Island Earth

Unit 3

Unit 3: Island Earth 11/ 3/2015

Objectives: Apply what you know about the universe to support your position of our position

Self Evaluation of 1st Quarter

How did the universe come into existence?

Are the planets all the same? Are we alone?

Watch: “We are not Alone in the Universe”

“Rare Earth”

Are We Alone?

Determine who feels the way you do. Join a group, no more than 4, who feel as

you do. If you are alone than so be it. Open the document “Are We Alone?” Make a list of several facts or contentions that you believe support your group’s position on the topic: “We are alone” or “We are not alone” How are the planets the same and

different? How did the universe come into existence? Submit your paper to Nash Inbox Folder for the period in Are We Alone? (names)

Island Earth

Submit “Are We Alone” to the S-Drive Nash Inbox Astronomy Folder with all names (but keep your own in your Unit 3 Island Earth folder

Be sure that all names of team are on the document Save a copy to your Island Earth Unit 2 Folder Open and save Unit 3 Island Earth Map & READ

IT!! Create a UNIT 3 VOCABULARY document for

WORD, DEFINITION, PAGE, FIGURE and begin.

Distant Mirrors11/4-9/2015

Objectives: Explain how and why we need to find life elsewhere in the universe Describe our search up to now Evaluate the importance of finding life in the universe

Homework: Unit 3 Island Earth VocabularyRead Unit 3 Map

Be sure to place all work in your Unit 3 Island Earth folder in your H-Drive

Teams: Organize new ones (assign jobs & communication modes)

How do we know what to look for and where to look? Our Position in the Universe (keep in your Unit 3 Island Earth folder)

Are We Alone?Distant Mirrors Upcoming

Quiznext: The Privileged Planet

Distant Mirrors

USING THE UNIT 2 FOLDER IN THE S-DRIVE OUTBOX: Open the Discussion Questions Read over the 21 questions with your

team. Review the vocabulary terms Open the article “Distant Mirrors.” Read the article and think about the

difficulty in finding life on other worlds and how we are attempting to do that.

Jigsaw the questions.

Distant Mirrors Jigsaw

Questions divided as follows into Expert Group for 3rd period:

Group 1: 1-7Group 2: 8-

14Group 3: 15-

21 Go to your group as designated by your team

& highlight the statements in the article that support your answer.

Open a Word Document Answer the questions in complete sentences

on your own word document.

Distant Mirrors Jigsaw

Questions divided as follows into Expert Groups for 5th and 6th periods:

Group 1: 1-5Group 2: 6-10Group 3: 11-15Group 4: 16 –

20All: #21

Go to your group as designated by your team & highlight the statements in the article that support your answer.

Answer the questions in complete sentences on your word document

Distant Mirrors

Rejoin your team and share the highlights and answers Copy/paste to each others documents in item

order. Save the entire document to your Unit 3 folder Submit one well-written document and

highlighted essay (or hardcopy) to the Distant Mirrors folder in the Unit 3 folder in the Inbox

FINISH YOUR UNIT 3 VOCABULARY – DUE MONDAY

On Monday open a word document titled “Distant Mirrors” Key Responses

Check, correct and score your answers by using the key on the Nash Swift Site

The Privileged Planet 11/9/15

Objectives: Review hypotheses about ourposition in the universeCompare Copernican Principle toPrivileged Planet (Rare Earth)Describe how we would findintelligent life

Submit: Unit 3 Vocabulary (S-Drive Inbox)

Complete: Distant Mirrors Jigsaw (15 points)due tomorrow to be approveddue Thursday after CCS

Facts and Conjecture Inference

Hypothesis: We are not alone in the universe due to math, the sheer numbers of

possible habitable planets.From: We Are Not Alone, No Proof Needed, Just a Little Common SenseFact: There are 100 billion galaxies in the universe

of which the Milky Way is just one.Inference: Many of these galaxies have solar

systems just like ours.

The Privileged Planet

Read the Hypotheses and review the rest of the document.

Open the video “The Privileged Planet” in the Unit 3 Island Earth folder found in Astronomy folder of the Nash Outbox. Complete the document as you watch the video.

