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Astronomy
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Astronomy
Period 4

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This lesson
  • Astronomy, what comes to mind?
  • Astronomy — Pictures and videos
  • Fun facts about our universe

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Learning goals
  • Name the name of our galaxy
  • Name what the stars in the night sky are
  • describe how Astronomy studies the universe
  • Explain in your own words what is meant by the observable universe.

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Cards with new English words.
Make a list of new words that they need to know.
Astronomy – what do you think this is? –> Make a doodle of what comes to mind.
For the vocab. pick several words, jumble the letters up and let the students figure out what the source word is.

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New vocabulary
Galaxy
Milky way galaxy
Solar system
Planet
Moon
Observable universe
Satalite
Black hole
star
comet 
meteorite 
astroid
Dwarf planet
Orbit

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What is astronomy?

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Astronomy 
Pictures & videos

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A) Zooming out of the universe

B) The origins of the universe 

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Zooming out of the universe

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Only zooming out — After 5 minutes the video starts to zoom back in again. 
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Students can watch it themselves at home if they want to.
The origins of the universe 

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The earth from
6 Billion kilometers

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Some facts about our universe

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  • The earth distance from the sun is called the 'goldilocks zone' — since it's uniquely ideal for life.
  • All stars that you see in the night sky are other suns.
  • The sun makes up more than 99% of the mass in our solar system
  • We call our galaxy 'The milky way galaxy'.
  • All elements originate from suns. This means, we and everything around us are made of 'star dust'. 
  •  Most of the universe is empty space (just like in atoms)
  •  The earth is round, but the universe is actually flat.

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  1. The purpose of science is to investigate the universe so that we can come to understand it.
  2. We can only investigate what we can observe.
  3. We observe the universe through the light that reaches the earth.
  4. If things are so far away that their light can't reach earth we are not able to observe it.
  5. The part of the universe that science can investigate is called — The observable universe

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The observable universe

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The observable universe
  • (Luckily, This is quite a lot)

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Homework
  • Read 3.1
  • Workbook exercises 3.1 — Including E

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Learning goals
  • Name the name of our galaxy
  • Name what the stars in the night sky are
  • describe how Astronomy studies the universe
  • Explain in your own words what is meant by the observable universe.

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