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Physics Electric and Magnetic Fields
Physics Electric and Magnetic Fields
HS PS3-5
HS PS3-5
Biology
LS2-1 Factors Affecting Ecosystems
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Earth and Space Science
ESS1 4 Orbits in the Solar System
Project Zero THINKING ROUTINE--see Phenomenon section
Phenomenon--
Orbits of the 8 planets SolarSystemVideos
What do you know before you see this source? How does it add to your knowledge?
What do you still need to know?
Prior Knowledge/Preview
Investigating Meteorites Smithsonian NASM
Our favorite star The Sun EZ Science NASM
Inquiry science
Printable activity
On-line activity: --Kepler's Law practice
LAB activities follow all safety guidelines linked above
and in the activity
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
EXTENSION material for the curious
Beyond Earth; Deep Space Chronicles NASA free book
ESS1 4 OSIRIS REx touches down on asteroid Bennu EZ Science NASM
Extra-solar planets - exoplanets: methods for discovering exoplanets including "habitable" planets Washington International School
Aerospace CONNECTIONS:
Applications and examples
Historic Meteorites Smithsonian Learning Lab
Orbit demo from NASA ISS
Distance from Sun using transits of Mercury and Venus Activity 11 NASA
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.
Pluto’s tilted and more elliptical orbit- angled 17o from the plane of the other planets’ orbits
NASA PD
Commemorating Kepler and the sun-centered solar system Philatelic origin CC0
NASA PD
NASA PD