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7th Grade Life Science at the Observatory: Life Throughout the Universe

7th Grade Life Science at the Observatory: Life Throughout the Universe

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This classroom activity will show students that there is a lot we ...

This classroom activity will show students that there is a lot we don't know about science, for example life throughout the universe. It will hopefully encourage students to question what we know and don't know, and exploration and study of the unknown.

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Subject:: Astronomy
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Teaching/Learning Strategy
Provider:: Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:: Pedagogy in Action
Author:: Brad Snyder
Date created: 23-رمضان-1433

The Amazing Red Planet

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The purpose of this lesson is to introduce students to the planet ...

The purpose of this lesson is to introduce students to the planet Mars. This lesson will begin by discussing the location and size of Mars relative to Earth, as well as introduce many interesting facts about this red planet. Next, the history of Martian exploration is reviewed and students discover why scientists are so interested in studying this mysterious planet. The lesson concludes with students learning about future plans to visit Mars.

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Subject:: Engineering; Astronomy
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Lesson Plan
Provider:: TeachEngineering
Provider Set:: TeachEngineering NGSS Aligned Resources
Author:: Chris Yakacki; Daria Kotys-Schwartz; Geoffrey Hill; Integrated Teaching and Learning Program,; Janet Yowell; Malinda Schaefer Zarske
Date created: 13-ربيع الأول-1432

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Are We Alone?

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The year is 2032 and your class has successfully achieved a manned ...

The year is 2032 and your class has successfully achieved a manned mission to Mars! After several explorations of the Red Planet, one question is still being debated: "Is there life on Mars?" The class is challenged with the task of establishing criteria to help look for signs of life. Student explorers conduct a scientific experiment in which they evaluate three "Martian" soil samples and determine if any contain life.

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Subject:: Engineering; Astronomy
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: TeachEngineering
Provider Set:: TeachEngineering NGSS Aligned Resources
Author:: Chris Yakacki; Daria Kotys-Schwartz; Geoffrey Hill; Integrated Teaching and Learning Program,; Janet Yowell; Malinda Schaefer Zarske
Date created: 14-محرم-1436

Astronomy Snakes & Ladders Game

Astronomy Snakes & Ladders Game

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The classic snakes and ladders game is replaced by rockets and comets ...

The classic snakes and ladders game is replaced by rockets and comets in this astronomy themed version. The game is challenging and interactive way to learn various astronomical topics while moving your way to the winning square as space travellers.

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Subject:: Astronomy
Material Type:: Diagram/Illustration; Game
Provider:: International Astronomical Union
Provider Set:: astroEDU
Author:: Avivah Yamani
Date created: 4-جمادي الآخرة-1435

Come On Over Rover

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Have you ever wondered why it takes such a long period of ...

Have you ever wondered why it takes such a long period of time for NASA to build space exploration equipment? What is involved in manufacturing and building a rover for the Red Planet? During this lesson, students will discover the journey that a Mars rover embarks upon after being designed by engineers and before being prepared for launch. Students will investigate the fabrication techniques, tolerance concepts, assembly and field-testing associated with a Mars exploratory rover.

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Subject:: Engineering; Astronomy
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Lesson Plan
Provider:: TeachEngineering
Provider Set:: TeachEngineering NGSS Aligned Resources
Author:: Chris Yakacki; Daria Kotys-Schwartz; Geoffrey Hill; Integrated Teaching and Learning Program,; Janet Yowell; Malinda Schaefer Zarske
Date created: 13-ربيع الأول-1432

Egg-cellent Landing

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The purpose of this activity is to recreate the classic egg-drop experiment ...

The purpose of this activity is to recreate the classic egg-drop experiment with an analogy to the Mars rover landing. The concept of terminal velocity will be introduced, and students will perform several velocity calculations. Also, students will have to design and build their lander within a pre-determined budget to help reinforce a real-world design scenario.

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Subject:: Engineering; Astronomy
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: TeachEngineering
Provider Set:: TeachEngineering NGSS Aligned Resources
Author:: Chris Yakacki; Daria Kotys-Schwartz; Geoffrey Hill; Integrated Teaching and Learning Program,; Janet Yowell; Malinda Schaefer Zarske
Date created: 4-محرم-1437

Exploration of Shadows in the Earth, Moon, and Sun System: Moon Phases and Eclipses

Exploration of Shadows in the Earth, Moon, and Sun System: Moon Phases and Eclipses

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This guided inquiry activity has students using models to create variations of ...

