Week 3: Galaxies, Piaget S Cognitive Development and the Solar System

Week 3: Galaxies, Piaget’s Cognitive Development and The Solar System

Questions due on April 21st

Quiz covering this material on April 21st

READING:

http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/galaxy_worldbook.html

http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/5-8/features/F_When_Gallaxies_Collide.html

http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/know_l1/black_holes.html

http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/know_l2/black_holes.html

http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/Relativity/BlackHoles/fall_in.html

http://www.adlerplanetarium.org/education/resources/gravity/9-12_gq5-2.shtml

http://www.wikisky.org/

http://hubblesite.org/explore_astronomy/black_holes/home.html

QUESTIONS

(Please type responses on separate paper in 12-point font, double-spaced) Appropriate response will be ¼ to ½ page for each question:

1. Discuss black holes. (BTW, students are FASCINATED by black holes!)
   
2. Design (in outline form) a lesson plan to introduce galaxies and black holes to your students.

Week 3: Galaxies, Piaget’s Cognitive Development and The Solar System

Questions due on April 21st

Quiz covering this material on April 21st

READING:

http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/galaxy_worldbook.html

http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/5-8/features/F_When_Gallaxies_Collide.html

http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/know_l1/black_holes.html

http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/know_l2/black_holes.html

http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/Relativity/BlackHoles/fall_in.html

http://www.adlerplanetarium.org/education/resources/gravity/9-12_gq5-2.shtml

http://www.wikisky.org/

http://hubblesite.org/explore_astronomy/black_holes/home.html

QUESTIONS

(Please type responses on separate paper in 12-point font, double-spaced) Appropriate response will be ¼ to ½ page for each question:

1. Discuss black holes. (BTW, students are FASCINATED by black holes!)
   

2.  Design (in outline form) a lesson plan to introduce galaxies and black holes to your students.

Week 3: Galaxies, Piaget’s Cognitive Development and The Solar System - continued

Questions due on April 21st

Quiz covering this material on April 21st

READING:

http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/sun_worldbook.html

http://www.rense.com/general72/size.htm

http://www.nineplanets.org/ (follow links)

http://starryskies.com/solar_system/planets_top.html

http://www.childdevelopmentinfo.com/development/piaget.shtml (follow links)

QUESTIONS

(Please type responses on separate paper in 12-point font, double-spaced) Appropriate response 1-2 pages each:

1. Design a hands-on activity lesson plan for your class introducing the solar system.
   
2. Discuss Piaget’s Cognitive Development. How can you use this information if you teach students in K-3rd grade? How does it change if you teach 4th or 5th graders?
   

Week 3: Galaxies, Piaget’s Cognitive Development and The Solar System - continued

Questions due on April 21st

Quiz covering this material on April 21st

READING:

http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/sun_worldbook.html

http://www.rense.com/general72/size.htm

http://www.nineplanets.org/ (follow links)

http://starryskies.com/solar_system/planets_top.html

http://www.childdevelopmentinfo.com/development/piaget.shtml (follow links)

QUESTIONS

(Please type responses on separate paper in 12-point font, double-spaced) Appropriate response 1-2 pages each:

3.  Design a hands-on activity lesson plan for your class introducing the solar system.

4.  Discuss Piaget’s Cognitive Development. How can you use this information if you teach students in K-3rd grade? How does it change if you teach 4th or 5th graders?