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• This unit will also cover..• Learning the Inner Planets• The Habitable Zone• Astronomical Units• Focus on Mercury• Focus on Venus• Focus on Earth• Axial Tilt / Seasons• Synchronous Orbit of the Moon• Phases of the Moon

• This unit will also cover..• Tidal Forces• The Apollo Missions• Focus on Mars• Exploration of Mars• Space Race• Rocketry• Space Shuttle Program• Forces in Rocketry• Parts of a Rocket• Building Soda Bottle Rockets

• RED SLIDE: These are notes that are very important and should be recorded in your science journal.

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-Nice neat notes that are legible and use indentations when appropriate.

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-Example of indent.


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-Skip a line between topics


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-Skip a line between topics -Don’t skip pages


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-Skip a line between topics -Don’t skip pages

-Make visuals clear and well drawn.

• RED SLIDE: These are notes that are very important and should be recorded in your science journal.

• BLACK SLIDE: Pay attention, follow directions, complete projects as described and answer required questions neatly.


• Keep an eye out for “The-Owl” and raise your hand as soon as you see him.– He will be hiding somewhere in the slideshow


• Keep an eye out for “The-Owl” and raise your hand as soon as you see him.– He will be hiding somewhere in the slideshow

“Hoot, Hoot”“Good Luck!”


New Area of Focus: The Inner New Area of Focus: The Inner Planets.Planets.


• Can you name the inner planets by sight?– Give it a shot below.



Venus



Venus Mars



Venus MarsMercury



Venus MarsMercuryEarth


• Which planet rotates opposite of all the others?

Venus MarsMercuryEarth


• Can you do it one more time?



Mercury



Mercury

Venus



Mercury

Venus Mars



Mercury

Venus Mars

Earth


• Activity! Say the name of the inner planets when the arrow points to them.



“BE QUIET!”“I am trying

to study”

On the next slide, teacher to minimize out of slideshow and assist students in dragging inner planets to their correct order.

Answer:

• What is the connection between this story and the planet earth?


• Answer! The distance to planet Earth from the Sun is just right. Not to hot, and not to cold.


• Which planets are too hot, too cold, and just right?


AU = Astronomical Unit, Distance AU = Astronomical Unit, Distance from Earth to the Sun. from Earth to the Sun. ------


AU = Astronomical Unit, Distance AU = Astronomical Unit, Distance from Earth to the Sun. from Earth to the Sun. 93 Million Miles or93 Million Miles or----


AU = Astronomical Unit, Distance AU = Astronomical Unit, Distance from Earth to the Sun. from Earth to the Sun. 93 Million Miles or93 Million Miles or150 Million Kilometers or150 Million Kilometers or


AU = Astronomical Unit, Distance AU = Astronomical Unit, Distance from Earth to the Sun. from Earth to the Sun. 93 Million Miles or93 Million Miles or150 Million Kilometers or150 Million Kilometers or1 AU1 AU


How units in astronomy are measured, Learn More: http://www.telescope.org/nuffield_21_sci/astrounits.htm

http://www.telescope.org/nuffield_21_sci/astrounits.htm

• What planet am I? I am about 9.5 AU from the sun.

• What planet am I? I am about .7 AU from the sun.

• Inner Planets – Mercury, Venus, Earth,

• What’s inside?

• Activity! Gathering information about the Sun and the Inner Planets.– Please create two pages in your journal of the

next slide.– Please Google “Virtual Tour Solar System”– Record important factoids about each of the inner

planets.– The more information the better.

• 5 would be the absolute minimal per planet.

• Mercury: Searching for facts online.– Search “Virtual Tour Mercury”– http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science

/space/solar-system/mercury-article.html– http://www.wwiaviation.com/wavelength/

mercury.html– http://www.space.com/mercury/– http://www.seasky.org/solar-system/solar-syst

em-intro.html

http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/space/solar-system/mercury-article.html


http://www.space.com/mercury/

http://www.seasky.org/solar-system/solar-system-intro.html


• Activity! Visit the websites about Venus and record information for the unit assessment.

• http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/space/solar-system/mercury-article.html

• http://www.wwiaviation.com/wavelength/venus.html• http://www.space.com/venus/http://nineplanets.org/venus.html• http://www.solarspace.co.uk/Venus/venus.php



http://www.space.com/venus/http://nineplanets.org/venus.html

http://www.solarspace.co.uk/Venus/venus.php

• Activity Sheet Available: Research Inner Planets.

THE SUN

THE SUN

Mercury

THE SUN

Mercury

Venus

THE SUN

Mercury

Venus

Earth

THE SUN

Mercury

Venus

Earth

Mars

THE SUN

Mercury

Venus

Earth

Mars

Asteroid Belt

THE SUN

Mercury

Venus

Earth

Mars

Asteroid Belt

The Sun is by far the largest object in the solar system. It contains more than 99.8% of the total mass of the Solar System. All energy for our solar system comes from the sun. Check out the Corona Ejections The Sun is, at present, about 70% hydrogen and 28% helium by mass everything else ("metals") amounts to less than 2%. The sun is approximately 93 million miles from Earth.

THE SUN

Mercury

Venus

Earth

Mars

Asteroid Belt

Mercury is a small, rocky planet. ~ Mercury has been visited by the Mariner 10 spacecraft. Mariner 10 has mapped a little less than half (45%) of Mercury's surface. ~ Scientists think that there may be *volcanic activity* on Mercury. They are still studying information sent to Earth from the Mariner spacecraft to make sure. ~ The temperature on Mercury ranges from 90 K to 700 K.


