Planets Teacher Guide
... Stick each pin through an index card; this makes them easier to see. Tape the other planet-objects to index cards. Label each card appropriately. This helps keep the planets straight and makes the items harder to lose. Begin by placing all the objects on a table. Have the students examine them and p ...
... Stick each pin through an index card; this makes them easier to see. Tape the other planet-objects to index cards. Label each card appropriately. This helps keep the planets straight and makes the items harder to lose. Begin by placing all the objects on a table. Have the students examine them and p ...
Educator`s guide available
... length. Hopefully, when they notice this they will realize that there is something wrong with the model, because our days on Earth are not equal lengths all year long. If they don’t, you can lead them in that direction until they make that conclusion. To make the days different lengths, the Earth mu ...
... length. Hopefully, when they notice this they will realize that there is something wrong with the model, because our days on Earth are not equal lengths all year long. If they don’t, you can lead them in that direction until they make that conclusion. To make the days different lengths, the Earth mu ...
Storytown Grade 6 Lesson 26
... several miles thick and are not made of water, like the clouds on Earth, but of tiny droplets of sulfuric acid. Below them there is a thick layer of haze. Going lower, you finally emerge from the haze into clear air about 20 miles above the surface of Venus. When you finally stand on solid ground, y ...
... several miles thick and are not made of water, like the clouds on Earth, but of tiny droplets of sulfuric acid. Below them there is a thick layer of haze. Going lower, you finally emerge from the haze into clear air about 20 miles above the surface of Venus. When you finally stand on solid ground, y ...
Alien_Skies_CHAPTER5
... Jupiter and Saturn are known as gas giants. They are made mostly of a mixture of hydrogen and helium, the material that stars are made of too, and have no real surface. The name gas giant can be misleading though, because these planets are not fluffy balls of gas. In their interior, the pressure is ...
... Jupiter and Saturn are known as gas giants. They are made mostly of a mixture of hydrogen and helium, the material that stars are made of too, and have no real surface. The name gas giant can be misleading though, because these planets are not fluffy balls of gas. In their interior, the pressure is ...
4-3.1 - S2TEM Centers SC
... which is short, but discusses the composition of the solar system, and distinguishes between the rocky planets and the gas giant planets. Alternatively, they can visit websites, such as http://kids.nineplanets.org/intro.htm or read books about planets. Key questions that students should be able to a ...
... which is short, but discusses the composition of the solar system, and distinguishes between the rocky planets and the gas giant planets. Alternatively, they can visit websites, such as http://kids.nineplanets.org/intro.htm or read books about planets. Key questions that students should be able to a ...
3.4, 3.5, 3.6 Notes
... rapidly, Jupiter rotates fastest of all. Its period of rotation is just under 10 hours. Jupiter has a much greater atmospheric pressure than Earth does. Due to this reason spacecrafts have not been sent with Jupiter to explore. ...
... rapidly, Jupiter rotates fastest of all. Its period of rotation is just under 10 hours. Jupiter has a much greater atmospheric pressure than Earth does. Due to this reason spacecrafts have not been sent with Jupiter to explore. ...
Solar System Solar System
... 15, 16, and 17) landed on the Moon between 1969 and 1972. • Ask students to read the text on page 7 and examine the diagram of the Moon’s phases. Guide them to see that when the Moon is between the Earth and the Sun, it is difficult to see because the side facing us is dark. When the Moon is to one ...
... 15, 16, and 17) landed on the Moon between 1969 and 1972. • Ask students to read the text on page 7 and examine the diagram of the Moon’s phases. Guide them to see that when the Moon is between the Earth and the Sun, it is difficult to see because the side facing us is dark. When the Moon is to one ...
INPOP06: a new numerical planetary ephemeris
... the estimate of the error is the half of the difference obtained after integrating one way and back. Even over 10 000 years, for most of the planets, the numerical error is so small that it has not reached an asymptotic behavior. For the Moon, the error in longitude behaves as t1.46 (Fig. 2), followi ...
... the estimate of the error is the half of the difference obtained after integrating one way and back. Even over 10 000 years, for most of the planets, the numerical error is so small that it has not reached an asymptotic behavior. For the Moon, the error in longitude behaves as t1.46 (Fig. 2), followi ...
