Unit 2: Astronomy

Opener

What do you know about astronomy?

KWL Topic: Astronomy

Astronomy KWL Chart

Know Want to Know

Astronomy Concept/Question

Concept

Question•Concept 1 •Question 1

Astronomy

Definition of astronomy

astro- = star

-nomy = a body of knowledge about a specific field of study

The study of the stars,

Astronomy

planets, and outer

space.

Galileo Name WordArt

What do you know about Galilelo?

Galileo Satellite

From: http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/questions/question61.html

NASA launched a satellite named “Galileo” in 1989.

Its mission was to take photos of Jupiter.

KWL Topic: Galileo

How to Come Up With Questions

Clues, Problems, WonderingsClues Problems Wonderings

From; http://www.rollins.edu/olin/olininfo/october2002/detective.gif

From;http://empress.buzzstuff.net/archives/wondering.jpg

Clues, Problems, WonderingsClues Problems Wonderings

•What clues do we get from the story to tell us who Galileo is and what makes him famous?

•When reading, what might be a problem for you?

•Any words you don’t know?

•After browsing, what are you wondering about?

Galileo KWL Chart

Know Want to Know•Clues: •Wonderings:

Galileo Concept/Question

Concept

Question•Concept 1 •Question 1

Galileo

Galileo

2004 K.Paulus

Fom: http://www.amuseum.de/physik/brillen/exh98_99/galileo.jpg

Fom:

http://www.comune.pisa.it/aziende-esternalizzazioni/images/galileo.jpg

Pisa, ItalyBorn 1564

Italy

Pisa

What is a biography?

• A biography is written about a real person’s life, by someone else.

• A biography contains important information about the person’s life. The story includes details about how the person talks, feels, and thinks about things.

• A biography may span the subject’s life, or it may tell about only an import part of the person’s life.

• An account that spans the person’s entire life is almost always told in chronological order -- the order in time in which the events occurred.

• A biography often focuses on the most important events in a person’s life. It usually describes a person’s achievements or talents.

• A biography is usually written in third person.

bio- = life -graphy = writing about a specific subject

Vocabulary - Pronunciationap • pa • ra • tusapparatus

ex • tra • or • di • na • ryextraordinary

con • stel • la • tionconstellation

in • ter • ro • ga • tioninterrogation

ce • les • tialcelestial

Vocabulary - Definitionsa piece of equipment that has a particular use

apparatus

extraordinary

group of stars that form shapes in the sky

constellation

questioninginterrogation

relating to the skycelestial

unusual or amazing

Unit 2: AstronomyPage: 102

carriage

Photograph from the Utah State Historical Society

Copyright © 2004 State of Utah

From: http://historyforkids.utah.gov/carriage.jpg

Padua, Italy

professor

From: http://www.health.utah.edu/fdnu/professor.jpg

cylinder

lenses

From: http://www.in.gov/idoa/greening/center/eyeglass.gif

convex and concave lenses

2004 Lycos, Inc. From: http://fuzzyphoton.tripod.com/rtref/rtref_l.htm

convex

concave

What is a “Dutch perspective”?What do we know from the story?

1. Makes distant (far away) objects looks close.

2. A man 2 miles away can be seen distinctly (clearly).

3. Described as a “tube” or “cylinder”.

4. Invented by a man from Holland (Dutch) who makes eyeglasses.

telescope

What is a “Borgo dei Vignali”?What do we know from the story?

1. Galileo’s house is in there.

2. Maybe his house is one of many houses.

Town of Vignali

quill and ink

From: http://spacelink.nasa.gov/Educator.Focus/Articles/012_Wright_Brothers/languagearts.html

magnification

©2002 AcquiredData.com

From: http://www.acquireddata.com/graphics/magnifier.gif

magnifier

pendulum for pulse

2001 From: http://ircamera.as.arizona.edu/NatSci102/lectures/galileo.htm

Galileo realized the value of pendulum clocks for time keeping.

Accurate time keeping helped doctors take correct readings of a person’s pulse.

From: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/imagepages/9800.htm

Jupiter moons

Lawrence Hall of Science | © 2004 | from: http://sunra.lbl.gov/ISE/new/planet/jupiter1.html

Galileo Astronomy Timeline

2001 by The Crimson Bird Book Shoppe, 29 Redmond Way, Stanfordville, NY 12581 USA http://crimsonbird.com

1992 - Pope John Paul II acknowledged the Vatican's error in the condemnation of Galileo

1613 - Galileo discovered sunspots

1609 - Galileo built 20X telescope, discovered craters and mountains on the moon

1616 - Galileo called to Rome and ordered to stop supporting the Copernican theory

1638 - Galileo published "Discourses Concerning Two New Sciences", summarizing the principles of mechanics

1633 - The Inquisition denounced Galileo

Word Knowledge: C•carriage (p. 102)•mathematics (p. 102)•objects (p. 102)•close (p. 102)•perspectives (p. 102)•convex (p. 102)•concave (p. 102)•precaution (p. 103)•cathedral (p. 104)•cut (p. 103)•cry (p. 103)•circles (p. 103)•magnification (p. 103)•success (p. 103)•clambered (p. 104)•cathedral (p. 104)•telescope (p. 104)•could (p. 104)•controlled (p. 104)•candle (p. 105)•catching (p. 105)•incredible (p. 105)•comparing (p. 105)•cold (p. 105)

•constellation (p. 106)•counting (p. 106)•cloudy (p. 107)•clear (p. 107)•crazy (p. 107)•course (p. 107)•methodical (p. 108)•discovered (p. 108)•account (p. 108)•discussed (p. 108)•rocky (p. 109)•crescent (p. 109)•reflects (p. 109)•fact (p. 109)•direction (p. 109)•Copernicus (p. 109)•declare (p. 109)•curb (p. 109)•exclaimed (p. 109)•Catholic (p. 110)•unconvinced (p. 110)•conclusive (p. 110)•elected (p. 110)•continued (p. 110)•public (p. 110)

•received•cylinders (p. 102)•trance (p. 102)•distance (p. 102)•circles (p. 103)•Venice (p. 103)•success (p. 103)•circling (p. 105)•decided (p. 108)•excitement (p. 108)•face (p. 109)•celestial (p. 109)•center (p. 109)•certainly (p. 109)•once (p. 109)•unconvinced (p. 110)•received (p. 110)

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