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Uncovering student ideas in astronomy : 45 formative assessment probes /
What do your students know?or think they know?about what causes night and day, why days are shorter in winter, and how to tell a planet from a star? Find out with this book on astronomy, the latest in NSTA?s popular Uncovering Student Ideas in Science series. The 45 astronomy probes provide situatio...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Arlington, Va. :
National Science Teachers Association,
©2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Section 1. The nature of planet earth. Is Earth really "round"? ; Where do people live? ; Falling through the Earth ; What causes night and day? ; The two Rs ; Where did the sun go?
- Section 2. The sun-earth systems. Sunrise to sunset ; No shadow ; What's moving? ; Pizza sun ; How far away is the sun? ; Sunspots ; Shorter days in winter ; Changing constellations ; Why is it warmer in summer?
- Section 3. Modeling the moon. Seeing the moon ; Sizing up the moon ; Does the moon orbit the Earth? ; Earth or moon shadow? ; Moon phase and solar eclipse ; Comparing eclipses ; Moon spin ; Chinese moon ; Crescent moon ; How long is a day on the moon? ; Does the Earth go through phases? ; Is the moon falling?
- Section 4. Dynamic solar system. What's inside our solar system? ; How do planets orbit the sun? ; Is it a planet or a star? ; Human space travel ; Where do you find gravity? ; Gravity in other planetary systems
- Section 5. Stars, galaxies, and the universe. Shooting star ; Is the sun a star? ; Where are the stars in Orion? ; Which is bigger? ; What are stars made of? ; What happens to stars when they die? ; Do stars change? ; Are we made of star stuff? ; Seeing into the past ; What Is the Milky Way? ; Expanding universe ; Is the big bang "Just a theory"?