GALILEO SSI Education
This module is being distributed for FEEDBACK only.
It is NOT in
final form and should NOT YET be used for educational purposes.
Send feedback to: Eileen V. Ryan
eryan@noao.edu
PLANETARY CURRICULUM MODULE:
NAVIGATING the SOLAR SYSTEM
GOALS: Use facts about the solar system to demonstrate
- GRAPHING
- AREA OF A CIRCLE
- DISTANCE, RATE, and TIME
- UNITS CONVERSION
- SCIENTIFIC NOTATION
- FORCE
- SIZE SCALES
- DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION
This is one of a series of educational modules relating
to the Galileo satellite science goals. The target grade level is
6-9, but activities can be adapted either up or down for use with
different levels. This module consists of an introductory section
which exposes teachers and students to basic concepts in solar system
exploration, a table containing various solar system parameters, and a
series of four activities which use parameters from the table to
demonstrate concepts such as basic physics, graphing, and analyzing and
drawing conclusions from data.
Contents:
Part II: Activities
Activity 2: Distance = Rate x Time
Activity 3: Gravity and Motion
Part III: Table of Solar System Parameters
This module was written and compiled by Eileen V. Ryan
(NOAO and the Planetary Science
Institute, Tucson AZ).
Questions, comments, and suggestions
welcomed: eryan@noao.edu or
eryan@psi.edu.