Contents contributed and discussions participated by Christopher Palma - ESSP Astronomy Workshop

What is A Planet? - NASA Science - 1 views

science1.nasa.gov/...what-is-a-planet

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Christopher Palma on 11 Jul 13

Short (7 min) video from NASA talking about the ~7 year old debate over the nature of a planet and the creation of the dwarf planet category

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Link to Word Doc with Storyline, Activity descriptions - 0 views

www.personal.psu.edu/...Wkshp_Activities.docx

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Christopher Palma on 22 Aug 12

Hi Everyone. Although it's later than I intended, at this link you can get a Word doc with copies of everything we did at the workshop. Hope it's useful!

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Short video of Inertia & Gravity = Orbits - 4 views

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started by Christopher Palma on 18 Jul 12 no follow-up yet

#1 Christopher Palma on 18 Jul 12

For those of you who have access to Discovery Education / United Streaming, there is a short, 2 minute snippet called "Gravity & Inertia" that is part of "Spin Around the Solar System: How the Solar System Works". It does a pretty good job of describing what you need for an orbit.

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PhET: Free online physics, chemistry, biology, earth science and math simulations - 1 views

phet.colorado.edu

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Christopher Palma on 18 Jul 12

We demonstrated the Gas Properties & My Solar System simulations during the 2012 workshop

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The Nine Planets Solar System Tour - 0 views

nineplanets.org

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Christopher Palma on 18 Jul 12

Very comprehensive database with detailed, written descriptions of the planets (and moons) that can also be used for a comparative planetology data gathering activity of some sort.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Very comprehensive database with detailed, written descriptions of the planets (and moons) that can also be used for a comparative planetology data gathering activity of some sort.</div>

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Data Table for Planets & Dwarf Planets -Size, Orbit, Temp, Moons - 2 views

www.windows2universe.org/...planets_table.html

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Christopher Palma on 18 Jul 12

If you want to work on comparative planetology, here is one table for retrieving data (can be supplemented by what is found in Starry Night)

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">If you want to work on comparative planetology, here is one table for retrieving data (can be supplemented by what is found in Starry Night)</div>

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Course Home Page | Astronomy 801 - Planets, Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe - 1 views

www.e-education.psu.edu/astro801

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Christopher Palma on 22 Jul 11

This is the on-line course that all materials are open even to unregistered students. If you would like more info about the on-line MEd in Earth Science, let me know

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Exploratorium "Build a Solar System" scale model generator - 0 views

www.exploratorium.edu/...solar_system

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Astronomy Notes free on-line astronomy textbook - 1 views

www.astronomynotes.com

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A Private Universe Project - 1 views

www.learner.org/...index.html

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Christopher Palma on 19 Jul 11

(This includes the 5 question survey, which includes the shape of the Earth's orbit question we covered in the workshop)

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Christopher Palma on 21 Jul 11

You can also order a DVD copy of the video we watched in class, or watch it for free on-line.

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A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas - 0 views

www.nap.edu/catalog.php

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Christopher Palma on 19 Jul 11

Just released today -- July 19, 2011

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AccuWeather blog post on the Super Moon of 2011 - 0 views

www.accuweather.com/...r-full-moon-to-cause-chaos.asp

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The "Bad Astronomy" blog on the Super Moon of March 2011 - 1 views

blogs.discovermagazine.com/...kryptonite-for-the-supermoon

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NASA article about the Super Moon of March 2011 - 1 views

www.google.com/url

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NASA's Star Child - 1 views

starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/...StarChild.html

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Christopher Palma on 19 Jul 11

This came up today as a resource for younger students to use to learn about the properties of the Solar System

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This came up today as a resource for younger students to use to learn about the properties of the Solar System</div>

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