20 point assignment For a grade of C list the minimum of facts and

inferences outlined on the document and presented in the documentary for “The Copernican Principle” and “The Privileged Planet” and the Co Hypothesis “Unique Intelligent Life” (title by Nash)

Island Earth

11/10/2015

Objectives: Describe our search for life and

why we searchCompare and

contrastPrivileged Planet

with Copernican Principle

Approve: Distant Mirror JigsawComplete: The Privileged Planet

Thursday: Quiz over Our Position in the Universe

(We are not Alone, Distant Mirrors &

The Privileged Planet)

Today’s Schedule

Drop the Distant Mirrors with all names in the Inbox Homework: 30 minutes of The Privileged

Planet& complete 3rd Hypothesis

Study with the Guide for the quiz tomorrow on Our Positionin the Universe regarding life foundon Swift Site.

The Privileged Planet 11/12/15

Objectives: Demonstrate your knowledge of the hypotheses

and supporting factors for life in the universeSubmit: The Privileged Planet (Through Dyknow)Check & Record: Distant Mirrors and The Privileged PlanetStudy: Our Position in the UniverseQuiz: Our Position in the UniverseEmployability: All Team Members score 80% or above for 5pts

The Privileged Planet

Interviews the most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that  it is

 comprehensible.- albert einstein the fundamental forces are finely attuned and cannot be off by any amount or no

life exists. also they are simple and comprehensible. the universe is ordered and intelligent our life goes well beyond Darwinian survival this a conspiracy, not mere coinicidence Copernicus did not write the Copernican Principle The cosmological constants and quantities must exist in an extremely narrow

range or you do not get life, let alone intelligent life. Nothing explains why these started in this way.  

By chance means an infinite number of  random universes (multiple universes argument, not really a theory because you cannot find them and study them.

Carbon based life leads to intricacy and there is no element that does this, even silicon.

The Privileged Planet Theory is based on empirical evidence, not religion or philosophy.

Travel at the speed of light for 14 billion years to see the whole universe

Island Earth (Theories) 11/13/2015

Objectives: Describe the theories that explain the formation of the universe and our solar

system

Scientific Explanations: What is the difference between a hypothesis, a theory and law?

Of the physical factors of matter and energy, such as: temperature, pressure, magnetism, nuclear, chemistry, motion, density, mass, etc., which one was the main driving force in the evolution of the universe and the solar system?

The Big Bang Theory

With a partner:From the S-Drive Outbox Open the “How the Universe Works: Big Bang” video

guide Read the guide to know questions to answer One partner open the video and share earbuds The other partner complete the Guide Send the partially finished Guide to your partner Complete over the weekend

Theories Week 11/16/2015

Objectives: Create the timeline of the Big Bang

Note the evidence for the Big Bang

Submit: How the Universe Works: Big Bang video guideWhat was created by the Big Bang? Lectures: Big Bang Timeline & Observational Evidence

Watch both lectures Complete the Big Bang Timeline Chart Use the text, chapter 23 to complete ERA’s Use “What is the Evidence for the Big Bang” website

Homework: Finish Big Bang Timeline Chart and CCS the video guide for How the Universe Works: Big Bang on Swift

Theories: The Big Bang 11/17/2015

Learning Target: Big Bang ERAs and evidence Success Criteria: Timeline and evidence visual

Compare Big Bang to Balloon ModelQuestions: What are the ERAs of the Big Bang

How is the Big Bang like an expanding balloon?Complete: Big Bang Timeline – including ERAs

(you must use the text chapter 23)Expansion of the Universe: Balloon Analogy video clipActivity: Big Bang Balloon Model Review (S-Drive)Textbook: Big Bang Chapter 23 (The Beginning of Time)

Use the text (divide the work in your team –

finish tomorrow in class)

Homework: CCS the video guide for How the Universe Works: Big Bang on Swift

Tech Violations

Cell Phones, IPOD’s and misuse of other electronic devices (including laptops)

- warning (you have been)- referral for 2 hours detention- *device taken and Wed

School (parent p/u device)- suspension

* Argue with teacher, immediate referral for failure to comply

Theories: The Big Bang 11/18/2015

Learning Target: Big Bang ERAs and evidence Success Criteria: Locate and organize ERAs,

Temperature and EventsFind the support for the Big Bang

Submit: Big Bang Balloon Model Review (Inbox) CCS of How the Universe Works: Big Bang

Textbook: Big Bang Chapter 23 (The Beginning of Time)*Answer the questions*Construct the Timeline Chart with the puzzle pieces*Locate the Evidence using the linksdue tomorrow

Tomorrow: Big Bang QuizNebular Theory

Evidence for the Big Bang

EvidenceDetection

SupportThe Night Sky is dark Naked eye observation The universe is infinite and

on a clear night

changing over time.

