Format
1. Program Introduction and review of pre-lab activity
2. Investigate Gravity and Earth's place in the Solar System
3. Earth, Moon & Stars
4. Compare the characteristics of the planets
5. Exoplanets
Objectives
1. Students will complete a pre-lab activity before the video conference to learn about planet rotation and revolution.
2. Students will explore the role of gravity on an object on earth and space,
3. Students will compare the characteristics of the planets.
4. Students will compare star brightness related to distance.
5. Students will define an exoplanet.
6. Students will compare and contrast life on Earth to life in space.
7. Students will experiment with a model of Sun, Earth, Moon relationships and identify the phases of the Moon during a post-lab activity after the video conference.
Standards Alignment
National Standards
Meets National and State standards.
State Standards
Arizona:
5.E2U1.7 Develop, revise, and use models based on evidence to construct explanations about the movement of the Earth and Moon within our solar system.
5.E2U1.8 Obtain, analyze, and communicate evidence to support an explanation that the gravitational force of Earth on objects is directed toward the planet's center.
6.E2U1.8 Develop and use models to explain how constellations and other night sky patterns appear to move due to Earth's rotation and revolution.
7.P3U1.4 Plan and carry out an investigation that can support an evidence-based explanation of how objects on Earth are affected by gravitational force.
Missouri:
5.PS2.B1 Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed toward the planet's center.
6-8.ESS1.A2 Develop and use a model of the Earth-sun system to explain the cyclical pattern of seasons, which includes the Earth's tilt and directional angle of sunlight on different areas of Earth across the year
6-8.ESS1.A3 Develop and use a model to describe the role of gravity inthe motions within galaxies and the solar system.