Our Moon---and Galileo

Part 1:  Hot off the presses, a new study provides compelling evidence for Lunar formation and other water in the solar system

http://www.space.com/25331-moon-age-revealed-lunar-mystery.html

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/179834-saturns-moon-enceladus-has-a-huge-ocean-of-liquid-water-scientists-confirm


Please summarize each of these articles into 4 to 6 sentences.  You may work with a partner, but you hand it in individually.


Part 2

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 

Moon or Mars?

You and your partners have a choice to make.   Should the first off-Earth settlement be built on the Moon or on Mars?

There are pros and cons to each.

STARTING LINE.  To start, let's look at the current information out there.   
Take short notes if you wish

http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/22/world/mars-one-way-ticket  

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2330220/Astronauts-LIVE-moon-2020-Nasa-report-claims.html

Google Moon or Mars and find at least two different articles to add to your thoughts

WARMING UP  Then see some of the thoughts behind this dream by looking at the different thinking plans.

http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/human_space/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki /Colonization_of_Mars  

http://marshome.org/ 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonization_of_the_Moon 

http://www.nss.org/settlement/ 

The point of this is to figure out critical needs.  Perhaps you could make a t-chart to list the differences between the Moon and Mars.

OLD HAT STUFF Now look at some of the missions that have already been put together to each planet:

http://planetary.org/explore/topics/the_moon/missions.html 

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/programmissions/ 

What have they already figured out about the planet regarding the atmosphere or the availability of water?

PAST DATA Use your Current Posters or other readings to help you see if there are:

a) plate tectonics

b) a magnetosphere

c) an atmosphere

d) water

e) gravitational forces

f) minerals

g) temperature extremes

How does this information affect your decision?

DISTANCE SCHMINSTINCE.  How long do you think it will take to get there on a space mission, and what does that mean for a launch date?

WILL I DIE?. Finally, take a look at the life and health risks involved in being an astronaut on a long-term journey.

Health Concerns
Exercise
Hygiene needs

Can we taste in space?

Risk Factors

Can we have kids in space?

Based on these health risks, do you want to be the one to travel on your journey? And whether you do or not, what are 10 things needed for the journey keep your brain and emotions healthy?  Explain.

Where should we go?  Make your decision, and be prepared to support it with at least 5 reasonable arguments/evidence.  Create a video blog, or a podcast interview(share it with me) or email it to me.  This is due by Monday night at 11:59 pm

Rubric for grading--Group

This presentation is worth 60 points

Category	Excellent	Acceptable	Marginal	Unacceptable
Quality of Product Multimedia	Worthy of the World	Informative and Loved By Parents	Entertaining to Friends	Rude, or Socially Unacceptable
Quality of Content	Worthy of the World	Informative and Loved By Parents	Entertaining to Friends	Rude, or Socially Unacceptable
Persuasiveness to a Position	Worthy of a Debate Scholarship	Gets a II at Individual Speech	Snowjob	Rude, or Socially Unacceptable
Identification of the Risks Involved	Worthy of a NASA or insurance report	Acceptable to someone who is on Survivor	Adequate for those who shun safety gear	Rude, or Unacceptable
Thoroughness of Information	Worthy of a private boardroom presentation	Filled with Geeky Speak	Entertaining to Friends	Rude, or Socially Unacceptable

Moon Mirrors

The biggest proof out there that the moon landing is not a hoax comes from simple science.

http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2004/21jul_llr/


The mirrors on the moon are our biggest tool for distance study in our relationship in the moon.

But hey, YDHTTMWFI, check here

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/08/12/moon-hoax-why-not-use-telescopes-to-look-at-the-landers/#.Uzr3sPldWSo



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http://nautil.us/blog/hunting-for-eclipses-as-perfect-as-earths

The Solar System

Try this link

1. How does a comet differ from an asteroid?
2. What produces magnetism on the rocky planets?  Is there a similar mechanism on the gassy planets?
3. How is the Kuiper belt similar to the Oort cloud?
4. What evidence do we have of asteroids in our solar system?
5. There's a belt between Jupiter and Mars?  What is it?
6. What is the purpose of a ring on a planet?
7. Where are the strongest winds in the planetary system?
8. Do we have evidence of plate tectonics on orbital bodies beyond our own?
9. Where is the most likely place to find water on other planets?
10. Is there another place with a moon-earth size that is proportionally big?

Problem Solving in Astronomy Friday

Friday:   Yesterday, we talked about EVIDENCE and its role in science.    For the first five of the following, you must make a CLAIM and support it with EVIDENCE and a RATIONALE.   For Problem 6, make a claim on the PRO side and the CON side.   Each and every one of you must do this and hand it in on paper, using what you remember from yesterday.  While you may discuss at your table, no outside resources allowed.  Hand in.   This should take 15-20 minutes.

Problem 1:  How can we use the moon as a clock throughout the four weeks of its cycle?

CLAIM
EVIDENCE
REASONING

Problem 2:  How can we figure out the distance to the planets using Kepler and Brahe's data?

CLAIM
EVIDENCE
REASONING

Problem 3:  Why was time such a problem for the world of astronomy?

CLAIM
EVIDENCE
REASONING

Problem 4:  Why was it hard to figure the speed of light?

CLAIM
EVIDENCE
REASONING

Problem 5:  Why do the tides and the moon rise/set time change?

CLAIM
EVIDENCE
REASONING


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Part 2



READ AND DISCUSS:    (you may jigsaw this, with people reading different parts and then sharing back and forth)

http://science.howstuffworks.com/moon-landing-hoax2.htm/printable

Problem 6:  Why do people believe that the moon landings were faked?
CLAIM
EVIDENCE
REASONING

CLAIM
EVIDENCE
REASONING
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Please subdivide into the groups, and take a look at each of the Lunar Missions Apollo 11-17.  You need to prepare a Highlight slide show that tells us the basic highlights--who, what, where, why, and how they traveled.   The first place to start is by going to

http://moon.google.com

The data shown will send you to a list of Nasa data if you click on the link that accompanies the photos.

Other resources include http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/ and http://nineplanets.org/

NOMA

http://www.stephenjaygould.org/library/gould_noma.html

Religion  Science  History


Bill Nye/Neil Tyson DeGrasse
Galileo
Aristotle
Tycho Brahe
*Egyptian Society
*Mayan Astronomy
Kepler
Giordano Bruno
Newton
Carl Sagan
Pope Gregorian

Astronomy/Astro Lab, Day 1

Day 1: What is Astronomy?

• Watch the video. Write 3 questions about what you see. Carl Sagan is a critical friend to astronomy, who helped popularize it in the last half of the 20th century.

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDfTLSb01xs 
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• You will be given a copy of skymaps, with a Northern, Equatorial, and Southern projection. On each of them, find
1. The Ecliptic
2. Orion
3. Castor/Pollux
4. Ursa Major
5. Ursa Minor
6. Casseiopeia
7. Cepheus
8. Draco
9. Polaris
10. Bootes

http://vimeo.com/38101676#at=0 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByD5by_PL64

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKXBtWHExwQ