Using the Solar System Exploration Toolkit to Meet State Mathematics Standards and Promote Inquiry

National Space Grant Foundation

Aerospace Education Services Project (AESP) Implementation Mini-grant

UTC Pre-service Teacher Workshop, June 21-25, 2010

Online Toolkit Sources for Activities

Project Web Page 2010: http://web2.utc.edu/~fbp972/nsgf10.html

Solar System – NASA Instructional Materials

A Family Guide to the Sun (Ages 6-13) – http://www.spaceweathercenter.org/education/02/famguide_sun.pdf

• Scale Model of the Sun, Earth and Moon (p. 12)
• Layers of the Sun (p. 14-15)
• Discover Why the Sun Appears to Rise and Set (p. 24-25)
• Photos from ESA Science and Technology: Storyboard, Nine Planets Mobile (online) - http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=35012
• View other facts and connections (online)

· Listen to a song about the sun (p. 40) - AstroCapella - http://www.astrocappella.com/songs.shtml

• The Sun Song - http://www.astrocappella.com/sun.shtml
• Shoulders of Giants - http://www.astrocappella.com/IYA/shoulders.shtml
• Dance of the Planets - http://www.astrocappella.com/dance.shtml

Earth & Mars Poster (Grades K-12) – http://mars8.jpl.nasa.gov/classroom/earthMarsForm.html (Updated link: http://mars8.jpl.nasa.gov/classroom/)

• Front - http://mars10.jpl.nasa.gov/classroom/pdfs/Earth.Mars_poster_front.pdf (Updated link: http://mars8.jpl.nasa.gov/classroom/pdfs/Earth.Mars_poster_front.pdf)
• Back - http://mars10.jpl.nasa.gov/classroom/pdfs/Earth.Mars_Poster.back.pdf (Updated link: http://mars8.jpl.nasa.gov/classroom/pdfs/Earth.Mars_Poster.back.pdf)
• Mars Calendar Project - http://mars10.jpl.nasa.gov/classroom/pdfs/marscalendarproject.pdf or

http://athena.cornell.edu/educators/lp_14.html (Updated/similar link: http://pweb.jps.net/~gangale3/ss200und/index.html)

• Solar System Bead Distance Activity – http://mars10.jpl.nasa.gov/classroom/pdfs/solarsystembeaddistance.pdf (Updated link: http://lunar.gsfc.nasa.gov/newsletter/LRO-March-April-07.pdf or http://marsed.mars.asu.edu/files/MSIP-MarsActivities.pdf)

Adapted for students with special needs - http://serch.cofc.edu/special/matmods/ssbead.doc

• Good Vibrations - http://mars10.jpl.nasa.gov/classroom/pdfs/goodvibrations.pdf (Updated link: http://marsed.mars.asu.edu/files/MSIP-MarsActivities.pdf)
• Added – Current Event
• 20 Years of Hubble - Mysterious Flash on Jupiter Left No Debris Cloud (Electromagnetic Spectrum - UV and Near IR) - http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/science/meteor-jupiter.html
• Chandra X-ray Observatory - http://chandra.harvard.edu/edu/formal/imaging/index.html
• De-coding Starlight: From Pixels to Images (Middle Grades) - http://chandra.harvard.edu/edu/formal/imaging/imaging_middle.pdf
• De-coding Starlight: From Pixels to Images (High School, student pages printed) - http://chandra.harvard.edu/edu/formal/imaging/index.html
• ESA Science & Technology: Wavelength (online) - http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=34990

Designing a Crew Exploration Vehicle (Grades 3-5) - http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/listbytype/Designing_a_CEV_Activity.html

• Educator section - http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/146850main_Designing_a_CEV_Educator.pdf
• Student section - http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/146851main_Designing_a_CEV_Student.pdf
• Video - http://education.jsc.nasa.gov/explorers/p5.html

Solar System Memory Game (Grades K-8) – http://aesp2.psu.edu/toolkits/Instruct%20materials/Solar%20System%20Memory%20Game.doc (Updated link: http://faculty.tamu-commerce.edu/cdavis/resources/AESP/InstructionalMaterials/Solar System Memory Game.doc)

• I added a photo for Mercury.
• The Science Channel (online version of a similar game) - http://science.discovery.com/interactives/memory/solarsystem/solarsystem.html

New Horizons Mission Guide (Grades 2-5) – http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/overview/resources/resources_eduMaterials.php

Or http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/common/content/pdfs/NH_MissionGuide.pdf

