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Curriculum Unit

Nancy E. Ventresca

Eye on the Sky: Man’s Quest for the Stars

Title Author

KEY LEARNING, ENDURING UNDERSTANDING, ETC.

  • • Ancient inventors made meaningful contributions to modern society and technology
  • • Inventors of the Renaissance are still considered to be some of history’s most influential individuals
  • • Man’s continued exploration of life beyond Earth includes the possibilities of living in space and colonizing Mars

    • ESSENTIAL QUESTION(S) for the UNIT

    How have people used the process of science to understand the world around them and to investigate questions about the Earth, Sun and outer space?

    How does technology extend the human senses and enhance understanding?

    CONCEPT A CONCEPT B CONCEPT C

    Man’s curiosity about space may become a necessity if Earth can no longer support life.

    Ancient civilizations made extremely important contributions to modern life and technology

    Inventions arise out of necessity.

    ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS A ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS B ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS C

    How and why does Man strive to find and explore habitable planets?

    How did ancient inventors create intricate machinery without the benefit of sophisticated tools and technology?

    How have people used the process of science to understand their world and to investigate questions about the Earth, Sun and outer space?

    VOCABULARY A VOCABULARY A VOCABULARY A

    International Space Station, SpaceX, orbit, asteroid, radiation, space shuttle, space probe, lunar module, habitable planets, colonization

    DaVinci, Renaissance, Medici, Galileo, al-Jazari, Sir Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, Edwin Hubble, Antikythera Mechanism, medieval robots, clepsydra,

    Leonardo DaVinci, Galileo Galilei, Claudius Ptolemy, Copernicus, Johannes Kepler, Optical telescope, star navigation, comet, satellite, galaxy, nebula, Renaissance

    ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/MATERIAL/TEXT/FILM/RESOURCES

    http://space.about.com/od/astronomyspacehistory/a/timelinea.html

    James, Peter, and Nick Thorpe. Ancient Inventions. New York, NY: Ballantine Books, 2015

    http://www.makemarshome.com/ .

    http://www.NASA.gov/ .

    http://www.da-vinci-inventions.com/