7. Astronomy
Definition of astronomy
astro- = star
-nomy = a body of knowledge about a
specific field of study
The study
of the
stars,
planets,
and outer
space.
10. Galileo Satellite
NASA launched a
satellite named
“Galileo” in 1989.
Its mission was to
take photos of
Jupiter.
From: http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/questions/question61.html
14. Clues, Problems, Wonderings
Clues Problems Wonderings
•What clues do •When reading, •After browsing,
we get from the what might be a what are you
story to tell us problem for wondering
who Galileo is you? about?
and what makes •Any words you
him famous?
don’t know?
19. What is a biography?
bio- = life -graphy = writing about a specific subject
• 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.
20. Vocabulary - Pronunciation
apparatus ap • pa • ra • tus
extraordinary ex • tra • or • di • na • ry
constellation con • stel • la • tion
celestial ce • les • tial
interrogation in • ter • ro • ga • tion
21. Vocabulary - Definitions
apparatus a piece of equipment that has a
particular use
extraordinary unusual or amazing
constellation group of stars that form shapes in
the sky
celestial relating to the sky
interrogation questioning
29. 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).
telescope
3. Described as a “tube” or “cylinder”.
4. Invented by a man from Holland
(Dutch) who makes eyeglasses.
30. 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
31. quill and ink
From:
http://spacelink.nasa.gov/Educator.Focus/Articles/012_Wrig
ht_Brothers/languagearts.html
Opener: Tell class we will be reading the biography of a very famous astronomer who lived a long time ago. Picture from: http://microgravity.msfc.nasa.gov/education/WhatisMicrogravity/GPN-2000-000454(planets).jpg
Graphic Organizer: 2-sided KWL Chart -- Side 1 Topic: Astronomy -- Side 2 Topic: Galileo
Tell Students to get out the KWL charts the teacher handed out. For ELLs, point out the “ Topic: Astronomy ” on the chart in the slide First we will talk about what we know about Astronomy and what we’d like to learn about the subject. KWL Topic: ASTRONOMY Basic Questions: Intermediate Questions: Advanced Questions:
Slide for ELLs and advanced language learning for ELP. Select some students to say the word aloud. The definition, “The study of the ……outer space” appears on mouse click.
Basic Questions: What subject do you think Galileo studied? Intermediate Questions: Advanced Questions:
Teacher Background Info The Galileo satellite was launched from Space Shuttle Atlantis during the STS-34 mission in 1989. It took five years to reach Jupiter, where it has remained for the past 9 years. At one point, it released a small probewhich dove into the Jovian atmosphere and sent back valuable data to scientists about the composition, speed, density, and temperature of our solar system’s largest planet. Galileo has now completed 34 orbits of Jupiter and is running low on the fuel it needs to remain in contact with scientists on Earth. The decision was made to have the spacecraft plunge into the dense layers of Jupiter's atmosphere on September 20, 2003. Friction between the satellite and the atmospheric gases will cause the craft to be crushed and start to burn. In the end, it will get so hot and feel so much atmospheric pressure that it will totally disintegrate and vaporize. The Galileo satellite collected data for 6 years longer than planned. In addition to the information collected about the atmosphere of Jupiter, it detected evidence of underground salt water oceans on Jupiter's moons Europa, Ganymede and Callisto, and examined the active volcanoes on the moon Io. In fact, Galileo 's own discoveries doomed it to the fate it will have this month. Given the environment found on Europa, scientists feared that if they just left the satellite in orbit, it might one day collide with that moon and contaminate it with microbes from Earth. They felt it was a chance they could not take.
Tell Students to get out the KWL charts the teacher handed out. For ELLs, point out the “ Topic: Galileo ” First we will talk about what we know about Astronomy and what we’d like to learn about the subject. KWL Topic: GALILEO
Explain how someone thinks of questions based on a subject.
Transparency 54 Ask students to suggest items for each column -- input into PowerPoint slide. Go to next slide to give them ideas
Transparancy 54 Bulleted text appears with each mouse click.
Have a student read aloud the title. Demonstrate how to browse. Use Powerpoint to type in the student’s responses to Know and Want to Know. Know: What do we know about Galileo from browsing the story? Want to Know: Have students browse and come up with questions for “Want to Know” Tell them to write this on their KWL chart. If they learn the answer to that question when reading the story, write the answer in the “Learned” column Any unaswered “Want to Know” questions will wind up on the Concept/Question Board. Focus Questions for Story ( model: write these questions in “Want to Know” and tell students to write them in the KLW chart. Teacher will ask for the answers at the end.) How did Galileo contribute to what we know about our solar system? How did people react to his discoveries?
Year of Birth, and Place of Birth each dissolve in on mouse click. Advanced questions: 1. Who can guess what year Galileo was born? -- If he was a prof. Of math in 1609, and he was 45 years old, what year was he born? -- What’s 1609 minus 45? Click to show “Born 1564” Intermediate Questions: 1. In 1609 he is living in the country where he was born. What country is that? Click to show “Pisa, Italy” 2. In 1609, when this story starts, what was Galileo’s job? Basic Questions: 1. Who knows where in the world Italy is? Click to show next slide
Red Line around Italy is animated to appear on mouse click. Point out London (England), Paris (France), Holland (where the Dutch people live), Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Africa red star is: Pisa, Italy (where Galileo was born)
Each bulleted item appears on mouse click. Discuss Literary Element: Genre: Biography Bio- = Life; living organism: -graphy = Writing about a specified subject: oceanography. Advanced Questions: 1. What is a biography? Basic Questions: 1. Has anyone ever read a story about a real person? 2. Who?
Show Transparency 9 Prompt students to attempt pronunciation. If they can’t do it, help students decode. Pronunciation for each word appears on mouse clicks.
Show Transparancey 9 Prompt students to attempt pronunciation. If they can’t do it, help students decode. Pronunciation for each word appears on mouse clicks.
Tell students: Open to Page 102 of “Astronomy” (Unit 2) For ELLs - Hold up book open to page 102 to show page. Read up to end of section with following slides. 1
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This slide “carriage” for ELLs
This slide for ELLs
This slide for ELLs
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Stop to Monitor and Clarify Explain that you can figure out strange words by their context, that is by words around them that describe more of the story. Prompt students for the details listed in the numbered list. Each numbered item enters on mouse click. Picture comes in on mouse click after #4. 1
Stop to Monitor and Clarify Explain that you can figure out strange words by their context, that is by words around them that describe more of the story. Prompt students for the details listed in the numbered list. Each numbered item enters on mouse click. Picture comes in on mouse click after #4. --------------------------------------------- Photo from: http://www.oxfordgallery.com/images_1/magrotti-village.jpg Painting by: Ercole Magrotti (this is not really the town of Vignali, but it’s a typical Italian village) 1
Background info for Teacher: Galileo – created an accurate pendulum clock system; and figured out doctors could use this to get accurate pulse readings. Mime for ELLs: Say: “A pendulum says ‘tick, tick, tick’ like a clock.” Move hand and arm like a metronome. Then, take pulse on neck with one hand, look at watch on other hand, and say, “tick, tick, tick.”
Jupiter and Its Moons Below is a montage of images of Jupiter, each taken six hours apart. The spots on either side of Jupiter are the four largest moons of Jupiter. They are called the Galilean moons because Galileo discovered them with his telescope in the 1600's. You may notice that the moons change position from one hour to the next.
