Telescope Types

Comparison of Major Telescopes...include WHERE it is at, WHAT it studies, WHAT type of radiation, WHO manages it, WHAT it has found out, WHAT COSTS are associated with it. Organize your information in a table or Linoit. In addition to videos, you may find Wikipedia and NASA helpful in your study.
HELIOPHYSICS


SPITZER


HUBBLE


CHANDRA


NRAO WILSON

Quiz

Throughout this unit, we have talked about the perils of the solar system (alien travel, technology limits, the composition of the planets), the uniqueness of planet earth (magnetic zone, water, plate tectonics, weathering), as well as the possibilities for life (the habitable zone, what life is), and its scale (how big is honking big?) Your job is to decide whether space study is worth it or not, based on the budget of NASA and space exploration costs found at Nine Planet Specific questions to be answered: a) what benefits has space study had to humanity, based on your research (include specific evidence)? b) should future missions be manned or unmanned? c) what should happen to the budget of government space agencies like NASA? d) what happens if we decide we've learned enough? e) how has history been changed by the study of space? Your answers to these questions are important, but I am looking for an artifact that details the information as well as a multimedia explanation that is 30 to 60 seconds long that shows me your point of view using pictures, video, or music. Textual answers: 30 points Visual presentation: 20 points

Solar Systems and Coordinate systems

http://skyserver.sdss.org/solarsystem/

We will be working on the activity found above in groups of 3.   Each question and activity must be completed and handed in.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99942_Apophis

Galileo and the Moons of Jupiter

Galileo became a heliocentrist largely due to his observations about Jupiter's 4 biggest moons:  Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto.  Using his telescope, he observed these moons and their patterns around the planet.  He marked the motion of the moons in terms of Jupiter Diameters as viewed through his telescope.

Set up a Open Office Calc table with the names of the 4 moons at the top and the dates on the left side.

Gather data for at least 30 days using the Jupiter moon position applet a

Create a x-y scatter graph for each moon.

Hand in with you and your partners' names by the end of the period 

Tunguska, Meteors, and Meteorites

Watch out for asteroids


Take a look at the reading behind Sagan's Tunguska video


Death By Giant Meteor?

Apophis reality

Day 15: Quiz over Unit 1, Research

Today our task is to compare our Earth to other items in the solar system. I'm talking specifics.

You and a partner must pick three of the following:

• a comet  that travels from the Oort cloud or hits the earth
• a meteor
• a moon that is not our own
• a planet with rings

Compare the Earth to these three chosen items and create a table that highlights

1. evidence of plate tectonics
2. evidence of water
3. evidence of weathering
4. evidence of an atmosphere or weather systems
5. evidence of carbon or nitrogen compounds.