• New Horizons Growth Chart Activities - http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/education/educators_GrowthChActivities.php
• Where Are We Going? – http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/education/GrowthChartActivities/WhereAreWeGoing/whereGoing.php
• Teacher Lesson Plan - http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/education/GrowthChartActivities/WhereAreWeGoing/WhereAreWeGoing.pdf
• Student Activity Sheet - http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/education/GrowthChartActivities/WhereAreWeGoing/WhereareWeGoingStudent.pdf
• Growing Up With A Mission – http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/education/GrowthChartActivities/GrowingUpMission/growingMission.php
• Teacher Lesson Plan - http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/education/GrowthChartActivities/GrowingUpMission/GrowingUp.pdf
• Student Activity Sheet - http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/education/GrowthChartActivities/GrowingUpMission/GrowingUpStudent.pdf
• Growth Chart Front – A http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/common/content/pdfs/GrowthChartFront.pdf
• Growth Chart Back - http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/common/content/pdfs/GrowthChartBack.pdf
• CDC Growth Chart for Boys - http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/education/GrowthChartActivities/GrowingUpMission/boysgrowthchart.pdf
• CDC Growth Chart for Girls - http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/education/GrowthChartActivities/GrowingUpMission/girlsgrowthchart.pdf
• Last Year on Pluto - http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/education/GrowthChartActivities/LastYearPluto/lastYear.php
• Teacher Lesson Plan – http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/education/GrowthChartActivities/LastYearPluto/LastYearPluto.pdf
• Student Activity Sheet - http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/education/GrowthChartActivities/LastYearPluto/LastYearPlutoStudent.pdf
• New Horizons Web Site - http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/

Making a Sun Clock (Grades K-8) - http://www.pacsci.org/download/astro_ad_sun_clock.pdf

• Also see Sun Clock in Shakespeare Garden.

Two Astronomy Games “Small and Large” “Near and Far” (Grades K-8, PowerPoint) – http://www.spacescience.org/education/downloads/Two%20Astronomy%20Games%204%201%20-%20Optimized%20with%20web%20site.ppt

Journey through the Universe – Voyage: A Journey through Our Solar System, Grades K-2, Lesson 2: A View of Home from the Front Door and from Space - http://messenger-education.org/teachers/Modules/Lessons/viewhome.pdf

• Related Java applet – Secret Worlds: The Universe Within (FSU Power of 10) - http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/
• Related Java applet – Powers of Ten (CERN) - http://microcosm.web.cern.ch/microcosm/p10/english/welcome.html
• Related online game – Nickelodeon Powers of 10 Game - http://www.powersof10.com/index.php?mod=nickelodeon (removed)
• The Cosmic Distance Scale (online) – http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/cosmic/
• Flash Scale of the Universe Visualization (online) - http://www.documaga.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/scaleofuniverse.swf

ESA Science & Technology - Hubble: 15 Years of Discovery (online, Grades K-12) - http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=37140

• Several videos
• See Resources
• Calendars - http://www.spacetelescope.org/extras/dvds/hst15ea1eavp1/

What is a planet? (video, Grades 9-12) - http://www.youtube.com/user/NASASolarSystem or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKRBrlnOUOM

• Solar System Exploration (online) - http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/index.cfm

Solar System Lithograph Set (online, Grades K-12) - http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/58275main_Solar.System.Lithograph.Set.pdf

On the Moon - Touchdown (Grades 3-12, p. 16-19) - http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/308966main_On_the_Moon.pdf

Cassini Equinox Mission – Titan Flyby on June 21, 2010 (Grades K-12, online) - http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/

• See Education link.

An Earth-based Tour of the Moon (Grades K-12) - http://m3.cofc.edu/Educators/family_viewing.pdf

Destination: Mars – Getting There! Navigation and Trajectory (p. 3-10, Grades 5-12) - http://ares.jsc.nasa.gov/education/activities/destmars/destmars.pdf

Living with a Star: Educator Resources for Understanding Connections Between the Sun and Earth – Projecting the Sun (p. 15, Grades K-12) - http://er.jsc.nasa.gov/seh/58229main_Living.with.a.Star.pdf

Pinhole Camera – Touch the Sun (Grades 5-12) - http://www.chabotspace.org/vsc/solar/hinode/discovery/resources/touchthesun/03_PINHOLECAMERA.pdf (Updated link: http://www.chabotspace.org/assets/teacher/touch-the-sun.pdf)

Sun-Earth Day - Space Weather Action Center, Flip Charts only - http://sunearthday.nasa.gov/swac/

• Magnetic Games (online) - http://sunearthday.nasa.gov/2010/multimedia/magneticgames.php

Stardust Activity Guide – Egg Drop Sample Return Capsule (p. 62-64) - http://teachspacescience.org/graphics/pdf/10000272.pdf

Solar System – External Resources

Build a Solar System (online spreadsheet, Grades K-12) – http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/solar_system/

• Your Age on Other Worlds (online) - http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/age/index.html
• Your Weight on Other Worlds (online) - http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/weight/index.html
• The Nine Planets Solar System Tour - http://www.nineplanets.org/

Cylindrical Galactic Coordinates: A 3D Model (Grades K-12) - http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/chips_epo/coordinates.html

E-simulations at NASA Glenn (online) - http://education.grc.nasa.gov/esimulations/

• WrightSim (download, Grades 6-9) - http://education.grc.nasa.gov/WrightSim/index.htm
• SpaceSim (download) - http://education.grc.nasa.gov/SpaceSim/index.htm
• MarsFlight (download) - http://education.grc.nasa.gov/MarsFlight/index.htm

