Hi students! Today we are going to learn about the search for exoplanets (planets beyond our solar system) that may support life.
Objective: SWBAT describe how the Kepler mission finds exoplanets and describe the criteria by which we assess the habitability of exoplanets.
Today's assignment: You will be assigned a topic to research in a small group. Visit the links below for your topic, gather information according to the guiding questions you are given, and prepare a very short presentation to describe your topic to another group. Your presentation should contain at least one image, answers to the guiding questions, definitions for key vocabulary, and examples of scientific discoveries pertaining to your topic. You should expect to speak to a group about your topic for 1 or 2 minutes.
Exoplanets
http://www.space.com/17738-exoplanets.html
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/04/140417-exoplanet-interactive/#
Kepler Mission
http://kepler.nasa.gov/Mission/QuickGuide/howKeplerFindsPlanets/
http://astro.unl.edu/naap/esp/detection.html
Habitable Zone
http://www.pbs.org/lifebeyondearth/alone/habitable.html
http://www.hzgallery.org/
Goldilocks
http://phys.org/news/2013-12-goldilocks-clue-habitable-planets.html#nRlv
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2012/29mar_goldilocks/
After your research and preparation time is up, you will get sorted into different groups to share your information. During that time, you will complete this graphic organizer.
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