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Standards |
Description |
Lessons |
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1
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Understand fundamental assumptions about the universe upon
which the scientific enterprise is based.
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16 |
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2 |
Discuss science as a body of knowledge and an investigative
process.
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3 |
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3 |
Conduct scientific investigations systematically.
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4
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4 |
Exhibit behaviors appropriate to the scientific enterprise
consistently.
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4 |
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5 |
Demonstrate correct care and safe use of instruments and
equipment.
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3 |
6 |
Demonstrate the
ability to choose, construct, and/or assemble appropriate equipment
for scientific investigations.
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4 |
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7 |
Apply critical and
integrated science thinking skills.
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3 |
8 |
Use mathematical models, simple statistical models, and
graphical models to express patterns and relationships determined
from sets of scientific data.
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4 |
|
9 |
Solve for unknown
quantities by manipulating variables.
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4 |
10 |
Use written and oral communication skills to present and
explain scientific phenomena and concepts individually or in
collaborative groups using technical and non-technical language.
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6 |
11 |
Choose appropriate
technology to retrieve relevant information from the Internet such
as electronic encyclopedias, indices, and databases.
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3 |
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12 |
Analyze the advantages
and disadvantages of different forms of technology in studies of
near and distant space.
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4 |
13 |
Practice responsible
use of technology systems, information, and software such as
following copyright laws.
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2 |
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14 |
Evaluate
technology-based options for lifelong learning in astronomy and
space studies.
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3 |
15 |
Collect data and
construct and analyze graphs, tables, and charts using tools such
as computer-based or calculator-based probe ware.
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2 |
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16 |
Classify stars according to characteristics.
|
9 |
|
17 |
Determine the age of a
star from its characteristics.
|
3 |
|
18 |
Describe the
relationship between formation and nuclear reactions within stars.
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4 |
|
19 |
Explain why
astronomers use different units of measurement to determine the
distance between stars.
|
5 |
|
20 |
Discuss the formation
of the solar system.
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2 |
|
21 |
Explain how objects in
the solar system move in regular and/or predictable ways.
|
10 |
|
22 |
Compare the planets in
terms of orbit, size, composition, rotation, atmosphere, moons,
and distance.
|
3 |
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23 |
Compare factors essential to life on the Earth to conditions
on the other planets.
|
3 |
|
24 |
Demonstrate an understanding that the Earth is part of a
planetary system within the Milky Way galaxy, which is part of the
known universe.
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2 |
|
25 |
Describe objects found outside the solar system.
|
7 |
|
26 |
Describe formation processes and characteristics of galaxies.
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3 |
27 |
Relate motion of
objects within a solar system to such concepts as a
"day," a "year," "phases of the
moon," and "eclipses."
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5 |
|
28 |
Understand that common physical laws appear to apply to all
bodies in the universe.
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8 |
29 |
Evaluate astronomers' use of various instruments to extend
the senses and monitor cosmic background radiation to increase
knowledge of the universe.
|
8 |
|
30 |
Explain the scientific foundation for the current model of
the universe.
|
5 |
|
31 |
Analyze arguments about the various scientific theories on
the formation of the universe.
|
5 |
|
32 |
Assess the spectra generated by the stars and sun as
indicators of motion.
|
9 |
|
33 |
Relate Hubble's law
with the concept of an ever-expanding universe.
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4 |
|
34 |
Evaluate the life
cycle of stars using the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram (H-R
diagram).
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4 |
|
35 |
Evaluate scientific
empirical data that estimates the age of the universe.
|
3 |
|
36 |
Explain how the speed of a planet’s revolution
depends on its distance from the sun. |
5 |
|
37 |
Define Radio Astronomy and explain how radio
telescopes work. |
3 |
|
38 |
Define the
greenhouse effect and how it influences the temperature of the
Earth. |
2 |
|
39 |
Discuss the possibility that there are planets
beyond Pluto. |
1 |
|
40 |
Explain how meteorites reveal information about the
history of the solar system. |
4 |
|
41 |
Explain how atoms in stars produce emission and
absorption. |
2 |
|
42 |
Site available evidence we have that stars form
within dark interstellar clouds. |
4 |
|
43 |
Define a black hole and discuss its origin. |
6 |