StarChild (lower elementary) – http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html

• Solar System Shuffle (online, level 1) - http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level1/activity/solar_system_shuffle.html
• Moonlight Madness (online, level 2) - http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level2/activity/moonlight.html

Cassini-Huygens: Kids Space - http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/kids/index.cfm

Solar System Simulator (online) - http://space.jpl.nasa.gov/

Selected Lunar Toolkit Activities from July 2009 (Time Permitting)

Current Opportunities - http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/current-opps-index.html

• Fit Explorer Challenge/Train Like and Astronaut! - http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/fitexplorer/train/index.html
• Each activity has a handout (in notebook), data page, and teacher guide (view online for lesson questions).
• Base Station Walk-Back
• Crew Strength Training
• Do a Spacewalk!
• Jump for the Moon
• Mission: Control

Education Highlights - http://www.nasa.gov/offices/education/centers/johnson/k-12/index.html

• Materials Finder link/K-4 Lesson Plans for Physical Science
• Making Time Fly – http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/205707main_Making_Time_Fly.pdf
• Sled Kite - http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/205712main_Sled_Kite.pdf
• Air Engines - http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/205700main_Air_Engines.pdf
• Reflection of Light With a Plane (Flat) Mirror - Trace a Star - http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/350541main_Optics_Reflection_Light_Plane_Mirror.pdf
• Materials Finder link/K-4 Lesson Plans for Space Science
• Get a Leg Up – http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/146854main_Get_A_Leg_Up_Educator.pdf
• Student - http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/146855main_Get_A_Leg_Up_Student.pdf

Workshop Documents

• Solar Toolkit - Correlation to Tennessee Mathematics Standards - http://web2.utc.edu/~fbp972/UTC_DMSB_NSGF10Tennessee_Standards_and_Activities.pdf
• Solar Toolkit Materials List - http://web2.utc.edu/~fbp972/MaterialsList2010.pdf
• Solar Toolkit Book Correlation - http://web2.utc.edu/~fbp972/BookCorrelation2010.pdf
• Solar Toolkit Book List - http://web2.utc.edu/~fbp972/Booklist2010a.xls
• Solar Toolkit Book Price List (June 2010) - http://web2.utc.edu/~fbp972/bookorder2010.xls

• Project Web Page 2009 - http://web2.utc.edu/~fbp972/nsgf09.html

• NASA Learning Community, NASA NEON - http://neon.intronetworks.com/

• TETC Session Hand-out - http://web2.utc.edu/~fbp972/TETCho2010.doc

General Resources

• National Space Grant Foundation - http://www.spacegrant.org/

• Aerospace Education Services Project (AESP) - http://aesp.psu.edu/

• Tennessee Space Grant Consortium - http://www.tn.spacegrant.org/

• Challenger Center for Space Science Education - http://challenger.org/

• UTC Challenger Center - http://www.utc.edu/Outreach/ChallengerCenter/

• UTC Clarence T. Jones Observatory - http://www.utc.edu/Academic/JonesObservatory/

• Comets - http://www.nineplanets.org/comets.html

• Halley’s Comet - http://www.nineplanets.org/halley.html

• Halley's Comet - http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/comets/halley.html

• Shoemaker-Levy - http://www.nineplanets.org/sl9.html

• - http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/sl9/

• - http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/sl9/top20.html

• Adventure Science Center, Sudekum Planetarium, Nashville, TN – http://www.sudekumplanetarium.com/

• The Renaissance Center, Dickson, TN – http://www.rcenter.org/ (see CyberSphere)

• Basil Seeds Continue the Journey - http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/plantgrowth/home/index.html

• Principles and Standards for School Mathematics - http://standards.nctm.org/

• Tennessee Curriculum Standards for 2009-2010 - http://www.state.tn.us/education/curriculum.shtml

• NCTM Illuminations - http://illuminations.nctm.org/

• Project Interactivate - http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/

• National Library of Virtual Manipulatives - http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html

• Educator's Outlet - http://www.educatorsoutlet.com/

• EAI Education - http://www.eaieducation.com/

• ETA Cuisenaire - http://www.etacuisenaire.com/

• Benchmarks for Science Literacy - http://www.project2061.org/tools/benchol/bolintro.htm

• National Science Education Standards - http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/nses/

• NASA - http://www.nasa.gov/ or [skip intro] - http://www.nasa.gov/home/index.html?skipIntro=1

• NASA Education Program - http://education.nasa.gov/home/index.html

• Math-Literature Book List - http://web2.utc.edu/~fbp972/alpha_ie_s01_spr_to_HH.xls

• Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students - http://www.nsta.org/ostbc

• TSGC Summer 2006 Workshop - http://web2.utc.edu/~fbp972/tsgc06.htm

• TSGC Fall 2006 - Spring 2007 Workshops - http://web2.utc.edu/~fbp972/tsgc0607.html

• TSGC Fall 2007 - Spring 2011 Workshops - http://web2.utc.edu/~fbp972/tsgc0708.html

• Deborah McAllister - http://web2.utc.edu/~fbp972/

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