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NoS1: Students should be able to appreciate how scientists work and how scientific ideas are modified over time.

NoS4: Students should be able to produce and select data (qualitatively/quantitatively), critically analyse data to identify patterns and relationships, identify anomalous observations, draw and justify conclusions.

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Unit Of Learning, Earth and Space, Building Blocks

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Interpreting Alien life on another planet 

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Interpreting Alien life on another planet 

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Universe Awareness: inspiring every child with our wonderful cosmos.

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This is a great discovery for science and a great way to show students what a real black hole will looks like in space instead of an artist interpreted

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Source: Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration

Published: April 10, 2019

This is the first picture of a black hole.

The supermassive black hole imaged by the EHT is located in the center of the elliptical galaxy M87, located about 55 million light years from Earth. This image was captured by FORS2 on ESO's Very Large Telescope. The short linear feature near the center of the image is a jet produced by the black hole. Credit: ESO

Using the Event Horizon Telescope, scientists obtained an image of the black hole at the center of the galaxy M87. (There is a supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy - the Milky Way.)

The black hole is outlined by emission from hot gas swirling around it under the influence of strong gravity near its event horizon.

What is a Black Hole?

A black hole is a dense, compact object whose gravitational pull is so strong that - within a certain distance of it - nothing can escape, not even light.

Black holes are thought to result from the collapse of very massive stars at the ends of their evolution. The gravity is so strong because matter (the mass) has been squeezed into a tiny space.

› Continue reading on NASA's Exoplanet Exploration site

This artist's impression depicts a rapidly spinning supermassive black hole surrounded by an accretion disc. The black hole is labeled, showing the anatomy of this fascinating object. Credit: ESO

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First Image of a Black Hole | NASA Solar System Exploration

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Source: Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration Published: April 10, 2019 This is the first picture of a black hole. Using the Event Horizon Telescope, scientists obtained an image of the black hole at the center of the galaxy M87. (There is a supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy - the Milky Way.)

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This is a great way for students to see that alien life isn't what is like in the movies or television

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This is a good video to help enforce the terrestrial planets differences and similarities

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Explore the Solar System: The Rocky Planets

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We can use these apparatus to demonstrate the moon phases with a light source

We also add a Earth Model to this apparatus to demonstrate eclipses

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Colonization is a hot topic in modern science  and it is very interesting topic for students to discuss.

This channel is a great resource for science topics portrayed in a colorful attractive manner.

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Building a Marsbase is a Horrible Idea: Let’s do it!

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Students can get a good idea of what life would be like on other planets like Venus which is extremely

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What Would It Be Like To Stand On Venus?

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Great visual aid for teaching students about waves

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this is a good aid for explaining seasons in the classroom allowing you to quickly show what happens when seasons change

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ES1: Students should be able to describe the relationships between various celestial objects including moons, asteroids, comets, planets, stars, solar systems, galaxies and space.

ES3: Students should be able to interrupt data to compare the Earth with the other planets and moons in the solar system, with respect to properties including mass, gravity, size and composition

ES4: Students should be able to develop and use a model of the Earth-Sun-Moon system to describe predictable phenomena observable on Earth, including seasons, lunar phases, and eclipses of the sun and moon.

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Good experiment to test the laws of gravity in the classroom

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Use this project when teaching about gravity.
Teach:
Have students share any knowledge they may have about gravity. Tell students that we can learn a lot about gravity through experiments. Let the students know that they are going to perform an experiment to see if they can use the laws of gravity to get a bouncy ball off of a table without picking the ball up or using their hands.
Materials: Procedure:

1. Have students take a look at the jar, the ball, and the flat surface. Then ask the students to come up with a hypothesis that will explain how the ball will be taken off of the table without using any fingers. Make sure the students also list why they think their educated guess is correct. This should be written in the students science notebook.

2. Have students take some time to experiment with the ball, the mayonnaise jar, and the table surface. If the students don't figure out how to use gravity to their advantage then you need to proceed to step three and show them how to do it. All successful and failed attempts should be recorded in the notebook.

3. Set the ball down on the table top and put the open end of the jar over the bouncy ball. Start moving the jar around the ball in circles. Gradually increase speed until the ball is moving rapidly around in the jar.

4. Slowly begin to lift the jar up off of the table. What happens to the ball? Does it fall out or does it keep spinning inside of the jar?

Review:
Have the students discuss the findings. Were they surprised by the experiment or did they fully understand gravity and predict what would happen? Ask the children to record their conclusions in their notebooks. Have some of the students share their hypothesis and discuss whether they were right or wrong.

by Stephanie Berghaeuser

This post is part of the series: Seventh Grade Science Projects

A series of science projects fit for seventh graders to perform.

1. This Science Experiment Using Video Games Is Perfect for Seventh Graders

2. Seventh Grade Science: Do All Potato Chips Produce the Same Amount of Grease?

3. Science Projects for Seventh Grade: Experimenting with the Laws of Gravity

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Gravity Science Projects for Seventh Graders

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Use this project when teaching about gravity. Teach: Have students share any knowledge they may have about gravity. Tell students that we can learn a lot about gravity through experiments. Let the students know that they are going to perform an experiment to see if they can use the laws of gravity to get a bouncy ball off of a table without picking the ball up or using their hands.

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Giant Impact Hypothesis

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How the Moon was born. Giant impact hypothesis: Theia impact.

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String and weight being spun around which stops planets from falling into the sun due to gravity

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Being Creative

Being Literate

Being Numerate

Communicating

Managing Information and Thinking

Managing Myself

Staying Well
Working with others

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I was shared this by another student teacher on how to demonstrate gravity in the classroom

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Great way for students to comprehend the scale of planets in terms of size to one another

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Showing the relative sizes of the planets in Play-Doh at Leicester Uni today... 

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This scale can be reworked in the classroom to make activity to show the distance between planets in our solar system using string.