Homeschool Program: The Small Stuff – Asteroids, Comets, & Meteors on Friday, Nov 7 at 10:30 a.m.
Homeschool Program: The Small Stuff – Asteroids, Comets, & Meteors on Friday, Nov 7 at 10:30 a.m.
Friday, Nov 7 from 10:30 – 11:45am
Today’s Homeschool Program will focus on the ‘small stuff’ in our solar system – Asteroids, Comets, & Meteors.
Join Dr. Dan Polsgrove, Astronomer, Planetarium educator and former Astronomy professor here at the Academy, for a detailed look at the small bodies of our solar system. This program will explain the differences between each of the small bodies and highlight how each teaches us different things about our solar system and even how our solar system formed.
In addition to the Live portion of the show will be the short film, Always Above. This short film highlights the importance of understanding even the very small bodies in our solar system and tracking the ones in Earth’s orbits: LEO, MEO and GEO.
With our limited seating, please only reserve seats if you know you will be attending. If you RSVP and your plans change for any reason, please email Jeff our Planetarium Director at planetarium@afacademy.af.edu so we can release your seats.
BASE PASS:
Everyone who RSVPs for this event will receive an email days prior to the event with a QR code which can be used to request a base pass for the event. All visitors to the Air Force Academy, 18 years old and older need to either be accompanied by a DoD card holder or request a base pass.
Related NGSS Science Standards:
1-ESS1-1 Earth’s Place in the Universe (e.g. Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted)
ESS1.B: Earth and the Solar System – The solar system consists of the sun and a collection of objects, including planets, their moons, and asteroids that are held in orbit around the sun by its gravitational pull on them. (MS-ESS1-2),(MS-ESS1-3)
MS-ESS1-2 Earth & Space Science (e.g. Develop and use a model to describe the role of gravity in the motions within galaxies and the solar system.)
MS-ESS1-3 Earth & Space Science (e.g. Analyze and interpret data to determine scale properties of objects in the solar system.)
Homeschool Program: The Small Stuff - Asteroids, Comets, & Meteors on Friday, Nov 7 at 10:30 a.m.
Homeschool Program: The Small Stuff - Asteroids, Comets, & Meteors on Friday, Nov 7 at 10:30 a.m.
Friday, Nov 7 from 10:30 – 11:45am
Today's Homeschool Program will focus on the 'small stuff' in our solar system - Asteroids, Comets, & Meteors.
Join Dr. Dan Polsgrove, Astronomer, Planetarium educator and former Astronomy professor here at the Academy, for a detailed look at the small bodies of our solar system. This program will explain the differences between each of the small bodies and highlight how each teaches us different things about our solar system and even how our solar system formed.
In addition to the Live portion of the show will be the short film, Always Above. This short film highlights the importance of understanding even the very small bodies in our solar system and tracking the ones in Earth's orbits: LEO, MEO and GEO.
With our limited seating, please only reserve seats if you know you will be attending. If you RSVP and your plans change for any reason, please email Jeff our Planetarium Director at planetarium@afacademy.af.edu so we can release your seats.
BASE PASS:
Everyone who RSVPs for this event will receive an email days prior to the event with a QR code which can be used to request a base pass for the event. All visitors to the Air Force Academy, 18 years old and older need to either be accompanied by a DoD card holder or request a base pass.
Related NGSS Science Standards:
1-ESS1-1 Earth's Place in the Universe (e.g. Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted)
ESS1.B: Earth and the Solar System - The solar system consists of the sun and a collection of objects, including planets, their moons, and asteroids that are held in orbit around the sun by its gravitational pull on them. (MS-ESS1-2),(MS-ESS1-3)
MS-ESS1-2 Earth & Space Science (e.g. Develop and use a model to describe the role of gravity in the motions within galaxies and the solar system.)
MS-ESS1-3 Earth & Space Science (e.g. Analyze and interpret data to determine scale properties of objects in the solar system.)