This guided inquiry activity has students using models to create variations of alignment of the Earth, Moon, and Sun. By varying their arrangement, students will discover how the positions of the Earth, Moon and Sun interact, how shadows can be cast on the Moon and on the Earth, and how Earth's view of the lit portion of the Moon changes.

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Subject:: Astronomy
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:: Pedagogy in Action
Author:: Jill Baumtrog; Jill Baumtrog
Date created: 23-رمضان-1433

Get Me Off This Planet

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The purpose of this lesson is to teach the students about how ...

The purpose of this lesson is to teach the students about how a spacecraft gets from the surface of the Earth to Mars. The lesson first investigates rockets and how they are able to get us into space. Finally, the nature of an orbit is discussed as well as how orbits enable us to get from planet to planet specifically from Earth to Mars.

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Subject:: Engineering; Astronomy
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Lesson Plan
Provider:: TeachEngineering
Provider Set:: TeachEngineering NGSS Aligned Resources
Author:: Chris Yakacki; Daria Kotys-Schwartz; Geoffrey Hill; Integrated Teaching and Learning Program,; Janet Yowell; Malinda Schaefer Zarske
Date created: 13-ربيع الأول-1432

Globe at Night Activity Guide

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Students participate in a global campaign to observe and record the faintest ...

Students participate in a global campaign to observe and record the faintest visible stars as a means of measuring light pollution in a given location. By locating and observing the constellation Orion in the night sky and comparing it to stellar charts, students from around the world will learn how the artificial lighting in their community contribute to light pollution. Student contributions to the online database will document the visible night time sky.

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Subject:: Astronomy
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: International Astronomical Union
Provider Set:: astroEDU
Author:: Amee Hennig
Date created: 17-جمادي الآخرة-1435

How Light Pollution Affects the Stars: Magnitude Readers

How Light Pollution Affects the Stars: Magnitude Readers

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Light pollution affects the visibility of stars. Building a simple Magnitude Reader, ...

Light pollution affects the visibility of stars. Building a simple Magnitude Reader, students determine the magnitude of stars and learn about limiting magnitude.

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Subject:: Astronomy
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: International Astronomical Union
Provider Set:: astroEDU
Author:: Amee Hennig
Date created: 4-جمادي الآخرة-1435

An Inflated Impression of Mars

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Students use scaling from real-world data to obtain an idea of the ...

Students use scaling from real-world data to obtain an idea of the immense size of Mars in relation to the Earth and the Moon, as well as the distances between them. Students calculate dimensions of the scaled versions of the planets, and then use balloons to represent their relative sizes and locations.

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Subject:: Engineering; Astronomy
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: TeachEngineering
Provider Set:: TeachEngineering NGSS Aligned Resources
Author:: Chris Yakacki; Daria Kotys-Schwartz; Geoffrey Hill; Integrated Teaching and Learning Program,; Janet Yowell; Malinda Schaefer Zarske
Date created: 14-محرم-1436

Let's Break the Particles

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This is a hands-on activity to learn that energy can be transformed ...

This is a hands-on activity to learn that energy can be transformed into various forms. Potential energy is converted into kinetic energy. Moreover, this kinetic energy can be used (if more than the relative binding energy) to break atoms, particles and molecules to see “inside” and to study their constituents.

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Subject:: Astronomy
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Lesson Plan
Provider:: International Astronomical Union
Provider Set:: astroEDU
Author:: Sandro Bardelli, INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna; Amalia Persico, Sofos-Divulgazione delle Scienze
Date created: 23-ربيع الثاني-1437

Linear Equations Game

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Linear Equations Game

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Students groups act as aerospace engineering teams competing to create linear equations ...

Students groups act as aerospace engineering teams competing to create linear equations to guide space shuttles safely through obstacles generated by a modeling game in level-based rounds. Each round provides a different configuration of the obstacle, which consists of two "gates." The obstacles are presented as asteroids or comets, and the linear equations as inputs into autopilot on board the shuttle. The winning group is the one that first generates the successful equations for all levels. The game is created via the programming software MATLAB, available as a free 30-day trial. The activity helps students make the connection between graphs and the real world. In this activity, they can see the path of a space shuttle modeled by a linear equation, as if they were looking from above.

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Subject:: Engineering; Astronomy
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: TeachEngineering
Provider Set:: TeachEngineering NGSS Aligned Resources
Author:: AMPS GK-12 Program,; Stanislav Roslyakov
Date created: 14-محرم-1436

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Lunar Learning

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Why does the Moon not always look the same to us? Sometimes ...

