Jupiter Lesson Plans - LessonCorner

1. :: NASA Quest > Space ::
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2. Wobbles
...ore the motion of a two-body system around a center of mass to better understand how extra-solar planets are discovered. answer reflective questions designed to illustrate that the Sun is not a stationary object. answer questions about the magnitude and direction of the velocity of both the Sun and Jupiter. plot and analyze NASA data to determine the period of an invisible planet orbiting a wobbling star. National Science Education Standards National Mathematics Education Standards Materials and Technology Scientific Background Teacher Lesson Plans Activity 1: Analyze and answer questions about four d...

3. Solar System Search
...description with the correct planet on the worksheet. Tell them that if they listen very carefully, they will be able to identify all eight planets. Sample Teacher Script: Look carefully at your paper. Find the biggest planet of all. Put your finger on that planet. The name of the biggest planet is Jupiter. Jupiter is a big, big ball of gas. Jupiter is bigger than all of the other planets put together. On Jupiter there is something called the giant red spot. The giant red spot is really gases that are turning very fast. Use your crayons to color a giant red spot on Jupiter. Jupiter has stripes of colo...

4. Mission to Mars
...ne, because while belt) Pluto is presently closer to the Sun than Neptune (until 2000), Pluto's average orbit radius is greater than that of Neptune. Instruct students at each step, Frosting and tell them a little bit about each planet as they glue it into place. For example, note that Mars is red, Jupiter is the biggest planet, Neptune is blue, Popsicle we are using yellow for Pluto, but no one knows for sticks Edible Mars sure what color it is, etc. Spacecraft Waxed paper 7. Note that Jupiter is the planet with a big Red Spot. Show the students a picture of Jupiter with the spot Glue the red-hot can...

5. Looking at Gods, Goddesses, and Heroes (Education at the Getty)
...erences, and speculate about why artists represent different aspects of a character's personality. create a short story using attributes to describe the characters. Materials Images of three pairs of objects from the Getty collection, below. Worksheet: Gods, Goddesses, and Heroes Gods, Abduction of Jupiter / Goddesses, and Europa / Raon Venus / Heroes Rembrandt van Nollekens worksheet Rijn Jupiter, Raon, Worksheet: The Abduction of about 1670 Venus, Gods, Europa, Nollekens, Goddesses, and Rembrandt, 1632 1773 Heroes (RTF - 49KB) Boy with Dragon Venus and / Bernini Adonis / Cabinet on Titian Boy with S...

6. Integrated Lessons (Space)
...PROCEDURE: Introduction into the space unit: What is the name of the solar system ? Milky Way How many planets are there in our solar system ? 9 What's the name of our planet ? Earth I ask them what 2 events occurred this past summer that happened in outer space ? 1. The solar eclipse 2. The planet Jupiter being hit by a comet. I have the students answer the question. If they are having a little difficulty then you can give them some hints. By using 2 students and the cage ball you can demonstrate how the earth revolves around the sun and the moon revolves around the earth. You can demonstrate how the...

7. Woodscrl.Html
...eed to know how to summarize passages they have read. This lesson will help students understand and apply the strategy of summarizing as they highlight important facts while reading. Materials 1 printed copy of National Geographic article per student (see Nyquist link below for article), 1 copy of "Jupiter" passage for teacher (see step 2), highlighters, black marker, lined paper, pencil, chalk, chalkboard, evaluation checklist (for assessment) Evaluation Checklist for Assessment (categories include but are not limited to): A) Formulates a topic sentence yes no yes, but not factual B) Focus on main id...

8. :: NASA Quest > Space ::
Header Bar Graphic Space Image and IconSpace HeaderKids Image Spacer Space IconHomepage ButtonWhat is NASA banner Quest ButtonSpacer In July, 1994 fragments of Comet Shoemaker/Levy 9 crashed into the Calendar of Events atmosphere of Jupiter, as you can see on the LFS poster. The KAO ButtonWhat is an Event identified water vapor from the comet at two impact sites. ButtonHow do I Participate Button On October 12, the KAO looks at Jupiter once again to measure infrared SpacerBios and Journals radiation from the giant planet and its four l...

9. Planet-Tac-Toe
...upplied description. The criterion for "winning" can be changed from game to game, for example, the first to cover three in a row vertically, horizontally or diagonally; the first to cover all planet names; the first to cover a plus sign. Sample Teacher Clues: 1. This planet is the largest of all. (Jupiter) 2. This planet has more rings than all the others. (Saturn) 3. This planet has the fastest revolution around the Sun. (Mercury) 4. Some of the solar systems deepest valleys are found here. (Mars) 5. This is the hottest body in our solar system. (Sun) 6. Most of this planet is covered by water. (Ear...

10. The Solar System
...coordinates, but I do not mention it.) Materials: Graph paper, compass, protractor, and table of astronomical data: heliocentric longitude, in counter-clockwise degrees, and the semi-major axis (radius, for practical purposes) of the orbit, in astronomical units, for the planets Venus, Mars, Earth, Jupiter and Saturn. Strategies: Draw concentric circles on the board one for each planet's radius (semi- major axis). Plot the position of each planet on its respective circle. Explain how the figure indicates if, where and when a given planet will be visible on the date in question. A FEW NOTES: The source...