| PLANETARY
SCIENCE COURSE MATRIX |
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FOSS
CD-ROM |
FOSS
READINGS |
EXTENSIONS |
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1. |
Where
Am I? (3 sessions) |
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Earth
Images
• Bret Harte Community |
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View Powers of Ten.
• Apply math to a map.
• Compare photos to maps.
• Maps in everyday use.
• Explore images on the World Wide Web. |
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2. |
Round
Earth/Flat Earth (2 sessions) |
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Round
Earth/Flat Earth Simulation
• Movie of ship sailing
Earth Shape
• Longitude and latitude
• Shadow data |
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The Accidental Discovery of America: The First Voyage of
Columbus
• Eratosthenes: The First Person to Measure Earth |
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Prove Earth is round.
• Measure a shadow. |
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3. |
Day
and Night (4–5 sessions) |
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Day/Night
Simulation |
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Time Zones of the Lower 48 States (Data)
• World Time-Zone Map (Data)
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Give time-zone homework.
• Look at phone books.
• Explore the international date line.
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4. |
Discover
the Moon (4 sessions) |
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• Lunar Myth 1: Father Moon
• Lunar Myth 2: Rona in the Moon
• Lunar Myth 3: Moon and His Sister
• Lunar Myth 4: Tale of the Rabbit
• Lunar Myth 5: Bahloo, Moon Man
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• Organize a shopping list.
• Collect Moon information from the newspaper.
• Chart moonrise information.
• Research Moon words.
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5. |
Moon
Craters (7 sessions) |
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Student
Notebook
Moon Binder; Earth Binder
Crater Formation
Mare Formation
Moon Crater Locator Map
Earth Crater Locator Map
Origin of the Moon Simulation |
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The Controversy about Lunar Crater Formation
• Craters: Real and Simulated
• The Crater That Ended the Reign of the Dinosaurs
• How to Get and Hold onto a Moon
• Gene Shoemaker: The First Man on the Moon? |
• Research crater chains.
• Diagram maria as impact basins.
• Make model craters.
• Who was Gene Shoemaker?
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