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1 1 31 May 2008 AAS/ASP Discover the Universe with NASA During the International Year of Astronomy 2009! Kepler’s Other Worlds Alan Gould Lawrence Hall of Science University of California Berkeley

2 2 Tracking Transits Activity is being field tested by FOSS Full Option Science System to become part of revise Planetary Science course for middle school Start with modeling transit

3 3 If we had a light sensor pointed at the light, and we passed a book in front of the light, what would the “light curve” (graph of light brightness vs time) look like?

4 4 Light Curve of Book

5 5 What would the light curve of the transiting planet look like?

6 6

7 7 LEGO Orrery Instructions on Kepler website First prototype had 3 planets Deputy PI Dave Koch made 4-planet model

8 8 Full Option Science System (FOSS) First prototype of orrery for FOSS Planetary Science kit Intended to be in Delta Education catalog

9 9 Light Curve A

10 10 Light Curve B

11 11 Light Curve C

12 12 Light Curve D

13 13 Light Curve E

14 14 Detecting Planet Transits and Human Orrery

15 15 From GEMS grades 6-8 Space Science Sequence Available this summer. 4 Units: 4 Units: The Sun The Sun Seasons Seasons Solar System Solar System Beyond the Solar System* Beyond the Solar System* Detecting Planet Transits is in Unit 4

16 16 4 Units: Distance and Size Distance and Size How Earth moves How Earth moves Gravity Gravity Phases of the Moon Phases of the Moon Create a model of a transit Human Orrery in Solar System Unit Human Orrery in Solar System Unit Detecting Transits in Beyond the Solar System Unit Detecting Transits in Beyond the Solar System Unit

17 17 Human Orrery In Solar System Unit (3) of GEMS Space Science Sequence 3D model of inner solar system

18 18 Exoplanet Transit Hunt Online Interactive Simulates transit method of planet-finding Based on outdated original Hyperstudio simulation by Dave Koch

19 Select a Star Revised HOU high school curriculum: A Changing Cosmos becoming part of Global Systems Science

20 20 Uncle Al’s Kepler Star Wheel Find it on the Kepler website

21 21 Planet Families Developed as part of Alien Earths traveling exhibit Made into online interactive

22 22 Where to Find Them http://kepler.nasa.gov

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