Below are some selected Curriculum Units developed at other instititions. This list is neither exhaustive nor authoritive, but is merely provided here to provide a sample of what has been developed. You are welcomed and encouraged to provide Earth and Space Science curriculum modules you may have developed for other teachers to use. Email us at planets@ssec.wisc.edu.
The purpose of this lesson is to allow students to experience the processes actual scientists go through to organize and synthesize new information. They will have the opportunity to ask and answer questions of their own about a previously unknown region of space and then to compare their analysis to that of real astronomers currently working on the same tasks. goal is that students will come to appreciate the importance of collaboration among scientists as well as the possibility of more than one acceptable answer to any scientific inquiry. This Earth Science project is designed for 5th through 8th grade students, and addresses these standards:
This activity is available online through the Amazing Space Website, and will require your students to print off some pages available with Acrobat Reader. Go to the following website and begin with the 'Get Oriented' link. If you would like to view more activities like this one, go to the Amazing Space link below.
