Finding the Spot

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Finding the Spot

Description:

Students use circles to "home in" on particular spots, showing the ability of scientists to locate unseen objects in space. This activity shows how scientists know certain objects exist in space due to the forces exerted by adjacent bodies.

Education Levels:

9, 10, 11, 12

Subject:

Physical Sciences

Resource Type:

Activity

Medium:

Text/HTML

Fee Status:

Free

Online provider:

Beacon Learning Center

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Keywords:

Electrons, Neutrons, Atoms, Atomic particles, Protons

Mediator:

Secondary school teachers

Publisher:

Beacon Learning Center

Contributor:

Rosemary Wilson

Is Part Of:

http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/lessons/Level4SC.asp

Language:

English

Subjects/Topics

P21 Subject:

Science

Learning Outcomes:

Conforms To

Sunshine State Standards Grade Level Expectations: Science (1996)

Strand H: The Nature of Science

Standard 1: The student uses the scientific processes and habits of mind to solve problems. (SC.H.1.4)

2. knows that from time to time, major shifts occur in the scientific view of how the world works, but that more often the changes that take place in the body of scientific knowledge are small modifications of prior knowledge

This data provided by the Achievement Standards Network

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