Alien Earths

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 22.04.06

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. District Demographics
  3. Rationale
  4. Content Objectives
  5. Cells and Living Organisms
  6. Habitability
  7. Comparing Earth and Mars
  8. Extrasolar Planets
  9. Teaching Strategies
  10. Classroom Activities
  11. Resources
  12. Appendix on Implementing District Standards
  13. Notes

Exploration: The Search for the Next Habitable Planet

Karen Y. Cameron

Published September 2022

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Notes

1 Voytek, Mary.”NASA Astrobiology,”NASA. Accessed July 25,2022.https//astrobiology.nasa.gov/.

2 ibid, 45

3 ibid

4 Crichton, Michael and Patrick Berthon. Jurassic Park. Paris: Pocket,2015.

5 ‘Exoplanet Exploration: Planets beyond Our Solar System. “NASA, December 17, 2015.  https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/.

 6 Perlman, Howard, and John Evans. “Water Science School.” Water Science School U.S. Geological Survey, 2000. https:www.usgs.gov/water-science-school.

7 Burkhardt Christoph, Fridolin Spitzer, Allessandro Morbidelli, Gerrit Budde, Jan H. Render, Tho  mas S. Kruijer, and Thorsten Kleine. “Terrestrial Planet Formation from Lost Inner Solar System Material.” Science Advance 7, no.52 (2021). https:doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abj7601

8 Williams, Dr. David R. “Lunar and Planetary Science”, Accessed July 27,2022.nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planet

9 Madhusudhan, Nikku, Anjali A. Piette, and Savvas Conslantinov. “Habitability and Biosignature of the Hycean Worlds.” The Astrophysical Journal 918, no.1 (2021): 1. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/abfd9c

10 D.A. Kolb, Experiential Learning: Experience as the Source of Learning and Development

11 Kanar, C.C. iosr journal 22 no.10 (October 2017) 4-10

12 ibid, 6

13 Dunn, Rita and Kenneth J. Dunn. “Teaching Students through Their Individual Learning Styles: a Practical Approach”  Reston, Va: Reston Publ. Comp 1978 .

14  ibid

15 “Next Generation Science Standards”, 2022

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