Homeschool Program: 3rd Rock… from Core to Climate Change on Mon, Apr 6 @ 11:00 a.m.
Homeschool Program: 3rd Rock… from Core to Climate Change
Monday, April 6 from 11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
The Earth – our physical planet (3rd rock from the Sun), is the literal foundation for all life, science, & processes
Join Dr. Dan Polsgrove, Astronomer, Planetarium educator and former Astronomy professor here at the Academy, for a detailed discussion of the Earth from the core, through its layers, to the surface where we live and the layers of our atmosphere. All of which work together to form the delicate, but wondrous and unique system, which allows and supports all the different forms of life on our home world.
In addition to the Live portion, this program will also include the film, Extreme Weather, highlighting some of the amazing and dangerous affects which happen in the layer of atmosphere which surrounds Earth’s surface.
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.
UPDATED BASE PASS PROCESS:
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 by clicking the appropriate dated request button on the planetarium webpage (https://www.usafa.edu/facilities/planetarium/) for a Planetarium Visit.
Related NGSS Science Standards:
- Elementary (5-ESS2-1): Students model how the atmosphere, along with the geosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere, interacts to shape Earth’s surface and systems.
- Middle School (MS-ESS2-6): Students analyze how unequal heating of the atmosphere, land, and water creates atmospheric and oceanic circulation patterns, determining regional climates.
- High School (HS-ESS2-6, HS-ESS3-5): Students investigate how human activities (e.g., burning fossil fuels) increase greenhouse gas concentrations, leading to climate change, and how the atmosphere functions in the global carbon cycle.
Homeschool Program: 3rd Rock... from Core to Climate Change on Mon, Apr 6 @ 11:00 a.m.
Homeschool Program: 3rd Rock... from Core to Climate Change
Monday, April 6 from 11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
The Earth - our physical planet (3rd rock from the Sun), is the literal foundation for all life, science, & processes
Join Dr. Dan Polsgrove, Astronomer, Planetarium educator and former Astronomy professor here at the Academy, for a detailed discussion of the Earth from the core, through its layers, to the surface where we live and the layers of our atmosphere. All of which work together to form the delicate, but wondrous and unique system, which allows and supports all the different forms of life on our home world.
In addition to the Live portion, this program will also include the film, Extreme Weather, highlighting some of the amazing and dangerous affects which happen in the layer of atmosphere which surrounds Earth's surface.
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.
UPDATED BASE PASS PROCESS:
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 by clicking the appropriate dated request button on the planetarium webpage (https://www.usafa.edu/facilities/planetarium/) for a Planetarium Visit.
Related NGSS Science Standards:
Elementary (5-ESS2-1): Students model how the atmosphere, along with the geosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere, interacts to shape Earth's surface and systems.
Middle School (MS-ESS2-6): Students analyze how unequal heating of the atmosphere, land, and water creates atmospheric and oceanic circulation patterns, determining regional climates.
High School (HS-ESS2-6, HS-ESS3-5): Students investigate how human activities (e.g., burning fossil fuels) increase greenhouse gas concentrations, leading to climate change, and how the atmosphere functions in the global carbon cycle.