Artist rendition of solar system bodies. Not to scale. DetailsEarth and Space Science Course part of Earth and Space Science
For three summers (2010, 2011, 2012), this project ran a one-week course for middle and high school teachers to help them develop an understanding of earth and space science and explore methods of inquiry-based teaching. Topics covered in the course included planetary accretion and evolution and the place of the Earth in the solar system. As a part of their work, the participants developed teaching activities which are available via the website.

Modeling the Earth-Moon Orbital System part of Earth and Space Science:Summer 2011:Activities
Through constructing a physical model, students will come to understand that bodies in orbit and the objects they orbit actually both revolve around their common center of mass (barycenter).

Activities in Progress part of Earth and Space Science:Summer 2010
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Earth and Space Science - 2011 Course part of Earth and Space Science:Summer 2011
Monday to Friday, July 18 – 22, 2011 at MIT, Cambridge MA Sponsored by the STEM Education Institute at UMass Amherst and funded by the National Science Foundation /day stipend (5 total) and materials ...

Activities part of Earth and Space Science
Skip to search results Skip to search facet filtersSkip to text search formSkip to paginationRefine the Results↓ TopicComparative Planetology 4 matches Forces 2 matches Heat and Mass Transfer 4 matches ...

Instructors part of Earth and Space Science
Dr. Lindy Elkins-Tanton, Mitsui Assistant Professor of Geology at MIT. ltelkins@mit.edu; 617-253-1902 Dr. Ellen Doris, Assistant Director of Studies, The Common School. ellendoris@crocker.com; ...

Earth and Space Science - 2012 Course part of Earth and Space Science:Summer 2012
A summer course for middle and high school teachers Taught at UMass Amherst and sponsored by the NSF and the STEM Education Institute at UMass Amherst Tuesday and Wednesday, August 14 – 15, 2012 at U Mass ...

Activity Review Process part of Earth and Space Science
The major outcome for our planetary science summer course for middle- and high-school teachers was a teaching activity. Throughout the course, along with science and math content, we discussed pedagogy in general ...

Earth and Space Science - Summer 2010 Course part of Earth and Space Science:Summer 2010
In June 2010 a one-week course ran at the Northeastern University College of Professional Studies, fully enrolled with middle school and high school teachers. The purpose of the course was to help these teachers ...

Activities in Progress part of Earth and Space Science:Summer 2011
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