Galileo Lesson Plans - LessonCorner

1. Lpgal
Sunspots or Lumpy Planets i. Purpose The purpose of this activity is to show students the method Galileo used to prove sunspots were actually on the sun. ii. Objectives + The student will gain an understanding of how Galileo deduced that sunspots are actually on the sun instead of objects between the Earth and Sun. + The student will become familiar with the term foreshortening and understand its relev...

2. Values Project Lesson Plan: Geography
...& Activities locating ourselves. Why is it important to understand longitude & latitude? Can use OGP1 pp 64-65 as stimulus. How did early ships locate themselves & how do we do this today? Read & explain the story of the earth as understood & explained by people past & present. Focus on the role of Galileo in developing our understanding of the earth as a planet. Allow class questions and discussion. In books each person explains the story as a time line, help given on the board. Board Notes 5,000 BC The Bible. . . . . 150 AD Ptolemy . . .. . . 1534 AD Copernicus 1633 AD Galileo . . . . 1665 AD Sir Is...

3. Module 3 Lesson 4
...e required to one for the purpose of shading with chalk. 3. Distribute black paper and white chalk to students and instruct them to reproduce their chosen sketch on the black paper with the white chalk. Special attention should be given to shading of the lunar surface. Closure: Imagine that you are Galileo and the year is 1610... Remind students that Galileo used a telescope, similar in power to binoculars, way back in 1610. Imagine that you are Galileo, what would it be like to moon through a telescope? Have students write a short paragraph about what it must be like to be the first person on Earth t...

4. The Renaissance Period - People Lesson Plans
...rade Middle School -About Us Levels: -Terms Subject: Social Studies Length of 45 minutes to 1 hour Find Old Friends Time: Find Your Graduating Class At Classmates.com Description: For this lesson, students can choose one person and write a paper about that person. They can choose from Michelangelo, Galileo, Martin Luther, and Leonardo da Vinci. Goals: Students will learn: Subscribe To About people in the Renaissance Period Newsletter Write a paper about a famous person during that period Name: Email: I Am A: ( )Parent ( )Teacher ( )Faculty/Staff Materials Social Studies book Needed: Notebook paper Pen...

5. Light the Fire Within | Curriculum | Fine Arts - Drama | Ninth - Twelfth Grades
...inspire and promote mutual respect, civility, and peace in About Us the world Utah Education Network Home Page Activity: Preparation Top of 60 minutes Page Gather information about respect, civility and world peace shown in general and in the Olympics. Gather information about the life and times of Galileo and Einstein and the global unrest and conflict caused by their scientific revelations. Gather information about global tensions in the world today. Tools and Resources O'Neill, Cecily. Drama Worlds: A Framework for Process Drama. (Heinemann, 1995) Spolin, Viola. Theatre Games for the Classroom. (No...

6. Debbie Melde
...center.stanford.edu/ worksheet with questions about the sun. Accommodations: Website address bookmarked for easier access. Work with a partner. Procedure: Students should already have some basic knowledge about the sun and how it produces energy. Students should also have background knowledge about Galileo. Once students access the Stanford Solar Center website they should follow directions on the worksheet to find answers to the questions. There are many actiities and links on this website for students to do and explore when they finish the worksheet. Assessment: Evaluate student written answers on w...

7. Distance Learning - Humanities - Resources
HUMANITIES - RESOURCES Conceived in Light Assignment: From primitive man to the craftsmen at Chartres Cathedral, from Galileo to Einstein, human beings have been fascinated by the properties of light. Compose a free-verse poem that incorporates or grows from an idea about light. Process: Number from 1-20. Brainstorm 20 phrases that contain an idea about light, or refer to the appearance of light. Try to make each phrase as...

8. The Way Things Fall--Lesson Plan #22
...ll.htm, on the web http://www.phy6.org/stargaze/Sfall.htm "From Stargazers to Starships" home page and index: on disk Sintro.htm, on the web http://www.phy6.org/stargaze/Sintro.htm + + Goals: The student will learn that Light and heavy objects fall at the same rate, as established experimentally by Galileo. Falling objects, and balls rolling down an incline, tend to accelerate at a constant rate a. Their velocity increases as v = at. The acceleration of free fall is g = 9.81 m/s^2. With initial velocity u, v = u + at. Use this to calculate height attained by object thrown straight up. Distance covered...

9. The Way Things Fall--Lesson Plan #22
...ll.htm, on the web http://www.phy6.org/stargaze/Sfall.htm "From Stargazers to Starships" home page and index: on disk Sintro.htm, on the web http://www.phy6.org/stargaze/Sintro.htm + + Goals: The student will learn that Light and heavy objects fall at the same rate, as established experimentally by Galileo. Falling objects, and balls rolling down an incline, tend to accelerate at a constant rate a. Their velocity increases as v = at. The acceleration of free fall is g = 9.81 m/s^2. With initial velocity u, v = u + at. Use this to calculate height attained by object thrown straight up. Distance covered...

10. Origami
...http://www.tenthplanet.com/Geometry/resource/2inv1.html A Paper Folding Project http://www.sgi.com/grafica/fold/page001.html Ken Blackburn's Paper Planes & More http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/1817/ Simple Flying Machines Theme Page http://www.cln.org/themes/flying.html NASA - Build your own Galileo spacecraft scale model http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/model.html Copyright Teacher's Desk. Any reproduction of this site in any manner is strictly prohibited. Revised: 19 Mar 2002 11:33:54 -0600.