Murder Mystery Story

HR DIAGRAMS


Life Cycles of Stars

The Effects of Mass on Life Cycle


As you go through the timeline, jot down ideas of how stars evolve. Include facts such as mass, color, elements, and the type of death they undergo. You will be writing a murder mystery story on one of the stellar characters you encounter. Story should be 1-2 pages, typed.

Hubble Deep Field

Go to the Hubble Galaxy Hunt activity. Take the time you need to explore, but when you are done, I need you to write a 4-6 paragraph reflection on your impressions, including data, statistics, and size factors. Do this on your blog. I will know it is the right post because I want you to link the image that is found here as a picture on your blog.

Origins of the Universe

Watch the video segments found at http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/origins/program-3114.html as a class on the video projector.

As you do that, you need to answer the following Questions

After Segment 1:

What is the difference between the steady state theory and the big bang theory?
What did Robert Wilson and Arnio Penzias do?
How did Robert Wilson feel when compared to Einstein?
What do we call the radiation they discovered?

After Segment 2:

What is COBE and what does it study?

After Segment 3:

How is CBI different than WMAP?
What problems did the astronomers have with the equipment?
What successes did they have?

After Segment 4:

What will happen to the blotchy dense microwave parts shown in the videos?


After Segment 5:

Why can't you make an element higher than iron in a star?
How do we get the elements that are heavier than that one?
Why do we say humans are made of stardust?

After Segment 6:

How do light waves tell us about the properties of elements?
Is their life out there?


When you get done, the teacher will go to the Origins website to take a look at the History of the Universe and the History of Life timeline. How do the timelines match up or differ?? Discuss this as a class. Then, go to the Alien arguments that are pro and con. You will be asked to defend your ideas on life in the universe and the age of the universe later.

Science Videoes to Watch

Planetary Models and Information

Today, you will be researching a part of the solar system as we think about the size of the solar system.  Assignments are as follows:

Emily P and Kaity:  Jupiter
Jack and Cole:  Mars and Mercury
Travis:  Earth
Austin and Brett:  Venus and the Heliopause
Emily McWilliams and Thomas:  Saturn and Uranus
Stacie and Kayla:  Comets and the Oort Cloud
Stephen and Sara:  Asteroids and Meteors
David and Mike:  Pluto and the Kuiper Belt
Hannah:  Neptune


You need to find the following information, using http://www.nineplanets.org as your first source (you can use other sites, too, but check here first).

How big is it, atmosphere, space missions, if it has volcanos, if it has a molten core, what things can hit it, temperature, if humans can live on it, what type of moons it has, how long it takes to go around the sun, if we can see it with the naked eye, how far it is from the sun (in miles).  Put your information together in a poster.

Now, answer the following questions: 

What was the most surprising thing you found out today?
What did we find out in the space missions, and why does it matter?
How would you explain how far away this object is to someone using an analogy (that's a tough one--try looking here for a hint)
Will we ever travel beyond our solar system?  Why do you think so?