Unit 8
Universe & Galaxies
Recall Reference Points(relevant elementary & middle grade benchmarks) / SC.5.P.8.4: Explore the scientific theory of atoms (also called atomic theory) by recognizing that all matter is composed of parts that are too small to be seen without magnification.
SC.6.P.13.2: Explore the Law of Gravity by recognizing that every object exerts gravitational force on every other object and that the force depends on how much mass the objects have and how far apart they are.
SC.8.E.5.2: Recognize that the universe contains many billions of galaxies and that each galaxy contains many billions of stars.
SC.8.E.5.3: Distinguish the hierarchical relationships between planets and other astronomical bodies relative to solar system, galaxy, and universe, including distance, size, and composition.
SC.8.E.5.4: Explore the Law of Universal Gravitation by explaining the role that gravity plays in the formation of planets, stars, and solar systems and in determining their motions.
SC.8.E.5.7: Compare and contrast the properties of objects in the Solar System including the Sun, planets, and moons to those of Earth, such as gravitational force, distance from the Sun, speed, movement, temperature, and atmospheric conditions.
SC.8.E.5.9: Explain the impact of objects in space on each other including:
1. the Sun on the Earth including seasons and gravitational attraction
2. the Moon on the Earth, including phases, tides, and eclipses, and the relative position of each body
Textbook / Glencoe Earth Science: Geology, the Environment, and the Universe
Section 28.1: Formation of the Solar System – pgs. 796-803
Section 29.2: Measuring the Stars – pgs. 837-846
Section 29.3: Stellar Evolution – pgs. 847-851
Section 30.1: The Milky Way Galaxy – pgs. 862-868
Section 30.3: Cosmology – pgs. 878-881
FCIM Lessons / CM E.5.1 Big Bang
CM E.5.2 Matter in Universe
Labs / Modeling Fusion (ESSR_LBS_ModelFusion_V01.pdf)
Blackbody Radiation (ESSR_LBE_BlackBodyRadia_V01.pdf)
Big Bang Balloon (ESSR_LBS_BigBangBalloon_V01.pdf)
The Life of Stars (ESSR_LBS_LifeofStars_V01.pdf)
Expanding Universe (ESSR_LBE_ExpandUniverse_V01.pdf)
Build your own Galaxy (ESSR_LBS_BuildGalaxy_V01.pdf)
Celestial Equatorial Coordinate System HONORS (ESSR_AYS_CelsEqCoordSyst_V01.docx)
Demos / Big Bang
The Universe is Born: http://www.nasa.gov/mov/162008main_08a_UniverseBorn.mov
Solar System 101: http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/science/space-sci/solar-system/sun-101-sci.html
Evolution of the Universe: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html?media_id=25993511
Planetary Evolution: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html?media_id=25996561
Stars
The Life Cycle of a Star: http://www.nasa.gov/mov/196759main_049_LifeCycle_Star.mov
Neutron Stars: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html?media_id=78319231
Evolution of Star Clusters: http://www.physics.sjsu.edu/tomley/HRCluster.html
Gizmos
explorelearning.com / Star Spectra (http://www.explorelearning.com/index.cfm?method=cResource.dspDetail&ResourceID=558)
H-R Diagram (http://www.explorelearning.com/index.cfm?method=cResource.dspDetail&ResourceID=429)
Websites / Big Bang
The Big Bang: http://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/focus-areas/what-powered-the-big-bang/ (ESSR_SIT_TheBigBang_V01.pdf)
Big Bang Cosmology: http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/universe/bb_theory.html (ESSR_SIT_BgBngCosmology_V01.pdf)
Foundations of Big Bang Cosmology: http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/universe/bb_concepts.html (ESSR_SIT_FndtnsCosmlogy_V01.pdf)
Tests of Big Bang: Comic Radiation Background: http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/universe/bb_tests_cmb.html (ESSR_SIT_BigBangCMB_V01.pdf)
Proof of Big Bang: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/03/0317_060317_big_bang.html (ESSR_SIT_ProofBigBang_V01.pdf)
Cosmic Radiation Discovered: http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2008/nov/HQ_08-301_ATIC_paper.html (ESSR_SIT_CsmcRdatnDscvd_V01.pdf)
Dark Energy, Dark Matter: http://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/focus-areas/what-is-dark-energy/ (ESSR_SIT_DkEngyDkMater_V01.pdf)
Dark Matter Organized and Distributed: http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/know_l1/dark_matter.html (ESSR_SIT_DarkMatter_V01.pdf)
How Did the Universe Originate?: http://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/big-questions/how-did-universe-originate-and-evolve-produce-galaxies-stars-and-planets-we-see-today/ (ESSR_SIT_HwDidUnvOrignte_V01.pdf)
Galaxies: http://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/focus-areas/what-are-galaxies/ (ESSR_SIT_Galaxies_V01.pdf)
Stars
Star Formation: http://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/focus-areas/how-do-stars-form-and-evolve/ (ESSR_SIT_Stars_V01.pdf)
Stellar Evolution: Birth, Life and Death of a Star: http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/9-12/features/stellar_evol_feat_912.html (ESSR_SIT_StellarEvol_V01.pdf)
Life and Death of Stars: http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/universe/rel_stars.html (ESSR_SIT_LifeDeathStars_V01.pdf)
H-R Diagram: http://chandra.harvard.edu/edu/formal/stellar_ev/story/index3.html (ESSR_SIT_HRDiagram_V01.pdf)
Blackbody Radiator: http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/teachers/lifecycles/LC_main_p9.html (ESSR_SIT_BlkBodyRadtr_V01.pdf)
Astronomical Units
Astronomical Units: http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/glossary/au.html (ESSR_SIT_AstrUnits_V01.pdf)
The Scale of the Solar System: http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Sscale.htm (ESSR_SIT_ScaleSolrSystm_V01.pdf)
Light Years: http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/questions/question19.html (ESSR_SIT_LightYears_V01.pdf)
Criteria for Science
Astrology: http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/starfinder2/en/ (ESSR_SIT_Astrology_V01.pdf)
Astronomy (http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/dictionary/Astronomy.html)
Space Science (http://spacescience.nasa.gov/)
Lessons / Earth vs. Universe (ESSR_PNE_EarthvsUniverse_V01.ppt)
Stars and Galaxies (ESSR_PNE_StrsandGalxies_V01.ppt)
Studying Space (ESSR_PNE_StudyingSpace_V01.ppt)
The Solar System (ESSR_PNE_TheSolarSystems_V01.ppt)
The Sun, Stars, Galaxies (ESSR_PNE_SunStarGalaxy_V01.ppt)
Measuring Astronomical Distances (ESSR_SIT_MeasrAstrDist_V01.pdf, ESSR_SIT_MsrgDistStars_V01.pdf)
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