Details
| Type of Product: | Science Object |
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based on 3 reviews |
| Pages: | 0 |
| Grade Level: | Elementary School, High School, Middle School |
Description
Science Objects are two hour on-line interactive inquiry-based content modules that help teachers better understand the science content they teach. This Science Object is the first of four Science Objects in the Solar System SciPack.
It provides an understanding of where Earth is located in space and explores evidence used by astronomers to place Earth at this location. Earth is a relatively small planet and the third from the Sun in our solar system. The Sun is the central and largest body in the solar system. Our still-growing knowledge of the solar system comes to us in part by direct observation from Earth, including the use of optical, radio, and x-ray telescopes that are sensitive to a broad spectrum of information coming to us from space; computers that can undertake increasingly complicated calculations, find patterns in data, and support or reject theories about the origins of the solar system; and space probes that send back detailed pictures and other data from distant planets.
Additional Info
| Intended User Role: | Elementary-Level Educator, High-School Educator, Middle-Level Educator, Teacher |
| Educational Issues: | Inquiry learning, Professional development, Teacher content knowledge, Teaching strategies |
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| Size: | KB |
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Customer Reviews
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SUN/ UNIVERSSE |
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Reviewed by: Nancy (MANALAPAN, NJ) on July 30, 2012 |
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Good visuals that will keep students engaged |
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Yes, we live in a heliocentric system! |
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Reviewed by: Lorrie Armfield (Laurel, MD) on December 12, 2011 |
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From Copernicus to Kepler, this resource provides an excellent overview of observations of our solar system made by great scientists and mathematicians. This resource takes us on a journey from thinking of a ‘geocentric system’ to a ‘heliocentric system’; interactivity is useful in helping the viewer to see how as technologies developed, early astronomers were able to prove that Earth is only one of the planets that revolve around the sun. |
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History of Astrological discoveries are excellent |
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Reviewed by: Tammi on November 17, 2011 |
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Excellent overview of the various scientists which established the heliocentric model and of today's current technologies. I reduced my rating by one star due to the explanation of retrograde motion, which is introduced but requires another example to expand on the interactive already provided. |
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