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Journey through Space Exploration Part 1

Journey through Space Exploration Part 2

NASA

Journal Moon

Periods 2,7,8- Due Thursday, February 19th

Journal Space Exploration 

Periods 1,5,9- Due Wednesday, February 25th 

Journal Moon

Imagine that no one on Earth used a calendar.  You need to develop a new calendar to make sense of the chaos. For your new calendar development you need to include the following: 1- describe the system you would use to organize days/months/years (for example our calendar organizes time based on the Earth’s rotation and revolution), 2-how and when would the different season occur, and 3- how time would be established (night and day). 

OR

There are parts of the Earth (Arctic and Antarctic Circle-Iceland, Sweden, Russia, NW Canada, etc) that experience “Midnight Sun” (sun never falls below the horizon- 24 hours sunlight) and “Polar Night” ( sun does not rise). 
Would you rather live through the “Midnight Sun” or “Polar Night” for 6 months? 

Journal Space Exploration

Should space be explored by NASA (government funded agency- with educated and trained astronauts, scientists, researchers, employees) OR by private companies (raise own money and may or may not have educated and trained astronauts, scientists, researchers, employees)? Explain your decision.

OR

There has been much debate and budget reduction within NASA. Should we as United States citizens continue to fund (with tax money) space exploration? OR should these funds be used to stimulate our economy? Explain your decision.

Essential Questions

How has technology expanded our knowledge of the universe?

What predictable patterns occur as a results of the interaction between the Earth, Sun, and Moon?

Why do inner and outer planets vary based on specific characteristics observed through NASA, scientists, and early civilization

Why is our calendar driven by Earth's rotation, revolution, and phases of the moon?