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Earth's Place in the Universe ESS1
ESS1-4 Orbits in the Solar System
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ESS1-4
Use mathematical or computational representations to predict the motion of orbiting objects in the solar system.
Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on Newtonian gravitational laws governing orbital motions, which apply to human-made satellites as well as planets and moons.
Assessment Boundary: Mathematical representations for the gravitational attraction of bodies and Kepler’s Laws of orbital motions should not deal with more than two bodies, nor involve calculus.
Prior Knowledge/Preview
Investigating Meteorites
Viewing the planets and Skywatching Smithsonian NASM
Our favorite star The Sun EZ Science NASM
Inquiry science
Printable activity
On-line activity--Kepler's Law practice
LAB experiments
Lab #1 Kepler's Laws activity cK-12
Lab #2 What do you discover about the Solar System from Hubble images? NASA
Lab #3 Investigating historic meteorite artifacts WIS
Aerospace CONNECTIONS:
Historic Meteorites Smithsonian Learning Lab
Applications and examples
Orbit demo from NASA ISS
ESS1 4 OSIRIS REx touches down on asteroid Bennu EZ Science NASM
Distance from Sun using transits of Mercury and Venus Activity 11 NASA
Sputnik's Orbits Washington International School
EXTENSION material for the curious
Beyond Earth; Deep Space Chronicles NASA free book
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