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Space Travel and Spaceships

Your group will be presenting a PowerPoint lesson to the rest of the class on your assigned topic. Your PowerPoint presentation should be at least 20 slides and last at least 20 minutes. Along with your lesson, your group will be required to provide a study guide for use during the lesson and a quiz to be taken by the students at the start of the next class. The slide show, study guide, and quiz all need to be approved prior to your presentation day.

Use NASA and other images, videos, simulations, and any other appropriate tools to make your presentation more interesting. I will be providing a list of web sites to get everyone started.

Below are some of the topics you should cover in your lesson. Feel free to add to this and to change the order.

Space Travel and Spaceships

▪ History of space travel

o Russian programs

o Gemini

o People and animals

o Apollo

o Space stations

o Moon landings

o Future missions

▪ Future Moon bases

▪ Future manned Mars landing

▪ Commercial space travel

o Virgin Galactic

o Bigelow Space

o others

▪ Types of propulsion systems

▪ Limitations of each

▪ Drives under development

▪ Cosmic distances and times to reach objects

▪ Human factors in space travel

o Food and water

o Waste management

o Social factors

▪ Generation ships

The Big Bang & Cosmic Evolution

Your group will be presenting a PowerPoint lesson to the rest of the class on your assigned topic. Your PowerPoint presentation should be at least 20 slides and last at least 20 minutes. Along with your lesson, your group will be required to provide a study guide for use during the lesson and a quiz to be taken by the students at the start of the next class. The slide show, study guide, and quiz all need to be approved prior to your presentation day.

Use NASA and other images, videos, simulations, and any other appropriate tools to make your presentation more interesting. I will be providing a list of web sites to get everyone started.

Below are some of the topics you should cover in your lesson. Feel free to add to this and to change the order.

The Big Bang & Cosmic Evolution

• What is the big bang theory

• Before the big bang

• Timeline of the big bang

• Proof of the Big Bang

o Cosmic background radiation from WMAP

o Age of stars

o Expansion

o more

• Age of the universe

• Red Shift and Doppler Effect

• Gravitational Lensing

• Evolution of elements

• Star and Galaxy formation

• Expansion and inflation theory

• Current theories and recent changes

• Dark energy and dark matter

• How the universe will end

Here is a starting point for your project:



The Sun and Other Stars

Your group will be presenting a PowerPoint lesson to the rest of the class on your assigned topic. Your PowerPoint presentation should be at least 20 slides and last at least 20 minutes. Along with your lesson, your group will be required to provide a study guide for use during the lesson and a quiz to be taken by the students at the start of the next class. The slide show, study guide, and quiz all need to be approved prior to your presentation day.

Use NASA and other images, videos, simulations, and any other appropriate tools to make your presentation more interesting. I will be providing a list of web sites to get everyone started.

Below are some of the topics you should cover in your lesson. Feel free to add to this and to change the order.

The Sun and Other Stars

• Creation & Evolution of stars

• Stellar life cycles

o What will happen to the Sun

• Types of stars

• How to observe the Sun

• Spaceships and Satellites past, present and future

• Solar flares and prominences

• Eclipses

• Sunspots and solar cycles

• Magnetic fields

• Black holes

• Pulsars

• Quasars

• neutron stars

• Solar winds

• Temperature and radiation

The Earth

Your group will be presenting a PowerPoint lesson to the rest of the class on your assigned topic. Your PowerPoint presentation should be at least 20 slides and last at least 20 minutes. Along with your lesson, your group will be required to provide a study guide for use during the lesson and a quiz to be taken by the students at the start of the next class. The slide show, study guide, and quiz all need to be approved prior to your presentation day.

Use NASA and other images, videos, simulations, and any other appropriate tools to make your presentation more interesting. I will be providing a list of web sites to get everyone started.

Below are some of the topics you should cover in your lesson. Feel free to add to this and to change the order.