We see a finite number of

stars in the observable

universe

Big Bang ERAs and Forces

Elementary Partlcles to energy and back

GUT and Gravity

Nobody Knows

Density variations produce stars and galaxies

Atoms and ions and plasma and photon light energy released

Plasma of free e- and H and He nuclei

Annihilation of anti matter (anti protons Fusion of H into He and some Li)

Quarks combined to make protons and anti protons

Theories 11/19/2015

Learning Target: The theoriesSuccess Criteria: Explain why the Solar System exists80% or higher on the Big Bang Quiz

Process of Science: Hypotheses, Theories and Laws (receive & place in your Unit 3 or Resources Folder)Finish & Submit: Chapter 23 Big Bang Worksheets (Inbox)Be Prepared: Big Bang Timeline and Evidence (SEE SLIDE)Another Theory: The Nebular Theory of the Solar System – video clipChapter 8 Reading Prompt

PROCESS OF SCIENCE

Law vs Theory vs HypothesisHypothesis: This is an educated guess based upon observation. It is a rational explanation of a single event or phenomenon based upon what is observed, but which has not been proved. Most hypotheses can be supported or refuted by experimentation or continued observation.

The Privileged Planet HypothesisTheory: A theory is what one or more hypotheses become once they have been verified and accepted to be true. A theory is an explanation of a set of related observations or events based upon proven hypotheses and verified multiple times by detached groups of researchers

The Big Bang TheoryScientific Law: This is a statement of fact meant to describe, in concise terms, an action or set of actions. It is generally accepted to be true and universal, and can sometimes be expressed in terms of a single mathematical equation

The Universal Law of Gravitation

The Big Bang Theory (prep for quiz)

1. Know the major types of evidence for the Big Bang, like the microwave background radiation, red shift, dark skies, etc, and what they say about the events that took place.

2. Why we have the matter we do and why it is located where it is.3. The ERAs and Events and the Forces

Island Earth 11/20/2015

Objectives: Detail the stages of the formation of the solar system

Note the evidence for the nebular theory

Define accretion

List models of the stages of the formation of the solar system

What caused the solar system to form in the first place?Are all your assignment submitted prior to Parent Conferences??Submit: Big Bang Packet of Assignments:

How the Universe Works: Big Bang guide (CCS) Big Bang Timeline Chart (hard copy) Big Bang Balloon Model Review

Homework: Chapter 8 Reading Prompt (be ready for a quiz) Monday

How the Solar System was Made Video Chart – due Tuesday/Wednesday

Nebular Theory “How the Solar System Was Made”1. Focus on the video!!2. Take notes in a chart

a. List the steps/stages of its formation (12)b. Name the models used to explain the

formation of the solar systemc. List the characteristics of the solar system

including the objects positions and motiond. Describe NASA activities that show our solar system’s age. (extra credit)

Homework: Complete video notes/chart – due Tuesday/Wednesday

Chapter 8 Reading Prompt due for Reading Quiz Monday

Nebular Theory

Supernova collapsed the nebula @ -400o C/4.6 BY

ago

Amusement Park

Gravity draws in the gases and the spinning increases & flattens @

50,000 years

Carousel & spinning ice skater

and glass blowing

Entire collapse and glowing protostar @

100,000 years

Cars in a Parking Lot

Characteristics of the Solar System• 4 inner planets of rock and metal and 4 outer planets

of gas and ice• Circular motion, rotation and all in the same flat

plane• 99.85% of mass in the sun• Rock line at 5 million miles = metals & minerals

solidify outside of it.

Island Earth 11/23/2015

Objectives: Describe the nebular theory of solar system formation

Question: What is our empirical evidence of star formation and the nebular theory?

What is the nebula? What shape does it eventually take?

