Motion of Planets, Moons, and Stars

Darkness at Night

This assessment probe can be used with CTS Section IV. This probe targets student ideas related to the day/night cycle. The probe can be used to examine student work related motion in the earth-sun system. In addition, the teacher notes provide further information for CTS Sections II, III, and IV.

Bibliographic Citation: 
Keeley, P., Eberle, F., and Tugel, J. (2007). Uncovering student ideas in science-25 more formative assessment probes. Arlington, VA: NSTA Press (available at nsta.org; also available through amazon.com).

Copernican Revolution Conceptual Strand Map

This draft map, developed for the second edition of the Atlas of Science Literacy, is used with Section IV. Note the conceptual strand, Motion of Objects in the Solar System. This map is currently in draft form. If you would like to give Project 2061 feedback on this draft map, Click here

Bibliographic Citation: 
AAAS/Project 2061 (2005) Draft Atlas Maps- Copernican Revolution <http://www.project2061.org/publications/atlas/vol2/10a_copernic.pdf>

Astronomy in the National Science Education Standards

This article can be used with Sections II and III as an overview of the K-12 astronomy ideas in the National Science Education Standards and their implications for curriculum and instruction. Selected sections of the article can be used with any of the topic study guides in the Astronomy Category.

Bibliographic Citation: 
Adams,J. and Slater,T.(2000)Astronomy in the national science education standards. In Journal of Geoscience Education. 48(1), pp 39-45. <http://www.physics.montana.edu/physed/documents/astro-agenda-jge.pdf>
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