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Appearances Can Be Deceiving! DLESE Reviewed Collection
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/common/content/lessonPlans/appearances_can_be_deceiving. ...
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In this hands-on activity, students explore the relationship between angular width, actual size, and distance by using their finger, thumb and fist as a unit of angular measurement. They should learn to relate angular width to actual size using distance; quantify the relationship between angular width and distance; and understand why the Sun appears smaller from Pluto than from Earth.
Intended for grade levels:
  • Middle (6-8)
Type of resource:
  • For the classroom:
    • Classroom activity
    • Lesson plan
Subject:
  • Mathematics
  • Space science
Technical requirements:
No specific technical requirements, just a browser required
Cost / Copyright:
No cost
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DLESE Catalog ID: DLESE-000-000-009-244
Educational standards:
  • National Science Education Standards (NSES):
    • 5-8:
      • Unifying concepts and processes:
        • Change, constancy, and measurement
      • A - Science as inquiry:
        • Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
      • D - Earth and space science:
        • Earth in the solar system
      • G - History and nature of science:
        • Nature of science
Resource contact / Creator / Publisher:
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University/Nationl Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
New Horizons Pluto-Kuiper Belt Mission
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/

Contact: Kerri Beisser
Applied Physics Laboratory
Johns Hopkins University