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    Our Universe

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    Learning Goals
    Characteristics, cycles and patterns in the solar system
    Recognize that there are eight major planets in the solar system
    and they all orbit the sun.
    Identify other celestial bodies that also orbit the sun.
    Recall that Earth is a planet that has a moon that orbits it.
    Define a telescope as a tool that can be used to magnify the
    appearance of objects in the solar system.
    Compare and contrast the eight major planets in the solar
    system.
    Construct a timeline of the history of space exploration.
    Use models to demonstrate understanding of the planet size
    and rotation in relationship to the sun and other celestial bodies.
    Identify the sun as a medium-sized star.
    Recall that the sun is the only star in the solar system.
    Recognize that there are other stars in the universe.
    Construct a chart that differentiates between the sun and a red
    dwarf or a blue giant.
    Discuss the importance of the sun to Earth.
    Recognize that the rotation of Earth on its axis produces day
    and night, which is why the sun, stars and moon appear to
    change position in the sky.
    Utilize models to represent the understanding of day/night,
    seasons and years.

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    dge

    Discuss the correlation between the tilt Earths axis and


    seasonal temperature changes and how it affects the climate of
    a particular region on Earth.
    Identify examples of seasonal weather patterns and natural
    weather hazards.
    Describe the Sun-Moon-Earth system.
    Describe the characteristics of our sun, including structure,
    thermonuclear reactions, coronal mass ejections, flares, sunspot
    cycles, solar wind, and auroras, and their impact on Earth.
    Explain how revolution, rotation, and precession of the SunMoon-Earth system produce changes in the solar angle of
    incidence (altitude, azimuth) that result in seasons (solstices
    and equinoxes) and changes in the length of a day, month
    (sidereal and synodic lunar month), and year.
    Explain how the movements and distances (perigee, apogee)
    between Earth and Moon produce tides including the
    relationship between phases and tides and tidal bulge and rate
    of lunar revolutions.
    Explain the relative position of the Sun, Earth, and Moon during
    a solar and lunar eclipse (total, annular, partial) and the
    shadows (umbra, penumbra) they cast.
    Explain the length of visibility of the moon, the monthly
    variations in lunar position, and how often eclipses occur per
    year.
    Relate knowledge of geologic processes and features on Earth
    to geologic processes and features on the moon.
    Identify and describe the components of the universe.
    Explain and give examples of the dynamic balance between
    matter and energy that exists in the universe.
    Give examples of how changes in one part of the universe affect
    other parts of the Earth and Space system
    Describe current efforts and technologies used to study the
    universe, including optical telescopes, radio telescopes,
    satellites, space probes, spectroscopes, high altitude platforms,
    and explain how their research impacts human activity.
    Apply Keplers Laws and Newtons Universal Law of Gravitation
    to planetary motion.
    Describe the life cycle of stars (nebulae, protostar, red giants,
    white dwarfs, neutron stars, pulsars, supernovas, black holes),
    and the role of gravity in their stellar evolution.
    Explain the relationship between absolute magnitude and
    surface temperature of stars using the Hertzsprung-Russell
    diagram.
    Use bright and dark line spectra to determine the movement
    and elemental composition of stars.
    Describe the structure and evolution of galaxies using their
    visible characteristics.
    Explain how the Doppler effect supports the concept of an
    expanding universe and the Big Bang Theory.
    Research and describe current theories about the formation of
    the solar system, including the Nebular Theory.

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