Cosmic Address - From School to Space

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From School to Space
What is your cosmic address?

2. Notes: Earth’s Properties
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3. What is your cosmic address?
S Maple Point Address:
S 2250 Langhorne-Yardley Rd, Langhorne, PA
19047
S SMALLEST Location to LARGEST Location
S Describe your exact location in the universe as
accurately as possible (Think about the room you
are in, the table you sit at, and the seat within the
table).
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4. Cosmic Address
S Seat, Table, C-226, 2nd Floor, 8th Grade Hallway, MPMS
S 2250 Langhorne-Yardley Road, Langhorne, Middletown
Township, Bucks County, Southeastern PA, Pennsylvania
S Northeast United States, United States, North America,
Northwestern Hemisphere, Earth
S 3rd Inner Planet, Solar System, Orion’s Arm, Milky Way
Galaxy, Local Group, Virgo Cluster, Virgo Supercluster,
the Universe
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5. Powers of 10
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6. From School to Space!
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7. Google Earth – On iPads
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8. Google Earth – On iPads
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Buildings, Sidewalks,
blacktop, cars, trash
dumpsters, AC/Heating
Grass, trees, dirt
MPMS, Sidewalks, blacktop,
cars, baseball diamond, tennis
courts, track, houses, roads,
pools
Grass, trees, fields
Highways, roads, towns,
communities, large buildings
River, Lake, Forest, Green
trees/grass, fields
Major Highways (maybe),
Cities (maybe)
River, Lake, Ocean, green
hills or mountains,
Nothing
Ocean, Ocean Floor,
Continents, Great Lakes,
Green hills and/or mountains
Nothing
Earth, hemisphere, Oceans,
Continents, Mountain chain,
Ice, Underwater Mountains

9. Just How small our we?
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Questions
S What is the closest star to the Earth? Sun?
The Sun
Alpha Centauri
S How many other planets are in our solar system?
8 (Mercury, Venus, Mar, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune,
Pluto)
S What other objects are found in the solar system?
Moons, Asteroids, Meteoroids, comets, human-made
objects, dust, gas, stars, nebulae, black holes, galaxies, etc.
S How big is Earth?
12,756km in diameter
40,000 km in circumference