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Investigating Ice Worlds

Investigating Ice Worlds

This is a lesson about ice worlds in the outer planetary regions and the role they play in understanding the Solar System. Learners will role-play stories connecting science-related literature to ice worlds, view and interpret space-based images of ice worlds, and investigate surface and interior features of outer planetary ice worlds. Photometry and spectroscopy will be used as background. Activities include small group miming, speaking,...

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Keywords:
Social Sciences, Plane Geometry, Electromagnetic Fields, History/Policy/Law, NSDL, Ice, Stars and Galaxies, Physics, Earth and Space Science:Solar System:Planetary Geology, Reflection and Refraction, Planets, Jupiter, Chemistry, Earth and Space Science:Solar System:Comparative Planetology, Earth System Science, Light and Optics, Science and Society, Icy, Kuiper Belt Objects, Telescope, Physical Science, Physical Sciences:Chemistry, Communicating Results, Mathematics, Pluto, Earth and Space Science:Earth Structure:Ocean and Water, Asteroids and Comets, Science as a Career, Technology and History, Engineering, Outer Planets, Earth and Space Science:Solar System:Planets, Europa, Changes of Phase, Education, Physical Sciences:Light and Optics, Photometry, Earth and Space Science:Astronomy:Origins and Evolution of the Universe, History of Science, The Planets, Charon, Engineering and Technology:Image Processing and Visualization, Conducting Investigations, Geometry, Kuiper Belt Object, Planetary Science, Sunlight and Color, Astronomy, Telescopes, Space Science, The Sun, Geoscience, Earth and Space Science:Solar System:Planetary Science, Origin of Solar System, Physical Sciences:Heat and Thermodynamics, Engineering and Technology:Remote Sensing, Oceanography, MESSENGER, General Science, Technology, Impacts of Technology, Aerospace Engineering, Oceans and Water, Solar System, Ice Worlds, Physical Sciences:Energy, Vibration and Waves, Formulating Explanations
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Material Type:
Simulation
Date Added to MERLOT:
July 27, 2016
Date Modified in MERLOT:
July 27, 2016
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Barbra Bied Sperling
Hispanic Serving Institution
Primary Audience:
Grade School
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PDF
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Not specified at this time
Language:
English
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Unknown
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