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Question: Should the government continue to spend money on NASA
and space exploration?
Big Idea: Our knowledge of the universe is always expanding and changing based on new scientific
data that we discover, but this research costs taxpayer money
Why do we need to know about our solar system and universe?
What are the benefits of finding out what is
in space?
What is the history of space exploration?
How does money play a role in space exploration?
Should the space industry be privatized?
What are the drawbacks of space
research and exploration?
Why did NASA begin?
What is the future of space
exploration?
When did NASA begin?
How much taxpayer money goes to NASA?
What is the NASA budget?
What else could this money be
spent on?
What has NASA discovered in
space?
What advancements in technology has
space exploration given us?
What are the different
features of our universe?
How can knowing help
humans?
What are the social costs?
What are the economic
costs?
What is the environmental
impact?
Lesson: The Space
Race
Web Quest: Mars Rover
Investigation: How does the
government get money?
Lesson: History of Human Space
Flight (BBC Video)
Lesson: The Future of Space Exploration (BBC
Video)
ExploreLearning: Solar System
Lab: Creating Your Own Solar
System
Web Quest: NASA @ Home and City
Investigation: What would you do with the money?
Student Research: NASA Budget and
Where it Goes TED Talk: George Dyson on Project Orion
What are the benefits?
What are the drawbacks?Final Assessment:
Debate - Should the space
industry be privatized?
Exploration: NASA Budgets
Close with YouTube Video
Lesson: What is contained in our universe?
ExploreLearning: Orbital Motion –
Kepler’s Laws
Lesson: What have we learned from
Space Exploration?
Assessment: Standardized Test
(MC and Short Answer)
Assessment: Standardized Test
(MC and Short Answer)
Kick-Off 1: National Geographic “Journey to the Edge of the Universe”
Earth Science Standard 1.1a
Kick-Off 2: NYTimes “Is Space Exploration Worth the Cost? A Freakonomics Quorum”
CENTRAL QUESTION
Earth Science Standard Assessment
LessonKey Idea
Supporting Concept
KEY
BrainPop: Aliens
BrainPop: Galileo Galilei
How do the planets move?
Lab: Making an Ellipse
Lesson: NASA Shuttle
Problems, Environmental
Earth Science Standard 1.1b
Earth Science Standard 1.2a
Earth Science Standard 1.2b
Earth Science Standard 1.2c
Earth Science Standard 1.2d
Earth Science Standard 1.1b
Lesson (x3): History of Our
Universe
Earth Science Standard 1.2c
Earth Science Standard 1.2b
Assessment: Essay – How has NASA’s budget affected
their development?
ASTRONOMY UNIT – NASA WEB
