Science Journey Session #5 Earth’s Neighborhood Lynne M. Bailey CSD 9 Title IIB STEM Grant

Agenda Paperwork Introduction  Protocols  Online learning style test  Objectives Gravity in space & our Solar Syste Activities  A little Einstein  Gravity Launch  Exploring the Solar System  Model space probe  Exploring online activities and resources  Reflection and classroom application Share-out

Introductions Paperwork done? Protocols – leave no tracks!

Gravity in Space

Gravity Force that keeps things together Einstein’s new idea: gravity is what happens when space itself is curved or warped around a mass, such as a star or a planet. A star or planet causes a dip in space so that any other object that came too near would tend to fall into the dip Questions remain … Wikipedia’s Entry on Albert Einstein

Getting Off the Ground Must have enough force (thrust) to overcome the gravitational pull of the Earth First, we need to get to the launch site es.shtml Vec Tec es.shtml Can you get into orbit?  ?DocID=111 ?DocID=111

Earth’s Neighborhood

Project Research a planet, interesting moon or other local phenomena Create a PowerPoint presentation to report your findings

Great Place to Start NASA and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory website at

Designate Authors Sun Mercury Venus Earth’s moon Mars and moons Jupiter and moons Saturn and moons Neptune & Uranus Dwarf Planets Comets Space shuttle Space technology Other planets Astrobiology

Content Information Graphic images Video or audio Interactive Teacher resources  Lesson plans & activities

Using the Software Copy and paste web addresses into MS Word  There are notebook tools on the web, such as Google tools Share a computer Everyone complete at least 5 Powerpoint slides

Some Break Activities Present Your Report Paper models  Planets  Moons  Space probe  Mobiles  Create your own design

Finding Resources

Searching Use search engines Lesson plans: ThinkfinityNY.org Photos and clip art – creative commons license and royalty-free  MS clip art   Yahoo & google image search

This Week’s Resources Web page at wikipsaces.com  Technoed.wikispaces.com (may be moved) Technoed.wikispaces.com  Check the blog, for updates What can you use in your classroom? How can you apply this science thread in your subject area?

Reflection and Share -out What other science-related workshops would you like to see Do you have some ideas for hands-on activities Add a comment to the blog about your experience

Closing Questions Post-test Evaluations Check the blog for these and more resourcesblog

Thanks for Coming! Lynne M. Bailey STEM Trainer