Astronomy

telescopes, moon phases,eclipses, stars, galaxies and universe, seasons, gravity and inertia ||  ||=   ||
 * media type="custom" key="7657795" ||~ Astronomy is the study of the Universe! Scientists investigate the solar system, the stars, galaxies and everything in between to gain a better understanding of our planet!
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 * 400 Years of the Telescope Booklet Project **
 * 400 Years of the Telescope Booklet Project **

** Helpful Links ** || ||= **There is an abundance of information that can be found here.** || ||= **On line encyclopedia that is ALLOWED and can be very useful** **for information and images.** || ||= **Great site that will give you all of the information you need and then some!** ||
 * = **[|T][|elescopes from the Ground Up] **
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 * = [|The Hubble Site] ||= Lots and lots of information on the Hubble telescope!!! ||
 * = [|South Pole Telescope Info. Here] ||= <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Ok Kids, I know that many of you could not find information on the South Pole Telescope. YOU ALL CAN THANK "PEACHY BOY" FOR THESE! He made me aware that this was a particularly difficult telescope to research, , ,

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">[|South Pole Telescope here as well!] ||  || ||= <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Create a very "Kool" collage for your project. . . ** || ||= <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0300ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Free bibliography maker in MLA FORMAT ** ||
 * [|W.M. Keck Observatory] || Click here to find what group of people developed the Keck telescopes. ||
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 * || http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuiQvPLWziQ&feature=related&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active ||
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 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;">**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Galaxy Classification] ** || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Let's learn about the different types of galaxies and how Edwin Hubble classified them into a simple diagram called the Hubble Tuning Fork. Download the student sheet[[file:GALAXY ONLINEworksheet.doc]] ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Galaxies Galore Games and More] ** || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Have fun testing your knowledge at this site! ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">[|Understanding the][|Universe] || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Learn about light years, galaxies and more! ||
 * ~  || <span style="background-color: #0013ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 180%; text-align: center;">The Solar System - Inner Vs Outer Planets Webquest
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> [|Our Solar System] || You will find sooooooo much information at this site. Just click on the names of individual planets and read on to locate all of the background that you need. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">[|Enchanted Learning] || There are many graphs of important information here as well as much background on th e inner and outer planets. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">[|Star Child A Learning Center] ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">**The Solar System: Astronomy for Kids** ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">The Inner Terrestrial Planet s || [[image:terra width="635" height="255" align="center"]] ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">The Outer Jovian Planets || [[image:gasgiants.gif width="600" height="329" align="center"]] ||
 * || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 220%; text-align: center;">**The Moon** ||
 * [|Lunar Facts] ||  ||
 * [| Moon Phases Webquest] ||= <span style="background-color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 210%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 25px; line-height: 37px;">__**Phases of the Moon**__
 * Phases of the Moon Video || media type="youtube" key="0vXWXqGmPCk" height="349" width="425"Watch the video clip on the moon and listen carefully to the explanation for why it appears to change over the course of a month. Answer all questions on the worksheet and read chapter 1 sect. 3 to gain additional background on the moon and the reason for its phases! ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> [|Current Moon Phase] || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: center;">What to do if it is too cloudy and you can not make your observation of the moon? Click on the Current Moon Phase link to the left ant you can obtain an image of the current phase of the moon for any given day! ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">[|Moon Phase Animation] || Watch as the moon revolves around the Earth and how its position relative to the Earth and sun cause the moon phases. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> [|Moon Phase Video Clip] || The moon rotates on its axis at the same rate that it orbits the Earth. Learn how this orbital interaction causes the moon's appearance to change as each month progresses. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;"> M[|oon Challenge] || Challenge yourself to place the phases of the moon in the correct sequence. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;"> [|More Moon Phases games] || Flashcards, concentration, matching & word search on phases ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">[|Moon Phase Calendar] || Find out the current, future and past moon phase at this site. ||
 * || <span style="background-color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 190%; text-align: center;">Solar and Lunar Eclipse ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">Solar and Lunar Eclipse Webquest || Visit this website to answer questions 1-5 - Solar Eclipses for Beginners:

Visit this website to answer questions 6-10- Lunar Eclipses for Beginners: [] || || A solar eclipse occurs when the Sun, the Moon and the Earth all line up. The Moon blocks the light of the Sun, and casts a shadow on the Earth. || <span style="background-color: #0000ff; color: #00ffff; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 28px; text-align: center;">Reasons for the Seasons WebQuest An educational publishing company hired YOU to produce posters for middle school science classrooms. Your first poster is to be one that shows the causes of seasons on Earth. Since many students have wrong ideas (misconceptions) about what causes seasons, it is very important that your poster is __accurate__.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">[| Solar Eclipse Animation] || Solar eclipses occur when a **new moon passes directly between Earth and the sun**. These eclipses are observable only within or near the path where the moon's shadow falls on Earth. ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-align: left;">[| Solar Eclipse explained with animation]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">[|Solar Eclipse Video Clip] || The definition of the solar eclipse and the process of seeing the sun's corona is explained on this clip from Discovery Channel's "Assignment Discovery." ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">[|Lunar Eclipse Visualization] || Lunar eclipses occur when a full moon passes through Earth's shadow. Earth's shadow has two parts—the inner full shadow, or umbra, and the outer partial shadow, or penumbra. The moon darkens as it passes through the penumbra, then turns reddish-orange while within the umbra. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">[| Lunar Eclipse Video Clip] || Watch this NASA video showing how lunar eclipses work. This video is geared for kids and it illustrates when lunar eclipses occur - when the Earth's shadow falls on the moon - and why lunar eclipses only happen a few times a year. ||
 * || <span style="background-color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%; text-align: center;">Earth, Moon & Ocean Tides ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">[|Moon & Tides Video] || Tides are produced by the pull of gravity from the moon. Tide levels may vary by several feet depending on the depth of the water and the surface features. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">[| Waves & Tides Video] || This video focuses on waves and tides. Watch the part on tides! ||
 * // You've Been Hired!! //**


