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=='''What's Up?'''== | =='''What's Up?'''== | ||
This lesson plan was based on material created by Digitalis Education Solutions, Inc. | This lesson plan was based on material created by [[DigitalisEducation.com|Digitalis Education Solutions, Inc.]] and is provided free of charge as a public service to encourage the teaching of astronomy. It was written for use with a Digitarium planetarium system. You may need to modify this lesson to work with other systems with different capabilities. | ||
Permission is granted by Digitalis Education Solutions to copy, distribute, and modify this document provided that existing copyright notices, the text of this license, and the text of the "Notice" section are not removed or modified, other than to add your own copyright notice for your modifications. In this modified document, please credit http://orbit.educ.cam.ac.uk/ for adaptation. | Permission is granted by Digitalis Education Solutions to copy, distribute, and modify this document provided that existing copyright notices, the text of this license, and the text of the "Notice" section are not removed or modified, other than to add your own copyright notice for your modifications. ''In this modified document, please credit http://orbit.educ.cam.ac.uk/ for adaptation''. | ||
==='''Objectives'''=== | ==='''Objectives'''=== | ||
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* Computer running Stellarium Software and data projector (required) | * Computer running Stellarium Software and data projector (required) | ||
* | * Flash light and extra batteries (optional) | ||
* Small mirror (optional) | * Small mirror (optional) | ||
* Pictures of the sun, earth, moon, solar system (optional) | * Pictures of the sun, earth, moon, solar system (optional) | ||
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==='''Introduction ''(10 to 15 mins)'''''=== | ==='''Introduction ''(10 to 15 mins)'''''=== | ||
A) Inform students that you will be studying astronomy today. Ask | A) Inform students that you will be studying astronomy today. Ask students what the words 'astronomy' and 'astronomer' mean. Discuss what | ||
students what the words 'astronomy' and 'astronomer' mean. Discuss what | |||
astronomers might study. | astronomers might study. | ||
B) One of the things we'll be learning about is stars. '''''<nowiki>[</nowiki>'''Show poster of'' | B) One of the things we'll be learning about is stars. '''''<nowiki>[</nowiki>'''Show poster of'' | ||
''the | ''the sun if you have one.'''] '''''Why can we see the sun? Why can't we see the other stars when it's daytime? Why is the sun so important to us? What is the sun made of? | ||
C) Some of the stars in our night sky were grouped together to make | C) Some of the stars in our night sky were grouped together to make | ||
