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| OVERVIEW | |
| Team Rio’s first unit in science will be Astronomy. Our focus will be the movement of the Earth and its moon. To help us understand this, students will be making sun and moon observations over a period of time. We will also study ancient calendars, constellations, and our solar system. So if you have a compass at home get it ready! Your 8th grader will be using it. |
| SPECIFIC RESOURCES | |
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Movement
of the Earth and its Moon |
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Sun and Moon Observations EARTH
- SUN VIEWER: WOW... Don't Miss! Man
on the Moon - Relive the first steps on the
moon with the Houston Chronicle; read the memories, see lunar photos,
and watch cool historic videos! Palomar Observatory - This is a nice site to teach students about the workings of an Observatory. |
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Ancient
Calendars Calendar through the Ages: Explore the facinating history of human endevors to organize our lives in accordance with the Sun and stars. Wikipedia - Calendars: An indepth resource for learning relating to calendars. |
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Constellations |
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The
Solar System The Virtual Solar System: Discover our solar system in a spectacular 3-D environment. Solar System Exploration (NASA): A rich interactive tour of our solar system. Solar System Simulator: This online astronomy tool allows multimedia views of planets and constellations as seen from a variety of viewpoints. Build a Solar System: Make a scale model of the Solar System online and learn the REAL definition of "space." JPL NASA Solar System: A great solar system resource with interactive multimedia. |
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Compass
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Meteors |
| GENERAL RESOURCES - Use for Current Science assignments | |
| NASA
Website Sky & Telescope Magazine (Current Science) Space.com (Current Science) Astronomy
& Space Resources - A large list of space
and astronomy links. Astronomy for Kids - A great general resource containing information about many of the specific topics above. Planet Quest - The search for another earth... this is a great site! |
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| DOCUMENTS - HANDOUTS | |
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Current Science - Word Document Assignment Sheet (Save a copy to your own folder). Current Science - Printable Flashpaper Assignment Sheet |
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| LIBRARY RESOURCES | |
| INTERACTIVE RESOURCES | |
| Arty the Part-time Astronaut : A children's interactive adventure though our solar system. Guide Arty and his alien friend Greg to the many sites of our solar system. A site for the young Astronomer. Planet Quest Interactives - Great space simulation games. |
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| STUDENT PRODUCTION SHOWCASE | |
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