Astronomy and Space Sciences

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 05.04.03

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Student Population
  3. Objectives
  4. Overview
  5. Teaching Strategies
  6. BackgroundContent
  7. Volcanoes in the Solar System
  8. Volcanoes on Earth
  9. Radioactivity
  10. Pangaea
  11. Plate Tectonics
  12. Volcanic Landforms
  13. Volcanoes in Space
  14. Io and Its Volcanoes
  15. Types of Volcanoes on Io
  16. Comparing Volcanoes: Earth and Io
  17. Lesson Plans
  18. Lesson 1: Radioactive Decay
  19. Lesson 2: A Scissor Cut: Snipping away at the Decay Process
  20. Lesson 3 Making and Mapping a Volcano
  21. Lesson 4: Galilean Satellites
  22. Annotated Bibliography
  23. Appendix

Volcanoes in the Solar System

Mary Jefferson

Published September 2005

Tools for this Unit:

Lesson 4: Galilean Satellites

Objective

To observe the Galilean satellites of Jupiter with the use of the Starry Night Backyard program. To describe the different surface features of the Galilean satellite. To find the apparent position of the Galilean satellites for any date and time using the Starry Night Backyard CD-ROM.

Vocabulary

Galilean satellites, occultation, bright terrain, dark terrain, prograde orbit, retrograde orbit, field of view, orbital periods, synchronous rotation.

Materials

Starry Night Backyard CD ROM

Procedure

Using CD ROM: Starry Night Backyard, chapter 15, the students will answer the following questions:

1. At what field of view do any of the Galilean satellites become visible?

2. Identify the satellites you can see at that field of vision.

3. Draw a picture of one of the satellites and describe it, including as many details as possible.

Extension

Have students continue to work through the interactive CD and complete one additional exercise.

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