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Name: __________________________________________________ Per: _______ Date: ______________
By the end of this unit, you will be able to:
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Identify how the planets stay around the sun
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Identify, describe and know about the bodies that make
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solar system
up our solar system
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Identify and explain comets, asteroids and meteoroids
Understand the earth/moon system, phases of the moon
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Explain the Big Bang theory and the formation of the
and describe the missions to the moon
universe
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Explain how the moon affects the tides on earth
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List and identify all the planets in our solar system
Date
Compare and contrast inner and outer planets of the
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Compare and contrast the different types of stars
including our sun
Activity
 Pre-test: Astronomy
 Lecture: The Sun
 Foldable: Parts of the sun
 Worksheet: The Sun
 Lecture: Inner Planets
 Drawing: Inner Planets
 Worksheet: Inner Planets
 Bill Nye: Outer Space
 Big Quiz: The Sun and Inner Planets
 Lecture: Outer Planets
 Drawing: Outer Planets
 Worksheet: Outer Planets
 WebQuest: Planets!
 http://teach.fcps.net/trt8/SolarSys
tem/Planets.htm
 Big Quiz: Outer Planets
 Lecture: Comets and Meteors
 Worksheet: Comets and Meteors
 Bill Nye: Comets and Meteors
 Lecture: Earth/Moon System
 Foldable: Phases of the Moon
 Worksheet: Earth/Moon System
 Bill Nye: The Moon
 Lecture: Exploring the Solar System
and Space Missions
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Video: IMAX Space Station
Big Quiz: Earth/Moon System and
Exploring the Universe
 Lecture: The Origins of the Solar
System
 LAB: Modeling the Solar System
 Worksheet: Origins of the Solar
System
 Lecture: Stars (types of stars and
how they form)
 Worksheet: Stars
 Lecture: Groups of Stars-Galaxies
 Foldable: Galaxies
 Worksheet: Galaxies
 Lecture: Expanding Universe… Big
Bang
 Worksheet: Expanding Universe
 Review
 Big Quiz: Stars, Galaxies and
Expanding Universe
 Apollo 13
 Apollo 13
 REVIEW For Final
Finals Week
http://teach.fcps.net/trt8/SolarSystem/Planets.htm
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Vocabulary:
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Sun
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Neptune
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Star
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Mercury
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Uranus
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Moon
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Venus
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Dwarf planet
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NASA
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Earth
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Asteroid belt
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Galaxy
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Mars
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Meteor
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Comet
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Jupiter
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Meteorite
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Saturn
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Universe
THE SUN (828-833)
Energy from the sun:
Forces in Balance:
Interior of the sun:
-Core
-Radiation Zone
-Convection Zone
Sun’s Atmosphere:
-Photosphere
-Chromosphere
-Corona
Features of the sun:
-Sunspots
-Prominences
-Solar flares
INNER PLANETS (803-809)
What are terrestrial planets?
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
What are asteroids?
THE OUTER PLANETS (810-815)
What is a Gas Giant?
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto:
What are comets?
What are meteoroids?
The edge of the solar system:
THE EARTH-MOON SYSTEM (796-801)
Facts about Earth’s Moon
Surface Features:
-Maria
-Highlands
-Craters
Formation of the moon:
Phases of the moon:
Eclipses:
Solar eclipseLunar eclipse-
Tides on Earth
EXPLORING THE SOLAR SYSTEM and SPACE MISSIONS (793-794)
What are the major components of our solar system in order?
Exploring the solar system:
Traveling to the moon:
Recent space missions:
THE ORIGINS OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM (818-820)
What is the nebular theory?
Formation of the protoplanetary disk:
Planetesimals and protoplanets:
Composition and size of the planets:
Terrestrial planets-
Gas giants-
STARS (834-839)
Distances to the start:
Light years-
Parallax-
Properties of start:
Color-
Brightness-
Size and mass-
Composition-
The Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram-
Main sequence stars-
Giants and dwarfs-
GROUPS OF STARS (846-849)
Star Systems-
Star clusters-
Galaxieso Spiral and barred spiral-
o Elliptical-
o Irregular-
The Milky Way-
Quasars
THE EXPANDING UNIVERSE (852-855)
Hubble’s Law
Big Bang TheoryAfter the bang-
Evidence for the theory-
Age of the universe-
Continued Expansion: