Messages from Space: The Solar System and Beyond : Grades 5-8 - Softcover

Beals, Kevin; Erickson, John; Sneider, Cary

Softcover

ISBN 10: 092488617X ISBN 13: 9780924886171

Verlag: Gems, 2000

Inhaltsangabe

Building on collaborative work between SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Institute and the Lawrence Hall of Science, Messages from Space takes advantage of our fascination with extraterrestrial to catalyze study of the solar system and beyond. The activities create an exciting context for students to engage in creative learning, gaining a great deal of astronomical knowledge. The unit begins when students attempt to decode a fictitious message from outer space. Imagining that they are SEIT scientists, students begin to yze, where, in the solar system and beyond, there may be conditions favorable for life. They investigate how our solar system and other planetary systems may have formed, and consider how what we know about the solar system and other planetary systems fits into a bigger picture of the universe. Throughout, students consider whether life could exist "out there" and, if so, how we might communicate with those life forms. Students also gain valuable experience distinguishing science fact from sensationalized fiction.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Gems
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 092488617X
• ISBN 13: 9780924886171
• Einband: Taschenbuch
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