Exploring the Stars
Introduction
We recently held an online workshop with the TGR Foundation focused on exciting, hands-on science related to space topics. Beverly Berekian, a DoDSTEM Ambassador shares her background and experiences from her Middle School Science classroom in addition to a variety of adventures in the space education community!
The workshop is moderated by Eric Moore, VP of Programs at TGR, who takes a few minutes to introduce TGR programs and resources that are available for educators, and recognizes the support and funding from DoDSTEM for the DoDSTEM Ambassador program operated by TGR.
Workshop Link: Exploring the Stars Use Password: =#T9u69jD
How to Conduct these Activities in Your Classroom!
Watch the workshop to see these activities explained in more detail. Use the following slides from the presentation to help you execute these labs with your students. Simple resources are all that is required, and if you have databot you can extend these activities with a live sensor component. If you have questions about materials or something is not quite clear to you please contact us and let us know – we’ll be happy to help!
Activity 1: The Predicament of the Puzzling Plate, a Data Mystery
This presentation provides a simple lab and phenomenon that has an enormous impact on student comprehension of air pressure and the invisible force that it exerts on everything around us.
Imagine a mysterious cave that affects people and animals quite differently as they enter to explore. Such a place actually exists, it is called the Cave of Dogs and it is located near Naples, Italy. The “mystery” of the cave is how it affects different animals. A human can enter and walk about with no problem, but dogs or other small animals that enter pass out. Yikes!
This presentation includes three fun activities for capturing CO2, weighing air vs. CO2, and simulating this mysterious cave of dogs to better understand the nature of gases.
Activity 3: The Greenhouse Effect
Our global climate is a highly complex system with many factors impacting it. One of the substances that impacts our climate is carbon dioxide, a gas that we exhale, is formed naturally in volcanoes, and is emitted naturally by animals and plants. When in equilibrium, the natural absorption of CO2 is matched by the production of CO2 and our planetary temperature remains stable.
Due to the rapid growth and expansion of a number of man-made sources of CO2 such as fossil-fuel burning vehicles, the production of CO2 has outpaced the natural absorption capacity of our planet since 1959. The result of high levels of CO2 is global warming, a planet-wide shift in climate. This simple to execute presentation provides several examples how our atmosphere protects us and keeps us warm, and how CO2 traps heat.
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