Statement of inquiry
Evidence gathered through scientific and technical innovation often causes existing models (of systems) to change.
INQUIry questionsFactual
What is evidence? Can you give examples of models? Conceptual How do new understandings change current systems of ideas? Compare what we know now about our planet compared to 500 years ago? How do new innovations change the way we think about space? Debatable Does space exploration have any benefits to our lives on Earth? |
RESOURCESLearning standards1.Objects in the solar system and universe have properties that can be quantified. (distance away, size, illumination, colour of wave length)
2.Observational evidence and models can explain the properties of the solar system and universe. (Tides, length of day, length of a year, size, scale, time and relative motion) 3. Space exploration has generated valuable knowledge but at an enormous cost |
ASSESSMENTCriterion A: Test
Criterion B: Criterion C: Criterion D: |
ATL: INformation literacy
Star Cycles
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Scale of the universe
MODELS of the solar system
Over time our understanding of the universe has changed.
The model of our solar system had Earth at its centre for a very long time. Galileo Galilei began to collect evidence in 1609 using a telescope that led to the Copernican model of the solar system with the sun at its centre to be more widely accepted. CYCLES in the universe include: - Day and night - Seasons - Tides - Stars SYSTEMS in the universe include: - Solar systems - Earth and the moon |
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Space exploration
The sites below provide the opportunity to help astronomers explore space. The work you will do contributes to deepening our understanding.