Our Beautiful Planet

Page | March 2021

Our Beautiful Planet

How Do Planets Orbit the Sun?

Book Chapter | March 2012

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about representations of the solar system. The probe is designed to reveal students’ ideas about the overall shape of the solar system and the planets…

Taking the Pulse of Our Planet With Nature’s Notebook

Journal Article | October 2021

Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth

Journal Article | November 2022

Using Big Data to Understand the History of Planet Earth

Journal Article | June 2021

Take a Planet Walk

Journal Article | August 2008

Physical models in the classroom “cannot be expected to represent the full-scale phenomenon with complete accuracy, not even in the limited set of characteristics being studied” (AAAS 1990). Therefore, by modifying a…

Our Growing Planet

Journal Article | April 2001

Children are naturally curious and passionate about taking care of the world around them. To capitalize on these interests, the unit described in this article was the result of a schoolwide theme entitled People and the…

Scope on the Skies: Dance of the planets

Journal Article | October 2005

This article highlights the movements of the planets during the months of November and December. It includes a set of observation-based questions for students, and the dates to observe the various phases of the moon.…

Scope on the Skies: Planets on the Move

Journal Article | April 1999

This column focuses on astronomy throughout the year. In this month’s issue read about the orbital paths of the planets.