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Module Overview
Biographies
Dawn Classrooms
Dawn Community
Dawn Dictionary
Dawn Kids
Education
Find
a Meteorite
Flashbacks
Resources
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The
History and Discovery of Asteroids
Learners will explore scientific discoveries and the
technologies as a sequence of events that led eventually
to the Dawn mission.This standards-aligned module is
organized around a learning
cycle and engages students in a number
of experiences in order for the teacher to activate
students’ prior knowledge, assess student conceptual
understanding in order to inform instruction.
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+ Read an historical perspective by James Hilton, US Naval Observatory
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Briefing
Teacher
Guide
Pdf 238 Kb |
Journey
to the Beginning of the Solar System
Provides students with background information
on the Dawn mission.
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Briefing Slide Show Pdf: Dawn
Spacecraft Poised for Flight to Asteroid Belt
Overview of the Dawn mission: 1) A fictitious news
article begins with the launch of the Dawn spacecraft
in 2006. 2) Travel to the asteroid belt to study
Vesta and Ceres. 3) Significant role that asteroids
play in revealing early solar system information.
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Exploration
Teacher
Guide
Pdf 311 Kb |
Where
the
Journey
Began
Eight
short
readings
trace
the
history
of
asteroid
discovery
and
characterization
from
the
time
of
Ptolemy
(85-150
AD)
to
the
present
time.
Each
student
group
is
responsible
for
one
reading. |
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| Development
Teacher
Guide Pdf
234 kb
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Modeling
Asteroids
contains hands-on activities that
can be used to help students understand what astronomers
in the historical readings of the Exploration Section
were experiencing as they studied asteroids from
Earth. |
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Synthesis
Teacher
Guide
Pdf
296 Kb |
Communicating
Connections Students
communicate and synthesize what they have learned
about the interrelatedness of science, technology,
and relevant historical/political events.
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Assessment
Teacher
Guide
Pdf 296 Kb |
Mystery
Asteroid
Students apply their new knowledge and skills by
making observations, inferences, and conclusions
about a “mystery asteroid." |
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The assessment provides
students with a Hubble Space Telescope picture
of this “mystery asteroid,” and then
later presents some facts. Teachers can use students’
responses to the assessment questions to evaluate
their understanding of the module content.
Mystery Asteroid- Student
Activity
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MS 2003 word 229 Kb
Mystery Asteroid- Key
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Pdf 277 Kb
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Primary Authors
Deb Aruca, McREL
Dr. Donna Bogner, McREL
John Ristvey, McREL
Contributing Writer
Dr. B.J. McCormick, McREL
Contributors/Reviewers
Dr. Lucy McFadden, University of Maryland
Dr. Marc Rayman, Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Cal Tech.
Joe Wise, New Roads School, Center for Effective Learning
Layout/Graphics
Judy Counley, McREL
Lisa Maxfield, McREL
Pilot Test Teachers
Louis Dilts, Challenge to Excellence School, Parker
CO
Daniel Figueroa, New Roads Middle School, Santa Monica
CA
Field Test Teachers
Randy
Mousley,
Stucky
Middle
School
KS
Aaron
Kealey,
Wilbur
Middle
School
KS
Kathy
Peavey,
Hadley
Middle
School
KS
Mark
Gobert,
Harmony
Area
School
District
PA
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