File - Mr. Samuels Science 2014 2015
... surface from view. The atmosphere of Venus is made mostly of carbon dioxide (96.5%), with a lesser amount of nitrogen (3.5%) and trace amounts of other gases, including sulfur dioxide, argon, and water vapor. The main source of Venus's atmospheric gases is volcanic eruptions that occurred earlier in ...
... surface from view. The atmosphere of Venus is made mostly of carbon dioxide (96.5%), with a lesser amount of nitrogen (3.5%) and trace amounts of other gases, including sulfur dioxide, argon, and water vapor. The main source of Venus's atmospheric gases is volcanic eruptions that occurred earlier in ...
Giant Impact Basins of the
... Mars, Mercury, the Moon, and many satellites of gas giants Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus, are scarred with giant impact basins that record collisions from asteroids during the early history of the solar system. Giant impact basins, typically hundreds to thousands of kilometers in diameter, are associa ...
... Mars, Mercury, the Moon, and many satellites of gas giants Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus, are scarred with giant impact basins that record collisions from asteroids during the early history of the solar system. Giant impact basins, typically hundreds to thousands of kilometers in diameter, are associa ...
SOL`s COVERED QUARTER 2
... Sometimes the moon is full and looks round. At other times, it is only a small sliver in the sky. The moon goes through phases, or different shapes from out viewpoint on Earth. When the moon is full, moonlight shines down on Earth. Sometimes the light is so bright during a full moon that you can see ...
... Sometimes the moon is full and looks round. At other times, it is only a small sliver in the sky. The moon goes through phases, or different shapes from out viewpoint on Earth. When the moon is full, moonlight shines down on Earth. Sometimes the light is so bright during a full moon that you can see ...
ment, but minimal basin formation between crustal - SwRI
... Very short compared with the lifetime of an individual; most competing massextinction theories invoke changes over 1000s to millions of years. ...
... Very short compared with the lifetime of an individual; most competing massextinction theories invoke changes over 1000s to millions of years. ...
Exploring the Solar System with space probes
... 2009 was proclaimed the International Year of Astronomy to commemorate a defining moment in history. It was exactly 400 years ago that Galileo Galilei turned his telescope to the sky for the first time – and what he discovered was truly ‘revolutionary‘. His observations, which he duly noted in the S ...
... 2009 was proclaimed the International Year of Astronomy to commemorate a defining moment in history. It was exactly 400 years ago that Galileo Galilei turned his telescope to the sky for the first time – and what he discovered was truly ‘revolutionary‘. His observations, which he duly noted in the S ...
5.2 Size-Distance F
... 26. Ask students to review their sketch of the relative sizes of the planets and their distance tape. What do they notice about the planets? How do they differ in size? In distance? Are some planets clumped together? If so which? Are some further apart? If so, which? Teacher Note: There is a distinc ...
... 26. Ask students to review their sketch of the relative sizes of the planets and their distance tape. What do they notice about the planets? How do they differ in size? In distance? Are some planets clumped together? If so which? Are some further apart? If so, which? Teacher Note: There is a distinc ...
How The Earth Ran Away With The Moon
... Tidal forces produce some of the most surprising and dramatic processes in the Universe. They can pull gas away from stars, rip galaxies apart and move oceans as they flex planets. We will explore this all important concept later in the article, as it plays a central role in every orbital system in ...
... Tidal forces produce some of the most surprising and dramatic processes in the Universe. They can pull gas away from stars, rip galaxies apart and move oceans as they flex planets. We will explore this all important concept later in the article, as it plays a central role in every orbital system in ...
File - the O`Zone!!!
... • Where Is the Water Now? Mars has two polar icecaps made of frozen water and carbon dioxide. Many scientists think that there is more frozen water beneath the Martian soil • Martian Volcanoes Mars has two large volcanic systems, one of which includes the largest mountain in the solar system. ...
... • Where Is the Water Now? Mars has two polar icecaps made of frozen water and carbon dioxide. Many scientists think that there is more frozen water beneath the Martian soil • Martian Volcanoes Mars has two large volcanic systems, one of which includes the largest mountain in the solar system. ...
Chapter 29: Our Solar System
... Sun was the center of the solar system. In this sun-centered, or heliocentric, model, Earth and the other planets orbit the Sun. This model provided a simple explanation of retrograde motion. In a Suncentered model, the inner planets move faster in their orbits than the outer planets do. As Earth by ...