THE SUN

Mercury

Venus

Earth

Mars

Asteroid Belt


Venus is a small, rocky planetblanketed in a thick layer of yellowish clouds. These clouds are not made of water (like the ones here on Earth). Instead, they are formed from a poison called sulfuric acid. ~ Venus' surface is very hot - about 400 degrees Celsius! ~ Even though Venus is very cloudy, it's simply *too hot* for rain to form. ~ The first spacecraft to visit Venus was Mariner 2 in 1962. Venus has since been visited by more than 20 spacecraft in all so far! Some of these visiting spacecraft include: Pioneer Venus, Venera 7, Venera 9 and Magellan.


THE SUN

Mercury

Venus

Earth

Mars

Asteroid Belt



Earth is a small, rocky planet which supports a variety of life! As far as we know, Earth is unique from all other planets in this respect. ~ Temperatures at the Earth's center (called the "core") may be as high as 7500 K - That's hotter than the surface of the Sun! ~ The Earth is the densest major body in

the solar system. This means that it's the most "compact" of all the planets. For example, you have two loaves of bread, both of the same amount. You smash one loaf of bread flat. Even though both loaves are of the same amount, the smashed bread is *denser* because it is more compact. The

Earth is 4.5 to 4.6 billion years old, but the oldest known rocks are less than 4 billion years old. Rocks older than 3 billion years are rare. The oldest fossils of living organisms are less than 3.9 billion years

old! ~ The Earth is orbited by one moon.


THE SUN

Mercury

Venus

Earth

Mars

Asteroid Belt







Mars is a small, rocky planet which is cold and lifeless. ~ The first spacecraft to visit Mars was Mariner 4 in 1965. Several others followed including the two Viking landers in 1976.

After a long break, Mars Pathfinder landed successfully on Mars on July 4, 1997. ~ Mars has permanent ice caps at both poles made up mostly of solid carbon dioxide. We know

this as "dry ice." ~ Very strong winds and vast dust storms sometimes blow through the entire planet for months! ~ Mars has two tiny moons which orbit very close to the

surface. Their names are Phobos and Deimos.


THE SUN

Mercury

Venus

Earth

Mars

Asteroid Belt












EXAMPLE

THE SUN

Mercury

Venus

Earth

Mars

Asteroid Belt












EXAMPLEhttp://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/space/solar-system/mercury-article.html




Area of Focus: MercuryArea of Focus: Mercury


THE SUN

Mercury

Venus

Earth

Mars

Asteroid Belt












• Mercury: Searching for facts online.– Search “Virtual Tour Mercury”– http://www.wwiaviation.com/wavelength/mercury.html– http://www.space.com/mercury/– http://www.seasky.org/solar-system/solar-system-intro.html

http://www.wwiaviation.com/wavelength/mercury.html

http://www.space.com/mercury/


If you weighed 100 lbs on Earth, you would weigh 38 pounds on Mercury

Mercury = 100 X .38 = 38 pounds

Mercury has little to no atmosphere and is heavily cratered

• The Caloris Basin. Largest known crater in the solar system.

• Symbol – Mercury (Commerce / Speed)


First probe to gather information on this innermost planet

First probe to gather information on this innermost planet March 29, 1974

If you weighed 100 lbs on Earth,


Mercury = 100 X .38 = 38 pounds

• Forget about the planets temperature and lack of atmosphere… – Would you want to go school for a day on

Mercury?

• Forget about the planets temperature and lack of atmosphere…– Would you want to go school for a day on

Mercury? One Day on Mercury =

• Forget about the planets temperature and lack of atmosphere…– Would you want to go school for a day on

Mercury? One Day on Mercury = 58 days, 15 hours on Earth.

• In 2012, Ice was discovered at the pole in places permanently shielded from the sun.

• Mercury’s rotation is on a wobble.


• Mercury’s rotation is on a wobble. – As it approaches noon, the sun goes back

the way it came, then stops and goes again.


• Video Link! Surface of Mercury (Optional)– Nice video that shows how surface data is

collected.– Can be music / video during research

gathering in several slides.• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLstq-vuppQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLstq-vuppQ

• Mercury– Close to the sun with no moons.– Little to no atmosphere (heavily cratered)– In the Sun the temperatures can reach 800 F or

420 C, – In the shade, the temperatures can drop to -279

F, -173 C– 88 day year (travels very fast)– 1407 hour day (Very Long Day)

Mercury Information: Learn more: http://nineplanets.org/mercury.html

http://nineplanets.org/mercury.html

Area of Focus: VenusArea of Focus: Venus


• Inner Planetary Topics Review Game


• This Solar System Basics and the Sun lesson is just one small part of the Astronomy Topics Unit. This unit includes…

• A five part 2,800 Slide PowerPoint Presentation / unit roadmap full of activities, review questions, games, video links, materials list, and much more.

• A 13 bundled homework package, modified version, 7 pages of unit notes, 4 PowerPoint Review Games of 100+ slides each, videos, rubrics, and much more that all chronologically follow the unit slideshow.

• This is a fantastic unit for any Earth Science Class.• http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Astronomy_Unit.html

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• http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Astronomy_Unit.htmlPlease feel free to contact me with any questions you may have. Thanks again for your interest in this curriculum.

• Sincerely,• Ryan Murphy M.Ed• [email protected]

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