Why does the Moon not always look the same to us? Sometimes it is a big, bright, circle, but, other times, it is only a tiny sliver, if we can see it at all. The different shapes and sizes of the slivers of the Moon are referred to as its phases, and they change periodically over the course of a lunar month, which is twenty-eight days long. The phases are caused by the relative positions of the Earth, Sun, and Moon at different times during the month.

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Subject:: Engineering; Astronomy
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Lesson Plan
Provider:: TeachEngineering
Provider Set:: TeachEngineering NGSS Aligned Resources
Author:: Catie Liken; Engineering K-PhD Program,; Teresa Tetlow
Date created: 13-ربيع الأول-1432

Lunar Lollipops

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Students work in teams of two to discover the relative positions of ...

Students work in teams of two to discover the relative positions of the Earth, Sun and Moon that produce the different phases of the Moon. Groups are each given a Styrofoam ball that they attach to a pencil so that it looks like a lollipop. In this acting-out model exercise, this ball on a stick represents the Moon, the students represent the Earth and a hanging lightbulb serves as the Sun. Students move the "Moon" around them to discover the different phases. They fill in the position of the Moon and its corresponding phase in a worksheet.

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Subject:: Engineering; Astronomy
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: TeachEngineering
Provider Set:: TeachEngineering NGSS Aligned Resources
Author:: Catie Liken; Engineering K-PhD Program,; Teresa Tetlow
Date created: 4-محرم-1437

Measure Diameter of the Sun

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The Sun moves across the sky at an approximately constant rate because ...

The Sun moves across the sky at an approximately constant rate because of the rotation of the Earth. By measuring how fast the Sun moves, you can work out how big the Sun appears in the sky. All you need are some household items and about 30 minutes on a sunny day.

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Subject:: Astronomy
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Interactive
Provider:: International Astronomical Union
Provider Set:: astroEDU
Author:: Edward Gomez, LCOGT
Date created: 29-ربيع الأول-1435

The Moon in Motion: Monitoring the Moon's Phases

The Moon in Motion: Monitoring the Moon's Phases

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The activity is an observational lesson in the phases of the moon ...

The activity is an observational lesson in the phases of the moon with an attached calendar and video links.

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Subject:: Astronomy
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:: Pedagogy in Action
Author:: A. Lutz; A. Lutz, Sky Oaks Elementary School, Burnsville, MN
Date created: 23-رمضان-1433

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My Moon Colony

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Students are introduced to the futuristic concept of the moon as a ...

Students are introduced to the futuristic concept of the moon as a place people can inhabit. They brainstorm what people would need to live on the moon and then design a fantastic Moon colony and decide how to power it. Students use the engineering design process, which includes researching various types of energy sources and evaluating which would be best for their moon colonies.

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Subject:: Engineering; Astronomy
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: TeachEngineering
Provider Set:: TeachEngineering NGSS Aligned Resources
Author:: Brian Kay; Integrated Teaching and Learning Program,; Janet Yowell; Jessica Butterfield; Jessica Todd; Karen King; Sam Semakula
Date created: 4-محرم-1437

Navigating at the Speed of Satellites

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For thousands of years, navigators have looked to the sky for direction. ...

For thousands of years, navigators have looked to the sky for direction. Today, celestial navigation has simply switched from using natural objects to human-created satellites. A constellation of satellites, called the Global Positioning System, and hand-held receivers allow for very accurate navigation. In this lesson, students investigate the fundamental concepts of GPS technology trilateration and using the speed of light to calculate distances.

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Subject:: Engineering; Astronomy
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Lesson Plan
Provider:: TeachEngineering
Provider Set:: TeachEngineering NGSS Aligned Resources
Author:: Integrated Teaching and Learning Program,; Janet Yowell; Jeff White; Malinda Schaefer Zarske; Matt Lippis; Penny Axelrad
Date created: 13-ربيع الأول-1432

The Next Dimension

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The purpose of this lesson is to teach students about the three ...

The purpose of this lesson is to teach students about the three dimensional Cartesian coordinate system. It is important for structural engineers to be confident graphing in 3D in order to be able to describe locations in space to fellow engineers.

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Subject:: Engineering; Astronomy
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Lesson Plan
Provider:: TeachEngineering
Provider Set:: TeachEngineering NGSS Aligned Resources
Author:: Ben Burnham; Techtronics Program,
Date created: 13-ربيع الأول-1432