Galva High School and Stark County High School

Integrated Science Curriculum

Year 3: Theme - Grand Designs

II. Solar System/Universe Unit

A. Solar system

1. The sun
   1. Investigation: "Solar viewer" (MES-HRW, p. 573)
   2. Investigation: "Size and energy of the sun" (MES-HRW, pp. 588-589)
   3. Activity D-4: "Finding the size of the sun and the moon" (Project Astro)
   4. Activity 7: "Hot sun, cool spots" (SSS, pp. 46-50)
   5. Activity 3-1: "Circumferentor" (SEOF, pp. 1-3)
   6. Activity 3-3: "Sun clock" (SEOF, pp. 1-2)
2. Planets and moons
   1. Activity C-1: "The earth's shape and gravity" (Project Astro)
   2. Investigation 9: "Planetary motions" (MES-HRW, pp. 660-661)
   3. Activity D-3: "How big is the moon?" (Project Astro)
   4. Investigation 10: "Apparent motions of the moon" (MES-HRW, pp. 662-663)
   5. Investigation: "Galilean moons of Jupiter" (MES-HRW, pp. 636-637)
   6. Activity: "Moon madness" (HOGSA, p. 152)
   7. Activity 4: "Moon shapes" (SSS, pp. 20-23)
   8. Activity 5: "Moon rotation and revolution" (SSS, pp. 24-26)
   9. Activity 6: "Lunar seas, craters, & highlands" (SSS, pp. 27-31)
   10. Activity 3-7: "Moon phases simulation" (SEOF, pp. 1-2)
   11. Activity 3-11: "Views of the moon as seen from earth" (SEOF, pp. 1-4)
   12. Activity 7-9: "Whirling in space" (SSS, pp. 32-42)
   13. Activity: "Bringing the solar system down to earth" (HOGSA, p. 121)
   14. Activity 1: "Your first job?" (SSS, pp. 10-12)
3. Asteroids, meteors, and comets
   1. Activity E-1: "Experimenting with craters" (Project Astro)
   2. Investigation: "C rater analysis" (M ES -H RW, pp. 612-613)
   3. Activity E-3: "Making a comet in the classroom" (Project Astro)
   4. Activity: StarLab observations

B. Universe

1. Stars
   1. Investigation: "Star magnitudes" (MES-HRW, pp. 568-569)
   2. Investigation: "Parallax" (MES-HRW, p. 551)
   3. Handout: H-R Diagramming
   4. Activity 9: "Using a spectroscope"
   5. Activity: "Spectrum analysis" (handout)
   6. Activity: StarLab observations
2. Galaxies
   1. Activity: StarLab observations
   2. Field trip: Lakeview Planetarium
3. Astronomy
   1. Star finder maker (Fermi handout)
   2. Computer simulation
   3. Use the Hubble (Internet)
   4. Activity 3: "Marooned in space" (SSS, pp . 16-19)
   5. Activity 12: "Space station ellipses" (SSS, pp. 51-54)

C. Performance assessment: Universe research report