Grayce P. Storey
“Life in Space”
Objectives
Upon completing this topic the students will be able to:
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1. List all nine planets
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2. Give two points of information about each planet
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3. Identify the inner and outer planets
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4. Discuss the other bodies in the solar system
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(comets, meteors, meteorites, asteroids, and satellites)
I. Terrestrial planets
II. Jovian planets
III. Stellar bodies
IV. Quiz
Home work: Make model of the Solar System
(use your creativity, due in two weeks)
Activity
STAR DATE LOG . . . Amos (A-mouse) Takes A trip Rules
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1. Amos must be launched in spaceship Viking, from Cape Canaveral, Florida
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2. you must track his voyage in a log via Houston, Texas
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3. tell all of her (his) encounters
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(use fantasy, comedy, be creative but stick close to the facts)
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4. You must visit all the planets and tell what you find
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5. Amos must survive the trip
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6. The set down is to be in the California desert
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7. Arrange an interview for Amos
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8. An oral individual presentation must be given to the class
Quiz
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1. List the four inner planets in the Solar System
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2. List the four gas planets
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3. Describe a comet
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4. Which planet has a red spot? What causes it?
Field Trip
Arrange a field trip to the planetarium at Southern Connecticut State University (the class is to write an essay on what they saw)