 * Your poster will answer the question, “ ****// What causes the seasons?” //**** . **

Before you can start your poster, you must research two things: -student ideas and misconceptions about seasons -the science behind the seasons.


 * ** Part 1: Misconceptions about the Seasons ** ||

Research the websites provided below to view common misconceptions students may have about the seasons. . [|Phil Plait’s Bad Astronomy] - Misconceptions (read question & answer): @http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/misc/seasons.html

. [|Seasons Misconceptions] (read Seasons Misconceptions paragraph): http://beyondpenguins.ehe.osu.edu/issue/polar-patterns-day-night-and-seasons/common-misconceptions-about-day-and-night-seasons

. [|Common Misconceptions] @http://stardome.ca/PDF/Lesson%20Plans/Seasonal%20Misconceptions.pdf

. [|Some Common Misconceptions] @http://funnel.sfsu.edu/courses/gm309/labs/seasons/misconceptions.html

. [|The Seasons] @http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/time/seasons.html


 * List four misconceptions on the provided worksheet. **


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 * <span style="background-color: #0300ff; color: #333333; display: block; font-size: 25.3333px; text-align: center;">Part 2: Earth’s Tilt ||

Guiding Question: How does the Earth's tilt affect the seasons?

Use the websites below to help create a set of notes explaining __how Earth's tilt affects all four seasons in New Jersey__.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 180%;">Include the following in your notes using bullet points and illustrations:
 * . **the shape of Earth’s orbit**
 * ** . the significance of Polaris **
 * ** . Earth’s tilt with the axis drawn correctly **
 * ** . the Sun’s position in relation to Earth **
 * ** . Earth’s tilt on its orbit as it revolves **
 * ** . the effects of direct/indirect sunlight **
 * ** . the names of the seasons and special days of the year **

. [|Earth's Tilt Is the Reason for the Seasons!] @http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/climate/cli_seasons.html

. [|Earth’s Revolution and Sun Angle] @http://www4.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/ritter/animation/atmosphere/earth_revolution.html

. [|Earth’s Tilt and the Seasons] @http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/fgz/science/season.php?wfo=fgz

. [|Seasons and the Tilt] @http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/earth/Seasons.shtml


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 * ** Part 3: The Seasons Poster ** ||

Now, you are ready to [|make your poster] ! The Earth’s seasons change as it revolves around the Sun.


 * UNDERSTAND/BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN: **
 * The Earth’s seasons change as it revolves around the Sun.
 * Where is the Earth when it is summer, winter, fall, and spring?
 * Does the Earth tilt toward or away from the Sun?
 * How does the Earth’s tilt affect the seasons?
 * BE ABLE TO DRAW **
 * A l__**abelled illustration**__ of the Earth revolving around the Sun throughout the year that shows Earth’s locations during the __**equinoxes and solstices.**__

There are additional websites below to [|continue] your research. Your paycheck will depend on how many accurate items are included in your poster.

. [|Earth’s Appearance Different Times During the Year] @http://esminfo.prenhall.com/science/geoanimations/animations/01_EarthSun_E2.html

. [|Seasons Interactive] @http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/007299181x/student_view0/chapter2/seasons_interactive.html

. [|Seasons Interactive II] @http://www.sepuplhs.org/students/iaes/simulations/SEPUP_Seasons_Interactive.swf

. [|Observe Seasonal Changes] @http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es1704/es1704page01.cfm?chapter_no=visualization


 * You must include the following on your poster to get your full paycheck*: **
 * 1) . Title of poster ($1)
 * 2) . Neatness & color ($2)
 * 3) . Sun ($1)
 * 4) . Earth in four different locations ($4)
 * 5) . [|Labels for]  winter, spring, summer, and fall ($4)
 * 6) Labels for 2 Equinox and 2 Solstices
 * 7) . Tilt ($4)
 * 8) . Color in day and night on all 4 Earths ($4)
 * 9) . Short paragraph attached explaining the reasons for the seasons ($4)
 * 10) . Put your name and period on the back of your poster ($1)

*Fine Print: Your paycheck will be the paid in points in your assessment grade. : )

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