The Earth

• Artificial Satellites

o Types of orbits

o Types of satellites and their quantities

▪ GPS

▪ TV, Communications

▪ Ocean watching

▪ Land monitoring

▪ Spy

▪ Others…

o Technology and uses

o Data we get

o Life – extremophiles, quantities, conditions

• Earth crossing asteroids – future impacts

o Programs searching for future impacts (LINEAR)

• The Moon

o Basic information – rotation, revolution, surface gravity, material, …

o Probes sent, information learned

o Possibilities of life

o Plans for colonization

▪ Challenges of a Moon base

o Current theories, ideas, …

o Interesting tidbits, curiosities

The Inner Planets

Your group will be presenting a PowerPoint lesson to the rest of the class on your assigned topic. Your PowerPoint presentation should be at least 20 slides and last at least 20 minutes. Along with your lesson, your group will be required to provide a study guide for use during the lesson and a quiz to be taken by the students at the start of the next class. The slide show, study guide, and quiz all need to be approved prior to your presentation day.

Use NASA and other images, videos, simulations, and any other appropriate tools to make your presentation more interesting. I will be providing a list of web sites to get everyone started.

Below are some of the topics you should cover in your lesson. Feel free to add to this and to change the order.

The Inner planets

• Mercury

o Basic information – rotation, revolution, surface gravity, material, atmosphere

o Probes sent, information learned

o Viewing it

o Possibilities of life

o Plans for colonization

o Current theories, ideas, …

o Interesting tidbits, curiosities

o Any moons – interesting information

• Venus

o Basic information – rotation, revolution, surface gravity, material, atmosphere

o Probes sent, information learned

o Viewing it

o Possibilities of life

o Plans for colonization

o Current theories, ideas, …

o Interesting tidbits, curiosities

o Any moons – interesting information

Mars

Your group will be presenting a PowerPoint lesson to the rest of the class on your assigned topic. Your PowerPoint presentation should be at least 20 slides and last at least 20 minutes. Along with your lesson, your group will be required to provide a study guide for use during the lesson and a quiz to be taken by the students at the start of the next class. The slide show, study guide, and quiz all need to be approved prior to your presentation day.

Use NASA and other images, videos, simulations, and any other appropriate tools to make your presentation more interesting. I will be providing a list of web sites to get everyone started.

Below are some of the topics you should cover in your lesson. Feel free to add to this and to change the order.

Mars

• History of the discovery

o Canals, etc.

• Basic information – rotation, revolution, surface gravity, material, atmosphere, …

• Probes sent, information learned (tons available)

o Surface materials

o Water – past and present

o Surface features (google Mars)

• How to view it

• Current missions and what we learned

• Moons

o Surface

o Possibilities for life

o Missions

o Theories, ideas, tidbits

• Possibilities of life

• Plans for colonization

o Space travel to Mars

o Setting up a base – current ideas

o Mars Society – experiments and simulations

• Current theories, ideas, recent discoveries

• Interesting tidbits, curiosities

Jupiter

Your group will be presenting a PowerPoint lesson to the rest of the class on your assigned topic. Your PowerPoint presentation should be at least 20 slides and last at least 20 minutes. Along with your lesson, your group will be required to provide a study guide for use during the lesson and a quiz to be taken by the students at the start of the next class. The slide show, study guide, and quiz all need to be approved prior to your presentation day.

Use NASA and other images, videos, simulations, and any other appropriate tools to make your presentation more interesting. I will be providing a list of web sites to get everyone started.

Below are some of the topics you should cover in your lesson. Feel free to add to this and to change the order.

Jupiter

• History of the discovery

• Basic information – rotation, revolution, surface gravity, material, …

• How to view it

• Probes sent, information learned

• Images (lots of great stuff available)

• The Red Spot

• Moons

o Surface

o Possibilities for life

o Missions

o Theories, ideas, tidbits

• Possibilities of life

• Plans for colonization

• Current theories, ideas, …

• Interesting tidbits, curiosities

• Comet Shumaker-Levy

Saturn

Your group will be presenting a PowerPoint lesson to the rest of the class on your assigned topic. Your PowerPoint presentation should be at least 20 slides and last at least 20 minutes. Along with your lesson, your group will be required to provide a study guide for use during the lesson and a quiz to be taken by the students at the start of the next class. The slide show, study guide, and quiz all need to be approved prior to your presentation day.

