5th Grade Astronomy

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ASTRONOMY

How does our position in the universe impact us?

http://facstaff.gpc.edu/~pgore/Earth&Space/GPS/galaxies.html

How does our position in the solar system impact us?

http://www.kidsgeo.com/geography-for-kids/0017-the-earths-movements.php


What are the impacts of the layers of the atmosphere on earth?

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream//atmos/layers.htm  (difficult)

http://www.vtaide.com/png/atmosphere.htm  (medium)

http://www.theozonehole.com/atmosphere.htm  (medium, with videos)

http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/Atmosphere/layers.html  (easier)

http://www.kidsgeo.com/geography-for-kids/0046-layers-of-the-atmosphere.php  (easy)

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/earth/Atmosphere.shtml  (easy)

Diagram: http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/earthguide/diagrams/atmosphere/

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AV5T-40EG0U&feature=related&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1


What is the impact of gravity?

http://www.school-for-champions.com/science/gravity_and_gravitation.htm   (easy)

http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/gen99/gen99110.htm

http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/earth/geophysics/question232.htm

http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/history/newtongrav.html  (difficult)


How big is the universe?

http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/5-8/features/F_How_Big_is_Our_Universe.html

Video:  http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=Zr7wNQw12l8&vq=medium#t=13


What evidence is there of predictability in the universe?

How can it be daylight in one part of the world and nighttime in another part?

http://www.kidsgeo.com/geography-for-kids/0018-the-rotation-of-the-earth.php


Why does the appearance of the moon change?

http://home.hiwaay.net/~krcool/Astro/moon/moonphase/

http://www.pd.astro.it/education/PlanetV/planetarium/L11_00S.html

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/moon/Phases.shtml


What is the role of the sun in our solar system?