Alien Earths

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 22.04.02

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Rationale
  3. Content Background
  4. Strategies
  5. Activities
  6. Appendix on Implementing District Standards
  7. Resources
  8. Notes

The Alien in Your Backyard: Using Exoplanetary Science to Explore the Ecosystems of Earth

Emily Turner

Published September 2022

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Notes

  1. Wraga, William G. “Toward a Connected Core Curriculum.” Educational Horizons 87, no. 2 (2009): 88–96.
  2. Taylor, Marianne. The Story of Life in 10 1/2 Species. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2020, 48.
  3. Rothery, David A., Iain Gilmour, and Mark A. Sephton. An Introduction to Astrobiology. Thirded. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018, 37.
  4. Basu, Sarbani. “Alien Life on Alien Worlds?” Lecture, Yale University, New Haven, CT, April 29. 2022.
  5. Introduction to the Archaea. Accessed July 14, 2022. https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/archaea/archaea.html.
  6. Basu, Sarbani. “Habitability” Lecture, Yale University, New Haven, CT, July 15. 2022.
  7. Rothery, David A., Iain Gilmour, and Mark A. Sephton. An Introduction to Astrobiology. Thirded. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018, 5-11.
  8. Hand, Kevin. Alien Oceans: The Search for Life in the Depths of Space. S.l.: Princeton University Press, 2021, 10, 96-101.
  9. Frank, Adam. Light of the Stars: Alien Worlds and the Fate of the Earth. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2019, 144, 137-8.
  10. Basu, Sarbani. “Exoplanets – How do we Detect Them?” Lecture, Yale University, New Haven, CT, July 20. 2022.
  11. Basu, Sarbani. “Alien Earths” Lecture, Yale University, New Haven, CT, July 14. 2022.
  12. “Webb Reveals Steamy Atmosphere of Distant Planet in Detail.” NASA. NASA, July 12, 2022. https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/news/1707/webb-reveals-steamy-atmosphere-of-distant-planet-in-detail/.
  13. Lang, Kenneth R. “Global Warming.” NASA's cosmos, 2010. https://ase.tufts.edu/cosmos/view_chapter.asp?id=21&page=1.
  14. Basu, Sarbani. “Alien Worlds in Our Backyard” Lecture, Yale University, New Haven, CT, July 11. 2022.
  15. Clark, Mary Ann, Matthew Douglas, and Jung Choi. Biology 2E. OpenStax. OpenStax. Accessed July 17, 2022. https://openstax.org/details/books/biology-2e.
  16. Libretexts. “46.1a: Ecosystem Dynamics.” Biology LibreTexts. Libretexts, June 9, 2022.

    https://bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Introductory_and_General_Biology/Book%3A_General_Biology_(Boundless)/46%3A_Ecosystems/46.01%3A__Ecology_of_Ecosystems/46.1A%3A_Ecosystem_Dynamics#:~:text=Ecosystems%20are%20dynamic%20entities%20controlled,themselves%20influenced%20by%20the%20ecosystem.

  17. Basu, Sarbani. “Ecosystems” Lecture, Yale University, New Haven, CT, July 18. 2022.
  18. “Pond.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, July 16, 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pond.
  19. Stewart, Alicia A, and Elizabeth Swanson. Turn and Talk: An Evidence-Based Practice. Teacher's Guide. Austin, TX: The University of Texas, 2019.
  20. “2018 Virginia Science Standards of Learning Curriculum Framework.” Virginia Department of Education , 2019. https://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/sol/standards_docs/science/2018/frameworks/life_science.pdf.

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