Real World Connections
Discovery of a new solar system
- http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/nasa-new-solar-system-announcement-today-aliens-latest-image-picture-look-like-a7593621.html
- https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-telescope-reveals-largest-batch-of-earth-size-habitable-zone-planets-around
20 mysterious radio bursts
http://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2018-10-11/askap-telescope-in-western-australia-bags-huge-haul-of-frbs/10357170
Scientists have landed a new spacecraft on Mars
https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2018-11-26/mars-insight-nasa-mission-to-take-the-red-planets-pulse/10490342
Dr Katie Bouman: computer scientist whose algorithm made the historic image of a black hole possible. She was among a team of 200 researchers who contributed to the breakthrough. Credit and full articles: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/apr/11/katie-bouman-black-hole-photo ; https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2019-04-11/black-hole-event-horizon-telescope-five-things-you-might-miss/10993112
Introduction to the solar system
How the solar system began…
NASA pdf poster for how the solar system began
Video and NASA poster reference: https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/solar-system-formation/en/
Technology in Space
Interactive website where students can explore technologies invented for space that we use in our everyday lives. https://homeandcity.nasa.gov/
More resources
Working scientifically resources
Unit ideas to link Computer Coding and learning about the Solar System
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