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Description
- Overview:
- Students will learn about the Transit of Venus through reading a NASA press release and viewing a NASA eClips video that describes several ways to observe transits. Then students will study angular measurement by learning about parallax and how astronomers use this geometric effect to determine the distance to Venus during a Transit of Venus. This activity is part of the Space Math multimedia modules that integrate NASA press releases, NASA archival video, and mathematics problems targeted at specific math standards commonly encountered in middle school textbooks. The modules cover specific math topics at multiple levels of difficulty with real-world data and use the 5E instructional sequence.
- Subject:
- Science
- Level:
- Middle School, Career / Technical
- Grades:
- Grade 7, Grade 6
- Material Type:
- Lesson
- Provider:
- NASA
- Provider Set:
- Space Math
- Date Added:
- 07/31/2019
- Language:
- English
- Media Format:
- Text/HTML, Video
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1. Relatable to current events (recent transit of Mars) and interesting to students.
2. Full alignment to depth and breadth of standards tagged.
3. Has clear learning objectives that are achievable through completion of this resource.
4. Has clear and sufficient assessment strategies that will accurately measure student progress and mastery of the specified standards.
Strengths: Well developed and thoroughly aligned.
Opportunities: Would make a great segment of a space unit that touches on science, math, and ELA applications.