Stars
True or False:
The rotation of the Earth causes the apparent motion of the stars through the sky.
What is True
About how long does it take for the Moon to cycle through all of its phases?
What is about one month (29 days).
One ______ is the amount of time needed for Earth to complete one rotation.
What is Day?
One of the most popular places to visit in Florida has many space-related museums and rides. It also has places to watch real rockets and other space vehicles being launched. What is the name of this place?
What is Kennedy Space Center?
Stars, including the Sun, appear to move in the sky from _______ to _______.
What is East to West?
True or False:
These phases are in the correct order.
What is False?
Greg checks his watch one day at noon when the Sun is directly overhead. If Greg wants to observe the Sun in the same position tomorrow, about how many hours will pass before the Sun is directly over Greg's head again?
What is 24 hours?
Name at least one kind of technology that has helped scientists learn about the Earth and space.
What is Telescopes, satellites, rockets, rovers, space station, etc?
At 8 pm, Megan looks up at the night sky and sees the star pattern, called Leo. If she went back outside 6 hours later, what would the pattern of stars look like?
What is the stars that make up the pattern of stars, called Leo would appear to have moved together across the sky.
Julian notices that on different nights, the shape of the Moon looks different. He decides to collect data on the phases of the Moon to find out how the Moon changes from night to night. If Julian writes down the phases of the Moon every night for 6 months, what will he find?
A. There are more new moons than any other phase of the Moon.
B. There are more full moons that any other phase of the Moon.
C. The new moon always happens 29 days after a full moon.
D. The phases of the Moon always occur in the same order.
What is D. The phases of the Moon always occur in the same order?
What defines one year on Earth?
What is One revolution (orbit) around the Sun?
How could you use a basketball and a baseball to model Earth’s rotation and revolution?
What is The baseball (Earth) should spin on its axis as it travels around the basketball (Sun)?
What causes the stars to appear to move across the sky each night?
What is Earth's rotation?
Destiny goes outside and sees her favorite moon phase. (It looks like a banana!) How long will it take for her to see this same shape again?
What is About one month?
During the day, the Sun rises in the east and sets in the west. During the night, the Moon and stars appear to move across the sky. What makes the Sun, Moon, and stars appear to move across the sky?
What is They appear to move across the sky because of Earth’s rotation?
The baseball (Earth) should spin on its axis as it travels around the basketball (Sun).
What is all scientists base their explanations on observations and evidence?
Michael and Jordan can see a pattern of stars, called Hercules, each summer. Why can’t they see the same pattern in the winter months?
What is Earth’s revolution causes different patterns of stars to be seen during different seasons?
Why does the shape of the Moon appear to change each week?
What is The amount of lighted part of the Moon that faces Earth changes?
How tall is Ms. Israel?
What is 5'6?
What are you supposed to do if someone is bothering you?
What is Tell an adult?