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PHY 205 Portfolio Rubric

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Tolearnhowtousesimpletoolstoobserveandmakepredictionsaboutcelestialobjects.The
studentwill
a. TelltimeusingSolartime,StandardTime,DaylightSavingsTime,andUniversal
CoordinatedTime
b. Usingaplanisphereorplanetariumsoftware,predictwhenagivenstar,planetor
constellationwillbevisibleandwheretolocateit
c. Foratleastoneconstellation,beabletorelatethemythologyofthestargroupingina
mannerappropriateforaK8audience
d. Whileobservingtheskyidentifyatleastfiveconstellations
e. Whileobservingtheskyidentifythemoonsphase
f. Whileobservingtheskyidentifyoneofthefiveplanetsvisiblewithoutatelescope.
Tolearnhowtoexplaintheoriginofthemoonsphases,earthsseasons,solarandlunareclipses,
andhowoursolarsystemisarrangedbaseduponobservationsonecouldmakewiththenakedeye
orasmalltelescope.Thestudentwill
a. Concludefromdatagatheredaboutthemoonsappearanceandmotion,whythemoon
exhibitsphasesandhowthemoonmoves,relativetotheearthandsun.Statethe
relationshipbetweenthephaseofthemoonandthetides,andwhensolarandlunar
eclipsesoccur,anddescribewhysolarandlunareclipsesarerelativelyrare
b. Concludefromdatagatheredaboutthesunsdailyandannualmotion(altitude,azimuth,
maximumaltitude,timeaboveandbelowthehorizon)whyitiswarminthesummerand
coldinthewinterforagivenlocationonearth
c. Describewhatkeyobservationsallowonetoconcludethatthesunisthecenterofthe
solarsystem
d. Constructarelativescalemodeloftheplanetsusingobservationaldata
e. Classifysolarsystemobjectsbasedonproperties,includingplanets,dwarfplanets,
asteroids,cometsandmoons
f. Tellhowdatafromdistantstarscanbeusedtoidentifyplanetarysystemsoutsidethe
solarsystem.
Tolearnaboutthebasicphysicalcharacteristicsofstars,thenuclearprocessesthatfuelstars,the
evolutionintimeofstars,andtheevolutionintimeoftheuniverse.Thestudentwill
a. Describehowapparentbrightness,absolutebrightness,sizeanddistancearerelatedfor
stars,estimateastarstemperaturerelativetothesunbyobservingitscolor,andidentify
atomicconstituentsofastarbasedonspectrumoflight
b. Classifyastarasmainsequence,whitedwarforredgiantonthebasisofitsbrightness
andcolor.Statethephysicalcharacteristicsofvariousstars(i.e.,Sol,mainsequence,
whitedwarfs,redgiants)
c. DescribethenuclearprocessesthatfuelastarintermsappropriateforaK8audience
Tolearnaboutthestructureoftheuniverseandtheevolutionintimeoftheuniverse.Thestudent
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a. Explainastrophotographyandrelateittotheexperimentsweusetogaininformation
abouttheformationandevolutionoftheuniverse
b. Explainkeyevidenceinaastronomicalmodeltoexplaintheformationofoursolar
system
c. Explainkeyevidenceinagalacticmodeltoexplaintheformationandstructureofour
galaxy
d. Explainkeyevidenceinacosmologicalmodeltoexplaintheevolutionandcomponents
oftheUniverse.
Tobecomefamiliarwithnationalandstatescienceeducationstandards,andkeyonlineand
electronicresourcesforlearningaboutandteachingastronomy.Thestudentwill
a. Usereputableonlinesourcestogatherinformationaboutlocationandappearanceofsun
andmoonforvarioustimesofyearandvariouslocationsonearth

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LocateastronomycontentinMichiganGLCESandNextGenerationScienceStandards
Identifysourcesofinteractiveonlinecontent,(eg.Applets,Apps)andappropriateways
tointegrateinteractiveonlinecontentinto5Elessonstructures
Identifyfunandeasywaystoengagechildreninastronomycontent

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