Use NASA and other images, videos, simulations, and any other appropriate tools to make your presentation more interesting. I will be providing a list of web sites to get everyone started.

Below are some of the topics you should cover in your lesson. Feel free to add to this and to change the order.

Saturn

• Basic information – rotation, revolution, surface gravity, material, atmosphere

• How to view it

• Probes sent, information learned

• Images

• Rings

o Content

o Shepherding moons

o Evolution

• Moons

o Surface

o Possibilities for life

o Missions

o Theories, ideas, tidbits

• Possibilities of life

• Plans for colonization

• Current theories, ideas, …

• Interesting tidbits, curiosities

Outer Bodies – Neptune, Uranus, Kuiper Belt, Oort Cloud

Your group will be presenting a PowerPoint lesson to the rest of the class on your assigned topic. Your PowerPoint presentation should be at least 20 slides and last at least 20 minutes. Along with your lesson, your group will be required to provide a study guide for use during the lesson and a quiz to be taken by the students at the start of the next class. The slide show, study guide, and quiz all need to be approved prior to your presentation day.

Use NASA and other images, videos, simulations, and any other appropriate tools to make your presentation more interesting. I will be providing a list of web sites to get everyone started.

Below are some of the topics you should cover in your lesson. Feel free to add to this and to change the order.

Outer Bodies – Neptune, Uranus, Pluto, Kuiper Belt, Oort Cloud

• Basic information – rotation, revolution, surface gravity, material, atmosphere

• How to view them

• Probes sent, information learned

• Images

• Pluto’s status

• Recent discoveries

• Distances from the Sun and Earth, travel times

• Moons

o Surface

o Possibilities for life

o Missions

o Theories, ideas, tidbits

• Possibilities of life

• Plans for colonization

• Current theories, ideas, …

• Interesting tidbits, curiosities

Telescopes

Your group will be presenting a PowerPoint lesson to the rest of the class on your assigned topic. Your PowerPoint presentation should be at least 20 slides and last at least 20 minutes. Along with your lesson, your group will be required to provide a study guide for use during the lesson and a quiz to be taken by the students at the start of the next class. The slide show, study guide, and quiz all need to be approved prior to your presentation day.

Use NASA and other images, videos, simulations, and any other appropriate tools to make your presentation more interesting. I will be providing a list of web sites to get everyone started.

Below are some of the topics you should cover in your lesson. Feel free to add to this and to change the order.

Telescopes

• Types of telescopes

o Optical

▪ Designs – pro’s and con’s

• Newtonian

• Dobsonian

• others

o Radio

o Infrared

o Space based

▪ Hubble

▪ James Webb

▪ Chandra

▪ WMAP

▪ Solar

▪ SWIFT

▪ others

• Current ground based technology

o Adaptive optics

o spectroscopy

• Images

• Limitations of each spectrum or band

• Buying a first telescope

• Binoculars

Viewing the Sky

Your group will be presenting a PowerPoint lesson to the rest of the class on your assigned topic. Your PowerPoint presentation should be at least 20 slides and last at least 20 minutes. Along with your lesson, your group will be required to provide a study guide for use during the lesson and a quiz to be taken by the students at the start of the next class. The slide show, study guide, and quiz all need to be approved prior to your presentation day.

Use NASA and other images, videos, simulations, and any other appropriate tools to make your presentation more interesting. I will be providing a list of web sites to get everyone started.

Below are some of the topics you should cover in your lesson. Feel free to add to this and to change the order.

Viewing the Sky

▪ Constellations

o Seasons

▪ History

▪ Images

▪ Planetarium Software

o Software review

o Demonstration

▪ Types of objects

▪ Magnitudes

▪ Light Pollution

▪ Imaging Technology

▪ Deep sky objects

▪ Messier Objects

▪ Nebula

▪ Comets

▪ Meteor Showers

▪ Types of galaxies

▪ Hubble images

▪ Deep space survey

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