Submit: Chapter 8 Reading PromptQuiz: Chapter 8 Reading

Orion Nebula

Lecture: Formation of the Solar System by Professor John Bruss, College of Lake County IllinoisSubmit: Chapter 23 Big Bang Worksheets (if not already done so)

Formation of the Solar System

Schedule:

11/20 How the Solar System was Made- Chart: Timeline, Events, Models & Characteristics of the Solar System 11/23 Chapter 8 Reading Prompt & QuizFormation of the Solar System Part 1 HW Formation of the Solar System Part 211/24 -11/25 Formation of the Solar System Part 3- Cornell Notes Questions and copy/paste the slides for Answers using the snipping tool and caption them. Obtain the template with the example Submit How the Solar System was Made Chart/CharacteristicsAccretion Model Activity11/30 Submit Formation of the Solar System Cornell NotesChapter 8 Questions/Answers12/1 Submit: Chapter 8 Questions/AnswersNebular Theory Quiz

Cornell Notes

Island Earth (Nebular Theory)11/24-25/2015

Objectives: Describe the nebular theory of solar system

formationModel the

formation with the concept of accretionQuestions:

What two main physics factors determine whatand where the planets will be around the star (sun)?

How do the planets form from tiny particles of rock and metal? What motion and shape does it all take? What happened to the remaining debris?

Submit: How the Solar System was Made (inbox)Lecture: Formation of the Solar System Part 3Activity: Accretion Model of the Solar System (submit)Homework: Formation of the Solar System Lecture – due Monday

Modeling the Protoplanetary disk

Glitter (Pepper) Model of Protoplanetary Disk Formation (Accretion Disk Model)

Activity WorksheetText: pages 226 – 227

Island Earth (Nebular Theory)

11/30/2015Objectives: Explain how the solar system formed

Describe how the planets formed and changed over timeExplain why the “belts” exist

Assignment: Chapter 8 Nebular Theory of the Formation of the Solar SystemUse the text, chapter 8 to completethe worksheetDue Wednesday after checking, correcting and scoring

Island Earth (Nebular Theory) 12/1/2015

Objectives: Describe the formation of the planetsCompare and contrast the planetsExplain how formation of our planets relates to the discovery of exoplanets

Submit: How the Solar System was MadeFormation of the Solar System Lectures

Assignment: How the Universe Works: Extreme PlanetsOpen from S-Drive Outbox Theories folder and complete the video guide

Complete: Chapter 8 Analysis Worksheet

Homework: Check, correct and score Chapter 8 Analysison Swift Website – due tomorrowExtreme Planets - due Thursday

Tomorrow: Nebular Theory QuizBig Bang Quiz Corrections tomorrow after school in Learning Lab

Island Earth (Nebular Theory) 12/2/2015 Objectives: Demonstrate your knowledge of the nebular

theory of solar system formation

Check to see that all of the following are done and submitted: *How the Solar System was Made 15 pts Formation of the Solar System Lectures

15 pts Accretion Model of the Solar System10 pts Chapter 8 Formation of the Solar System Analysis 15 pts

(Approved and CCS -3 pts each)

To prepare further for the quiz:*Check How the Solar System was Made with the key in the S-Drive Outbox Unit 3 Theories folderReview: Law vs Theory vs HypothesisComplete the Extreme Planets video – due tomorrow

Quiz: Nebular TheoryBig Bang Quiz corrections after school today

Planet Geology 12/3-4/2015

Objectives: Define the factors affecting the geology of the terrestrial planets and the moons

Is your Extreme Planets video guide completed? It must be checked off by Nash before you use the key.

What factors affect the geology and weather of a planet?Do all the planets have the same factors present to exhibit geologic activity and atmospheres?

We are on the topics of planetary geology and atmospheres through next week with quiz on Friday, December 11. All assignments and related resources are in The Planets folder in Nash Outbox Astronomy folder. Links & videos are in it and on Swift Website.

The Planets

Planetary GeologyOpen Reading OutlineUsing pages 244 -258 of Chapter 9 complete the

outlinePlace the answers in a different font/colorWork as a team with a scribe and the others as

researchers and dictatorsUse the Planetary Geology power point as a guide.Two days – due tomorrowScribe, send the completed outline to the other team members and all save to your own Unit 3 folder.Be sure all names of your team that completed

together are on the top of the paper and in the file name

Planetary Geology and Atmospheres Videos

Video: The Planets Terra FirmaWatch the video and complete the video guide using the word bank.

Complete as homework due Tuesday.

Check, correct and score Extreme Planets from the key on Nash Swift Website.Due Friday

Island Earth 12/7/2015

Learning Target: The contrast and comparison of the geology ofthe terrestrial planets and moon

Success Criteria: Identify those characteristics that are the sameand different about the planets on a chart.

