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- Grade Range
- 4th - 9th
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Students track the path of an orbiting object on a globe and plot the path of an orbiting object on a flat world map. They explain that an object orbiting earth on a plane produce a flight path which appears as wavy lines on the earth's surface. Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students use a formula to measure the eccentricity of an ellipse, then state Kepler's Law of Elliptical Orbits. They predict the solar energy received at different positions in a planet's orbit. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine the problem of space pollution caused by human-made debris in orbit to develop an understanding of functions and modeling. It allows students an opportunity to use spreadsheets, graphing calculators, and computer graphing utilities. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students explore satellite orbits and gravitational force. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students investigate the concept of orbits by looking at altitude, velocity, and distance traveled. They examine the correlation of Earth-orbiting satellites to the study of the environment while applying both geometry and algebraic concepts in solving related problems. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students define and identify planetary orbit, ellipse, parabola, and hyperbola, and simulate Kepler's Second Law. They explore interactive websites demonstrating orbital motion and complete modeling activities. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students explore the relative sizes, distances, orbit, and spin of the Sun, Earth, and Moon. They demonstrate the spins of the Earth and the Moon, as well as the orbits of the Earth around the Sun, and the Moon around the Earth. Full Review »
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- 11th - 12th
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Students are introduced to the regularities of planetary motion. They create a spreadsheet to calculate the speed of any orbiting body at apogee and perigee. Students then use the spreadsheet to compare the speeds of planets, moons, asteroids and comets. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students define orbit, rotation and revolution. They demonstrate the orbit, rotation and revolution of the Earth. Students identify the types of measurements and the instruments that used for orbit, rotation and revolution. They demostrate the orbit, rotation and revolution. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 10th - 12th
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Students describe two primary types of orbits. They are taught why orbiting objects don not crash. Students describe why gravity does not do work on a satellite in a circular orbit. They describe the energy conversions that occur during an elliptical orbit. Full Review »
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