Lesson 1: Historical Models of the Solar System Page 151-159
Big Idea Question - How have people modeled the Solar System?
Vocabulary: solar system, heliocentric (Sun), geocentric (earth), parallax
Brain Pop Videos: Solar System Galileo Galilei Telescopes
Virtual Solar System Info - http://www.iteachwithtechnology.com/2010/03/solar-system-sites.html
Solar System info - http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level1/solar_system.html
Quizlet for Vocabulary Unit 4 http://quizlet.com/36557240/unit-4-the-solar-system-vocabulary-flash-cards/
Sandra Faber
Lesson 2: Gravity and the Solar System
Vocabulary: gravity, orbit, aphelion, perihelion, centripetal force, solar nebula, planetesimal
Brain Pop Videos: Gravity Force Life Cycle of Stars
Kepler's Laws Protostellar Disk Protoplanetary disk Planetesimal
Kepler's 3 laws - Nearpop presentation with questions and Quiz
Lesson 3: The Sun
Big Question - What are the properties of the Sun?
Vocabulary: nuclear fusion, solar flare, sunspot, prominence
corona, chromosphere, photosphere, convective zone, radiative zone, core, sunspots,
Brain Pop Videos: Sun
Video: The Sun Life Cycle of a Star
Students will create a model of the sun and display the different layers.
Lesson 4: The Terrestrial Planets
Vocabulary: terrestrial planet, astronomical unit
Brain Pop Video: Solar System
MY VERY EAGER MOTHER JUST SERVED US NUGGETS
Brain Pop Videos on the inner planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
Geologist: A. Wesley Ward
Video: Stephen Hawkings: They Might Be Giants - Why Does the Sun Shine?
http://pages.duneland.k12.in.us/kberry/unit-4-the-solar-system-6
Lesson 5: The Gas Giant Planets
Vocabulary: gas giant, planetary ring
Brain Pop Video: Outer Solar System
Brain Pop Videos on the outer planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
The Gas Giants VIDEO
Lesson 6: Small Bodies in the Solar System
Vocabulary: dwarf planet, Kuiper Belt, Kupier Belt object, comet, Oort cloud, asteroid, meteoroid, meteor, meteorite
Brain Pop Videos: Pluto Comets Asteroids
What Used to be a planet, but not anymore? It is now considered a dwarf planet: Pluto,
Why isn't Pluto a Planet?
Dwarf Planets: Pluto, Haumea, Makemake, Eris
Big Idea Question - How have people modeled the Solar System?
Vocabulary: solar system, heliocentric (Sun), geocentric (earth), parallax
Brain Pop Videos: Solar System Galileo Galilei Telescopes
Virtual Solar System Info - http://www.iteachwithtechnology.com/2010/03/solar-system-sites.html
Solar System info - http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level1/solar_system.html
Quizlet for Vocabulary Unit 4 http://quizlet.com/36557240/unit-4-the-solar-system-vocabulary-flash-cards/
Sandra Faber
Lesson 2: Gravity and the Solar System
Vocabulary: gravity, orbit, aphelion, perihelion, centripetal force, solar nebula, planetesimal
Brain Pop Videos: Gravity Force Life Cycle of Stars
Kepler's Laws Protostellar Disk Protoplanetary disk Planetesimal
Kepler's 3 laws - Nearpop presentation with questions and Quiz
Lesson 3: The Sun
Big Question - What are the properties of the Sun?
Vocabulary: nuclear fusion, solar flare, sunspot, prominence
corona, chromosphere, photosphere, convective zone, radiative zone, core, sunspots,
Brain Pop Videos: Sun
Video: The Sun Life Cycle of a Star
Students will create a model of the sun and display the different layers.
Lesson 4: The Terrestrial Planets
Vocabulary: terrestrial planet, astronomical unit
Brain Pop Video: Solar System
MY VERY EAGER MOTHER JUST SERVED US NUGGETS
Brain Pop Videos on the inner planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
Geologist: A. Wesley Ward
Video: Stephen Hawkings: They Might Be Giants - Why Does the Sun Shine?
http://pages.duneland.k12.in.us/kberry/unit-4-the-solar-system-6
Lesson 5: The Gas Giant Planets
Vocabulary: gas giant, planetary ring
Brain Pop Video: Outer Solar System
Brain Pop Videos on the outer planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
The Gas Giants VIDEO
Lesson 6: Small Bodies in the Solar System
Vocabulary: dwarf planet, Kuiper Belt, Kupier Belt object, comet, Oort cloud, asteroid, meteoroid, meteor, meteorite
Brain Pop Videos: Pluto Comets Asteroids
What Used to be a planet, but not anymore? It is now considered a dwarf planet: Pluto,
Why isn't Pluto a Planet?
Dwarf Planets: Pluto, Haumea, Makemake, Eris