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The ABC’s of Astronomy Your child has drawn the letter _____________! Please help them select a term on the attached sheet to research. Please guide your child as they research the field of astronomy to learn about this specific vocabulary term. Assignment: Your child is responsible for presenting their term to the class. Their project will be self-selected. Students may choose how they would like to “showcase” their topic. Please see attached form for ideas (these are just suggestions, the options are limitless). Your child will be responsible to give a short oral presentation explaining his or her term to the class. This presentation should not take longer than 3-5 minutes. Your child should be able to briefly explain their term to the class and present their project. The computer will be available if your child chooses to complete a PowerPoint or other technology based project. (Please send project in prior to presentation day to ensure the technology works on the school computer). All projects are due Thursday, December 4th! All students need to be prepared to present this day! (Please cut & return to school with your child) I have read and understand my child’s assignment. My child has selected to research the term _______________________________ _______________________________________________________ Parent Signature ______________________________ Date I have read and understand my assignment. ____________________________________________ Student Signature ______________________________ Date Astronomy Terms A Astroid Aurora Aurora Borealis Atmosphere B Big Bang Black Hole Blueshift Bolide C Caldera Celestial Equator Celestial Poles Cepheid Variable Chromosphere Comet D Dark Matter Debris Disk Double Asteroid Doppler Effect Double Star Dwarf Planet E Eclipse Ejecta Elongation Equinox Evolved Star Extraterrestrial F Faculae Filament G Galactic Halo Galilean Moons Gravity H Heliopause Heliosphere I Inclination Inferior Planet J Jansky Jet Hubble’s Law Jupiter Greenhouse Effect Gamma-ray Granulation Hubble Telescope International Space Station Ionosphere Hypergalaxy Iron Meteorite Irregular Galaxy K Kepler’s Laws Kiloparsec Kuiper Belt Kelvin L Libration Light Year Lunar Eclipse Lunar Month Lunation M Meteor/Meteorite Meridian Molecular Cloud Mars Mercury Minor Planet N Nova Neutron Star Nutrino Nebula Nadir Neptune O P Patera Penumbra Phase Q Quadrature Quasar Quasi-Stellar Object R Radical Velocity Radiant Radio Galaxy S Satellite Shell Star Solar Eclipse T Tektite Telescope Terminator Red Giant Redshift Ring Galaxy Solar Flare Star Cluster Supernova Terrestrial Terrestrial Planet Tidal Heating W Wavelength X/Y X-ray Z Zenith White Dwarf X-ray astronomy X-ray Star Yellow Dwarf Zodiac Zodiacal Light Finder Fireball Flare Star Planemo Planetary Nebula Pluto U Ultraviolet Umbra Universal Time V Van Allen Belts Variable Star Visible Light Virgo Cluster Visual Magnitude Occultation Oort Cloud Open Cluster Orbit These are just suggestions. If there is another astronomy term you would like to research, that is great! If you would like the definition for any of the above words please visit: http://www.seasky.org/astronomy/astronomy-glossary.html Project Ideas Poster Advertisement Newspaper Article Song/Rap Model Letter Travel Brochure Diorama PowerPoint Commercial StopMotion Animation Your own idea! Please remember these are just some suggestions! Be creative!