Assignment:Compare and Contrast Planetary Geology(of the 4 terrestrial planets and the Moon)and submitOpen in the S-Drive Outbox The Planets folderView the Earth example and add to your chartFinish with the other 3 planets and the Moon. TEAM EFFORT -DUE TODAY

You must know the information from outline & compare/contrast & power point to be ready for the quiz on FridaySubmitted??Planetary Geology Outline – to Inbox

Extreme Planets CCS – to trayHomework: The Planets: Terra Firma – due tomorrow

Planetary Geology and Atmospheres 12/8-9/2015

Learning Target: Planetary Atmospheres and their causes

Success Criteria: Describe atmospheres and the factors that control them and their effects on planets in outlineformat

Submit: The Planets: Terra Firma - to the TrayCompare & Contrast Planetary Geology – to Inbox

Check Skyward: Progress Report time – Academic GradeEmployability (double pts lost to calculate your Class Time Use; 50% of this grade. The other 50% is your Formative grade)

All terrestrial planets have experienced, and some still do, geologic changes. Do all planets experience the effects of atmospheres and/or have they experienced them in the past? How about our Moon? Where did they go and why?

Planetary Geology

Planetary Geology Questions (might be on the quiz)

1. What are the two factors, one force and one composition, that creates differentiation?

gravity and density2. What does differentiation lead to inside a planet?

layering of the interior3. What are the 3 sources of heat in the interior of

planets? accretion, differentiation and radioactivity

4. Which one continues as the source of internal heat?radioactivity

5. What must the condition of the core of a planet be to generate a magnetic field?electrically conducting magnetic, fluid,

convection, planet must rotate moderately

Planetary Atmospheres

Planetary Atmospheres NotesOpen the Planetary Atmospheres power pointTake notes from each slide in either outline format using the template of questions in the S-Drive Outbox.

Augment your notes by adding detail from Chapter 10, sections 10.1 and 10.2, pages 280 – 295

The Planets: Atmospheres Open the video guide and the matching phrases from The Planets folder in the S-Drive Outbox

Access the video on Discovery Education Click on the icon for the video Click on the Video link on Nash Swift Site Enter the Username: krstudent.kent Password: kent

Planetary Geology and Atmospheres 12/9/2015

Objectives: Compare and contrast the atmospheres of the terrestrial planets

Submit: The Planets: Atmosphere

Review: Planet Geology and Atmospheresw/questions on this power point

Quiz Prep: On Nash Swift Site*Review the keys for notes outlines and

the compare and contrast charts*Planetary Geology and Planetary

Atmosphere Power Point presentations

The Planets

Assignments for the Week 12/3 – 12/10Planetary Geology Notes (team discussed)

The Planets: Terra Firma (individual)Compare and Contrast Planet Geology (team shared)

Planetary Atmospheres Notes (team discussed)

The Planets: Atmospheres (individual)

Compare and Contrast Planet Atmospheres (team shared)

You are responsible for knowing everything on these assignments no matter what part you playedBe sure all work is in tomorrow. Quiz tomorrow, 12/10.

Planetary AtmosphereQuestions (may be on the quiz)1. What do atmospheres create for a planet?pressure for liquid water, absorb (dangerous radiation) and scatter light (daytime bright), weather, magnetosphere, greenhouse effect (stable warm temperatures) All of these apply only to planet Earth2. How does a planet gain an atmosphere?outgassing, evaporation/sublimation, bombardment (not on Earth or Venus)3. How does a planet lose an atmosphere?bombardment/atmospheric cratering, condensation,chemical reactions, thermal escape4. What factors heat an atmosphere?distance from sun, absorption/reflection, rotation speed5. What causes a planet to retain its atmospheric heat?the greenhouse effect6. What diverts the solar wind, charged particles from hitting Earth and making life possible? magnetosphere

Planetary Atmospheres

Compare and Contrast Planetary AtmospheresOpen the document in The Planets folderReview the example for EarthThe assigned team member needs to analyze the Moon, Mercury, Venus or Mars

Use the information from Chapter 10, Sections 10.3 – 10.5,

pages 295 – 304Share with the team and all team members review and approve

Be sure the document you finish would be an A paper for anyone in your team.