CILCProgram Flyer: Impact Craters: An Investigation Using the Scientific Method
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Content Provider
NASA Digital Learning Network (Goddard Space Flight Center)
Contact Information
Dr. Marci Delaney
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Content Provider
NASA Digital Learning Network (Goddard Space Flight Center)
Contact Information
Dr. Marci Delaney
Goddard Space Flight Center/ DLN
Mail Code 130.3
Greenbelt, MD 20771
United States
Phone: (301) 286-7992
Program Type
Individual Program
Individual Program
Program Rating
This program has not yet been evaluated.
This program has not yet been evaluated.
Target Audience
Education: Grade(s): 4, 5, 6
Education: Grade(s): 4, 5, 6
Primary Disciplines
Career Education, Mathematics, Problem Solving, Sciences, Technology/Information Science
Career Education, Mathematics, Problem Solving, Sciences, Technology/Information Science
Program Description
The Impact Craters DLN event provides students with an opportunity to apply their knowledge of the scientific method. They will investigate the factors that determine the appearance of impact craters and ejecta on surfaces found in space. Students will be guided to follow the scientific method and formulate a hypothesis about various aspects of projectiles that may strike a surface, causing impact craters and ejecta. Each step of the scientific method is explored and discussed as a visually demonstrated experiment unfolds.
The Impact Craters DLN event provides students with an opportunity to apply their knowledge of the scientific method. They will investigate the factors that determine the appearance of impact craters and ejecta on surfaces found in space. Students will be guided to follow the scientific method and formulate a hypothesis about various aspects of projectiles that may strike a surface, causing impact craters and ejecta. Each step of the scientific method is explored and discussed as a visually demonstrated experiment unfolds.
Program Format
Students will formulate a hypothesis on a cratering experiment described to them by the host. The students will then watch a series of video clips of the experiment and record the data. They will analyze the data collected and create a conclusion verifying or voiding their hypothesis.
Students will formulate a hypothesis on a cratering experiment described to them by the host. The students will then watch a series of video clips of the experiment and record the data. They will analyze the data collected and create a conclusion verifying or voiding their hypothesis.
Objectives
Students will be able to:-identify examples of impact craters by describing impact craters found around the Earth-define selected vocabulary words by inferring meaning using context clues in given sentences-formulate predictions and compose a hypothesis for a scientific experiment by conceiving possible factors that will affect the appearance of impact craters on a surface-apply critical thinking skills by analyzing data obtained from an experiment to develop a conclusion statement-generate a research plan by evaluating self-generated data to describe an impact crater and the impactor
Students will be able to:-identify examples of impact craters by describing impact craters found around the Earth-define selected vocabulary words by inferring meaning using context clues in given sentences-formulate predictions and compose a hypothesis for a scientific experiment by conceiving possible factors that will affect the appearance of impact craters on a surface-apply critical thinking skills by analyzing data obtained from an experiment to develop a conclusion statement-generate a research plan by evaluating self-generated data to describe an impact crater and the impactor
National Standards to which this program aligns
Unifying Concepts and ProcessesSystems, order, and organizationEvidence, models, and explanationChange, constancy, and measurementForm and functionScience as InquiryAbilities necessary to do scientific inquiryUnderstandings about scientific inquiryPhysical ScienceProperties of objects and materialsPosition, motions, and forces of objectsInteractions of energy and matterEarth and Space ScienceProperties of earth materialsObjects in the sky
Unifying Concepts and ProcessesSystems, order, and organizationEvidence, models, and explanationChange, constancy, and measurementForm and functionScience as InquiryAbilities necessary to do scientific inquiryUnderstandings about scientific inquiryPhysical ScienceProperties of objects and materialsPosition, motions, and forces of objectsInteractions of energy and matterEarth and Space ScienceProperties of earth materialsObjects in the sky
Program Length
50 Minutes
50 Minutes
By Request
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Cancellation Policy
Contact us as soon as the cancellation is made.
Contact us as soon as the cancellation is made.
Is video taping allowed?
No
No
The Provider broadcasts over
IPInternet 2
IPInternet 2
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The NASA DLN prefers schools to dial into us at a baud rate no lower than 384. Once your event is confirmed, we will provide you with the IP address to call.
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The NASA DLN prefers schools to dial into us at a baud rate no lower than 384. Once your event is confirmed, we will provide you with the IP address to call.
How to Request this Program:-->Request this Program Now
