Uncovering student ideas in astronomy : 45 formative assessment probes
What do your students know?or think they know?about what causes night and day, why days are shorter in winter, and how to tell a planet from a star? Find out with this book on astronomy, the latest in NSTA?s popular Uncovering Student Ideas in Science series. The 45 astronomy probes provide situations that will pique your students? interest while helping you understand how your students think about key ideas related to the universe and how it operates
eBook, English, ©2012
National Science Teachers Association, Arlington, Va., ©2012
1 online resource (xxix, 255 pages) : illustrations
9781936959822, 9781936137381, 1936959828, 1936137380
797833389
Section 1. The nature of planet earth. Is Earth really "round"? ; Where do people live? ; Falling through the Earth ; What causes night and day? ; The two Rs ; Where did the sun go?
Section 2. The sun-earth systems. Sunrise to sunset ; No shadow ; What's moving? ; Pizza sun ; How far away is the sun? ; Sunspots ; Shorter days in winter ; Changing constellations ; Why is it warmer in summer?
Section 3. Modeling the moon. Seeing the moon ; Sizing up the moon ; Does the moon orbit the Earth? ; Earth or moon shadow? ; Moon phase and solar eclipse ; Comparing eclipses ; Moon spin ; Chinese moon ; Crescent moon ; How long is a day on the moon? ; Does the Earth go through phases? ; Is the moon falling?
Section 4. Dynamic solar system. What's inside our solar system? ; How do planets orbit the sun? ; Is it a planet or a star? ; Human space travel ; Where do you find gravity? ; Gravity in other planetary systems
Section 5. Stars, galaxies, and the universe. Shooting star ; Is the sun a star? ; Where are the stars in Orion? ; Which is bigger? ; What are stars made of? ; What happens to stars when they die? ; Do stars change? ; Are we made of star stuff? ; Seeing into the past ; What Is the Milky Way? ; Expanding universe ; Is the big bang "Just a theory"?