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Detecting Extrasolar Planets
Grade Level: 5-8
Short Description: Students model NASA's Kepler mission observations of planetary transits (a planet moving in front of a star) by standing in a circle with model star (light bulb) in the center, and observing, through rolled up paper viewing tubes, a "bead" planet orbiting the star.
Differentiation Demonstration: Moon
Grade Level: K-4, 5-8
Body: Earth's Moon
Short Description: Students observe a model of planetary differentiation, the organization of planetary interiors into layers of different densities. Materials of different densities are mixed in a bottle and allowed to separate into layers. The simple model illustrates how the Moon's interior became organized into a distinct core, mantle and outer crust from the debris of the Giant Impact.
Dirty Ice or Icy Dirt (Slides)
Topic: Modeling Solar System Objects
Grade Level: 5-8, 9-12
Body: Mars
Mission: Phoenix (Mars)
Short Description: Large amounts of water ice appear to be buried at high latitudes on Mars. In this activity, students make physical models using Earth samples to investigate whether it is more likely that these regions of Mars are composed of icy dirt (with ice filling the pore space of soils) or dirty ice (with dust sprinkled through a mostly icy surface).
Dirty Ice or Icy Dirt (Student Guide)
Topic: Modeling Solar System Objects
Grade Level: 5-8, 9-12
Body: Mars
Mission: Phoenix (Mars)
Short Description: Large amounts of water ice appear to be buried at high latitudes on Mars. In this activity, students make physical models using Earth samples to investigate whether it is more likely that these regions of Mars are composed of icy dirt (with ice filling the pore space of soils) or dirty ice (with dust sprinkled through a mostly icy surface).
Dirty Ice or Icy Dirt (Teacher Guide)
Topic: Modeling Solar System Objects
Grade Level: 5-8, 9-12
Body: Mars
Mission: Phoenix (Mars)
Short Description: Large amounts of water ice appear to be buried at high latitudes on Mars. In this activity, students make physical models using Earth samples to investigate whether it is more likely that these regions of Mars are composed of icy dirt (with ice filling the pore space of soils) or dirty ice (with dust sprinkled through a mostly icy surface).
Discoveries in Planetary Science Slide Sets
Grade Level: 9-12
Body: Our Solar System
Short Description: These slide presentations for use in undergraduate classes cover new discoveries in planetary science. (Available in Spanish and English.)
Discovering Plate Boundaries (Group Assignment Slips)
Grade Level: 5-8, 9-12
Body: Earth
Short Description: This data-rich exercise to help students discover the processes that occur at plate tectonic boundaries is built around four global data maps: 1) Earthquake location and depth, 2) Location of recent volcanic activity, 3) Seafloor Age, and 4) Topography and Bathymetry. Alternative versions of the activity can concentrate on examining just the volcanic data and comparing the locations of volcanoes composed primarily of basalt to those of andesite and rhyolite, relative to plate boundaries. (To access all of the materials for this activity, please visit the Discovering Plate Boundaries website.)
Discovering Plate Boundaries (Main Portal)
Grade Level: 5-8, 9-12
Body: Earth
Short Description: This data-rich exercise to help students discover the processes that occur at plate tectonic boundaries is built around four global data maps: 1) Earthquake location and depth, 2) Location of recent volcanic activity, 3) Seafloor Age, and 4) Topography and Bathymetry. Alternative versions of the activity can concentrate on examining just the volcanic data and comparing the locations of volcanoes composed primarily of basalt to those of andesite and rhyolite, relative to plate boundaries. (To access all of the materials for this activity, please visit the Discovering Plate Boundaries website.)
Discovering Plate Boundaries (Student Instructions)
Grade Level: 5-8, 9-12
Body: Earth
Short Description: This data-rich exercise to help students discover the processes that occur at plate tectonic boundaries is built around four global data maps: 1) Earthquake location and depth, 2) Location of recent volcanic activity, 3) Seafloor Age, and 4) Topography and Bathymetry. Alternative versions of the activity can concentrate on examining just the volcanic data and comparing the locations of volcanoes composed primarily of basalt to those of andesite and rhyolite, relative to plate boundaries. (To access all of the materials for this activity, please visit the Discovering Plate Boundaries website.)
Discovering Plate Boundaries (Teacher's Guide Part I: Introduction)
Grade Level: 5-8, 9-12
Body: Earth
Short Description: This data-rich exercise to help students discover the processes that occur at plate tectonic boundaries is built around four global data maps: 1) Earthquake location and depth, 2) Location of recent volcanic activity, 3) Seafloor Age, and 4) Topography and Bathymetry. Alternative versions of the activity can concentrate on examining just the volcanic data and comparing the locations of volcanoes composed primarily of basalt to those of andesite and rhyolite, relative to plate boundaries. (To access all of the materials for this activity, please visit the Discovering Plate Boundaries website.)
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