Description

Overview:

Students will learn about the Transit of Venus through reading a NASA press release and viewing a NASA eClips video that describes several ways to observe transits. Then students will study angular measurement by learning about parallax and how astronomers use this geometric effect to determine the distance to Venus during a Transit of Venus. This activity is part of the Space Math multimedia modules that integrate NASA press releases, NASA archival video, and mathematics problems targeted at specific math standards commonly encountered in middle school textbooks. The modules cover specific math topics at multiple levels of difficulty with real-world data and use the 5E instructional sequence.

Subject:

Mathematics, Astronomy, Space Science

Level:

Middle School, Career / Technical

Grades:

Grade 7

Material Type:

Lesson

Provider:

NASA

Provider Set:

Space Math

Date Added:

11/05/2014