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Apollo Missions to the Moon

Project Overview. Apollo Missions to the Moon. This lesson is designed to engage students to inquire and discover the principles of Kepler's First Law of Planetary Motion.

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Apollo Missions to the Moon

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  1. Project Overview Apollo Missionsto the Moon This lesson is designed to engage students to inquire and discover the principles of Kepler's First Law of Planetary Motion. At the completion of the lesson, students will present their visual concept of what Kepler's First Law is and how it describes the orbits of all the planets (especially Earth) in an elliptical orbit and not circular orbits around the Sun Mr. Steve Heck Milford Junior High School 8th Grade Earth Science

  2. The Visual Concept must include but is not limited to: (1) Title (2) KEY components of Kepler's Law (3) An example of an Elliptical orbit (4) Calculations on how the orbit was made (5) Some form of animation (6) Reference Kepler’s First LAW of Planetary Motion Planets move in ellipses with the Sun at one focus.

  3. Research Kepler First to explain planetary motion in modern terms (universal, verifiable, and precise). Helped start what is known as the ”Scientific Revolution” Explained that Planets follow an elliptical pattern Tied both science and math together to define Laws of Nature Became the basis of Newton’s Laws

  4. Animation Could be either: Video Actual drawing.

  5. Assessments Define the following terms: Circle: a closed plane curve consisting of all points at a given distance from a point within it called the center Ellipse: a figure drawn around two points called the foci such that the distance from one focus to any point on the figure back to the other focus equals a constant Label the following diagram: A: Focus or Foci B: Semimajor Axis C: Semiminor Axis Calculations: Eccentricity of an Ellipse Eccentricity = distance between foci length of major axis

  6. Works Cited &Lesson Learned Historical: Video: Animation: http://kepler.nasa.gov/Mission/JohannesKepler/#anchor784359 http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/features/movies/kepler.html http://astro.unl.edu/classaction/animations/renaissance/kepler.html Lessons Learned: • Science teaching Eclipses – Math Department not till 9th grade. • Students involved in lesson plan – stake holders (IMPROVEMENT) • Multiple ways for students to succeed – Project and Assessment • Concept used by other Science and Math teachers

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