PPT-K2 & Solar System Science

K2 observes near the ecliptic where the bulk of Solar System targets lie Jack J Lissauer NASA Ames K2 Sci Con Santa Barbara 2015 November 4 Comet Siding Springs TransNeptunian Objects. and Solar Energy Activities . for the k-5 Classroom . Ruth Paglierani. Center for Science Education. Space Sciences Laboratory, UC Berkeley. November 1, 2014. The Solar Science and Solar Energy Connection. The processes by which stars and planets form are active areas of research in modern astrophysics. The formation of our own solar system is central to the first half of our course, and important to the second half as well when we study the formation of stars. Part 1. Survey of the solar system. 1. What do you know (or think you know)?. Confer with your tablemate (or people in front or back of you) and write down five things you think you know about our solar system. . Follow same philosophy as yesterday’s IR discussion. Review . RS science related to benchmarking and reference . intercalibration. How to achieve SI traceability. Technical readiness. Requirements. It is time to take a virtual tour of our solar system and learn about the different objects that make up our solar system. what is your task?. Students will be put in groups of 3.. Students will learn about the different objects in our solar system and their importance.. Solar System . in a roll. Ron Thompson. Our Solar System. Our Solar System. Cut a 4 foot piece of 2” wide . register . tape. Write “. SUN. ” at one end and “. PLUTO/KUIPER BELT. ” on the other end. Building a STEM Integrated Classroom (BASIC). Mission to Mars (part 1). LEARNING GOAL. SUCCESS CRITERIA (“I can…..”). Understand and explain measurements of size and scale using models. Calculate and compare the distance between planets . . The solar system is a group of objects that interact with one . another.. The solar system is the gathering of objects in space .. About 4.6 billion years ago in our solar system was formed. . THE sun. Semester 1 Week 12. Friday. , November 17: . Name . the three types of galaxies. Which one is the Milky Way galaxy?. Order of . cosmos, page 91 . Solar system: Sun, planets, dwarf planets, moons, asteroids, comets. Ingredients?. Planets. Their Moons, Rings. Comets. Asteroids. . Meteoroids. . Kuiper Belt Objects. The Sun. A lot of nearly empty space. Solar System Perspective. Orbits of Planets. All orbit in same . Our solar system is ancient. . Early . astronomers believed that Earth was the center of the universe and all other heavenly bodies orbited around Earth.. Our Solar System. We now know that our sun is the center of our solar . GSUSA marks and content used with permission of the Girl Scouts of the USA. Montage of planets. . Image credit: NASA/JPL. Planets in our. Solar System. Meet the Neighbors. Background information. Planets. SOURCES. J.H. . . Allton. 1. . K.K. . Allums. 2. , C. P. Gonzalez. 3. 1. NASA . Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058. 2. HX5,LLC-Jacobs . JETS Contract, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX . 77058, . Prepared by: Parshati Patel. Our Solar System. Our Solar System. Our Solar System. What makes up our Solar System?. Star (Sun). Planets (8). everything that orbits the Sun. Dwarf planets. Comets. Asteroids.