures are determined by the nature of the investigation, safety considerations and appropriate tools. |
| B. | Analyze and interpret data from scientific investigations using appropriate mathematical skills in order to draw valid conclusions. |
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| Benchmarks (9 - 10) |
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| A. | Participate in and apply the processes of scientific investigation to create models and to design, conduct, evaluate and communicate the results of these investigations. |
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| Grade Level Indicators (Grade 7) |
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| 7. | Use graphs, tables and charts to study physical phenomena and infer mathematical relationships between variables (e.g., speed, density). |
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| Grade Level Indicators (Grade 8) |
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| 2. | Describe the concepts of sample size and control and explain how these affect scientific investigations. |
| 3. | Read, construct and interpret data in various forms produced by self and others in both written and oral form (e.g., tables, charts, maps, graphs, diagrams, symbols). |
| 4. | Apply appropriate math skills to interpret quantitative data (e.g., mean, median, mode). |
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| Grade Level Indicators (Grade 9) |
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| 5. | Develop oral and written presentations using clear language, accurate data, appropriate graphs, tables, maps and available technology. |
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| Grade Level Indicators (Grade 10) |
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| 2. | Present scientific findings using clear language, accurate data, appropriate graphs, tables, maps and available technology. |
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| Scientific Ways of Knowing | |
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| Benchmarks (6 - 8) |
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| B. | Explain the importance of reproducibility and reduction of bias in scientific methods. |
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| Grade Level Indicators (Grade 8) |
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| 2. | Explain why it is important to examine data objectively and not let bias affect observations. |
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| National Science Education Standards |
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| Earth and Space Science | |
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| Earth in the solar system (Grades 5 - 8) |
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| The earth is the third planet from the sun in a system that includes the moon, the sun, eight other planets and their moons, and smaller objects, such as asteroids and comets. The sun, an average star, is the central and largest body in the solar system. |
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| Origin and evolution of the universe (Grades 9 - 12) |
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| Early in the history of the universe, matter, primarily the light atoms hydrogen and helium, clumped together by gravitational attraction to form countless trillions of stars. Billions of galaxies, each of which is a gravitationally bound cluster of billions of stars, now form most of the visible mass in the universe. |
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| Stars produce energy from nuclear reactions, primarily the fusion of hydrogen to form helium. These and other processes in stars have led to the formation of all the other elements. |
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| RESOURCE TYPE |
| Instructional Resource |
| PRACTICE LEVEL |
| Best Practice |
| STANDARDS ALIGNMENT |
| Grades 5 - 12 |
| CAREER FIELDS |
Arts & Communication;
Business & Administrative Services;
General Career Skills |
| TOPICS |
Science --
Earth and Space Science;
Universe;
Solar System;
Big Bang;
Stars and Galaxies |
| FOUND IN |
COR
Standards First |
| KEYWORDS |
art;
graphics;
telescope;
planets;
black holes;
comets;
waves |
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Publisher: Space Telescope Science Network
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