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Focusing on One Part of the Solar System

As assigned in class, find one video about the piece of the solar system on which you are focusing. Embed this video in your blog. Summarize the video with 3-5 bullet points.

Below is an example:

• Fact 1:
• Fact 2:
• Fact 3:
• Fact 4:
• Fact 5:

Scaling the Solar System

Today, you will scale the solar system and post that scale on your blog.

Pick a diameter for the Sun.....someplace between 1 mm and 1 meter. Then, use the activity at http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/solar_system/
to figure out the distance and size scale.

If the downtown four corners in the city of Manchester is where the Sun is parked, what object represents each one of the planets, and where is it located.

You will need to post this information on your blog. When you get done, comment on the accuracy of the scale found in the diagram above (2-4 sentences).

Quiz following Moon Movie

1. What is one theory for how the moon formed?
2. Why does the earth have erosion on its surface but the moon doesn't have erosion?
3. How do the moon help with the earth's rotation?
4. How long does it take for the moon to rotate on its axis (Hint--we always see one side of the moon)

A Brief History of Astronomers

History and the Universe (25 pts)
Scale the Solar System

Compile the following information into a project that reflects your understanding of the history of astronomy. This can be a series of powerpoint slides, a music video/rap, a vlog, a youtube video, or a series of blog posts.

ASTRONOMERS:

• Aristotle,
• Hipparchus,
• Ptolemy,
• Carl Sagan,
• Stephen Hawking,
• Pope Gregory XIII,
• Albert Michelson (Michelson-Morley experiment),
• James Van Allen,
• Henrietta Leavitt,
• Copernicus,
• Tycho Brahe,
• Galileo Galilei,
• Isaac Newton,
• Edwin Hubble,
• Albert Einstein,
• Johannes Kepler,
• Clyde Tombaugh,
• Annie Cannon,
• Arno Penzias/Robert Wilson,
• S. Chandrasekhar,
• Ray Davis/John Bahcall

For each astronomer: Include the years of their birth/death dates and a picture. Hint: Google Images will be especially helpful with this.

For each astronomer: Include one or two relevant contributions in astronomy (um, Galileo has FIVE), as well as the approximate year of those discoveries. Note if the information is from your book or a website Also note that this is a survey of astronomers; as a result, not all information will be found in your book.

Slide sorter: Use the slide sorter on Powerpoint to put the astronomers into order chronologically

Resources:
Use the classroom book, Chapters 1 and 2, the index, and especially the links on pp 39 and pp. 57. While the pictures do not need to be referenced, the source for each astronomer MUST be listed at the bottom of each page.

Note: WIKIPEDIA is NOT a valid reference that can be listed. Neither is Google.com. They are starting points for future reference.

My First Entry

I want to tell you about myself...but Orion is more interesting