"A project of Horizon Research, Inc. Materials for middle school teachers in earth science. This project was funded by BP America, Inc." First ed. c1995. Includes bibliographical references (p. 140-146).
Contents:
Standards organizational matrix. Overview -- Introduction -- Getting ready for classroom instruction -- Project Earth Science : astronomy and the National science education standards -- Activities -- Activity 1 : it's only a paper moon -- Activity 2 : time traveler -- Activity 3 : solar system scale -- Activity 4 : hello out there -- Activity 5 : how far to the star -- Activity 6 : solar system soup : the formation of the solar system -- Activity 7 : the Goldilocks effect or "This planet is just right" -- Activity 8 : the greenhouse effect -- appendix c. Activity 10 : reason for the seasons -- Activity 11 : ping-pong phases -- Readings -- Angular diameters -- What is light year -- Hubble space telescope -- Scale measurements -- Scouting Earth/moon -- The parallax effect -- Understanding the Earth as a system -- After the warming -- Atmosphere, oceans, cryosphere, and hydrologic cycle -- The greenhouse effect -- Interaction of human activities with the natural environment -- Reason for the seasons -- Phases of the moon -- Understanding the moon illusion -- appendix a. Master materials list -- appendix b. Resource guide -- appendix c. Standards organizational matrix.
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