... Sun was the center of the solar system. In this sun-centered, or heliocentric, model, Earth and the other planets orbit the Sun. This model provided a simple explanation of retrograde motion. In a Suncentered model, the inner planets move faster in their orbits than the outer planets do. As Earth by ...
Chapter 29: Our Solar System
... Sun was the center of the solar system. In this sun-centered, or heliocentric, model, Earth and the other planets orbit the Sun. This model provided a simple explanation of retrograde motion. In a Suncentered model, the inner planets move faster in their orbits than the outer planets do. As Earth by ...
... Sun was the center of the solar system. In this sun-centered, or heliocentric, model, Earth and the other planets orbit the Sun. This model provided a simple explanation of retrograde motion. In a Suncentered model, the inner planets move faster in their orbits than the outer planets do. As Earth by ...
workbook - teacher version
... NOTE: It takes Earth one year to revolve completely around the Sun, and it takes Jupiter 12 years because it is much farther from the Sun (see previous question). Since Earth and Jupiter are on opposite sides of the Sun in the diagram, it will take less than a year for Earth to catch up and pass Jup ...
... NOTE: It takes Earth one year to revolve completely around the Sun, and it takes Jupiter 12 years because it is much farther from the Sun (see previous question). Since Earth and Jupiter are on opposite sides of the Sun in the diagram, it will take less than a year for Earth to catch up and pass Jup ...
pluto and the dwarf planets quiz
... a) Haumea has two known moons. b) Haumea has no moons. c) A year on Haumea lasts for 307 ...
... a) Haumea has two known moons. b) Haumea has no moons. c) A year on Haumea lasts for 307 ...
Chaos in the Solar System
... showing that a region of relatively strong instability extend over these two resonances. This result was questioned by Sussman and Wisdom (1992) which did not recover such a large variation for the secular frequencies, but reached only 2(s4 − s3 ) − 3(g4 − g3 ) = 0 instead of (??). Recently, in our ...
... showing that a region of relatively strong instability extend over these two resonances. This result was questioned by Sussman and Wisdom (1992) which did not recover such a large variation for the secular frequencies, but reached only 2(s4 − s3 ) − 3(g4 − g3 ) = 0 instead of (??). Recently, in our ...
rulebook - Lumenaris
... In the base game, the backs of mission cards show their difficulty: easy, medium, or hard. In Outer Planets, the backs of most mission cards show where they take place, like Jupiter or Titan. These are explorable missions that will be drawn when those locations are revealed during the game. The rem ...
... In the base game, the backs of mission cards show their difficulty: easy, medium, or hard. In Outer Planets, the backs of most mission cards show where they take place, like Jupiter or Titan. These are explorable missions that will be drawn when those locations are revealed during the game. The rem ...
Our Unique Planet - Ball State University
... life possible. Several planets may have similar attributes, but none have the necessary combination for complex life to exist. There are two planetary attributes that this activity looks at which are necessary for life support: planetary distance from the sun and the size of the planet. One of the ...
... life possible. Several planets may have similar attributes, but none have the necessary combination for complex life to exist. There are two planetary attributes that this activity looks at which are necessary for life support: planetary distance from the sun and the size of the planet. One of the ...
Worcester Public Schools
... 8. Using the planet groups assigned in the first half of class, and the following website, http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/solar_system/index.html, the teacher will dictate where the planet groups need to stand so that their planet is an appropriate orbital distance from the sun. The teacher will ...
... 8. Using the planet groups assigned in the first half of class, and the following website, http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/solar_system/index.html, the teacher will dictate where the planet groups need to stand so that their planet is an appropriate orbital distance from the sun. The teacher will ...
Issue number 138 - spring 2011
... For millennia, humans have wondered whether our species and home planet are unique. With modern advances in astronomical understanding and technology, searches are underway to scan the far reaches of space in an organized fashion for evidence of other life. In particular, searches for extraterrestri ...
... For millennia, humans have wondered whether our species and home planet are unique. With modern advances in astronomical understanding and technology, searches are underway to scan the far reaches of space in an organized fashion for evidence of other life. In particular, searches for extraterrestri ...