Unit 1  Earth’s Place in the Solar System Lesson 9 Space Data

How do scientists gather

evidence about space?

1 A noun ending in the suffix ‘ist’ describes a person who does an action.
An Astrophysicist is a person who studies space science. Explore what the different
types of scientists are called.

Vocabulary

data Mount Stromlo International Space Station (ISS)

evidence observatory graphical user interface
gathering astrophysicist interactive
analysing investigate digital device
evaluating collaborate astrobiologist
testing cosmologist

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2 Watch the video: Space Data.

On first viewing, listen and observe.

3 Watch the video again.

Pause after each question.
Write and illustrate your answers
on the folders below.

(a) Wh󰈀󰈀󰈀󰈀󰈀 󰈀󰈀󰈀󰈀󰈀 󰈀󰈀󰈀󰈀󰈀󰈀󰈀󰈀 󰈀󰈀󰈀󰈀󰈀󰈀󰈀󰈀󰈀󰈀󰈀󰈀

an󰇷󰇷󰇷 󰇷󰇷󰇷󰇷󰇷󰇷 󰇷󰇷󰇷󰇷 󰇷󰇷󰇷󰇷󰇷󰇷󰇷󰇷󰇷󰇷󰇷󰇷󰇷

Purpose is to study space;

to find planets and exploding
stars and to build telescopes
and space exploring ballo ons.

Mt Stro mlo was built 100 years

ago to study the sun.

It’s used to study the Southern

skies and other galaxies.

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(b) W󰈊󰈊󰈊󰈊󰈊󰈊 󰈊󰈊󰈊󰈊 󰈊󰈊󰈊󰈊󰈊󰈊󰈊󰈊󰈊 󰈊󰈊󰈊󰈊󰈊󰈊󰈊󰈊󰈊 󰈊󰈊󰈊󰈊󰈊 󰈊󰈊󰈊󰈊󰈊󰈊󰈊

do 󰉒󰉒󰉒󰉒󰉒 󰉒󰉒󰉒󰉒󰉒󰉒󰉒󰉒󰉒󰉒󰉒󰉒󰉒󰉒󰉒󰉒󰉒

Space data can be collecte d

in two ways: as images
or as spectra.

Spectra is an unique signature

or fingerprint to identify
stars and planets.

(c) W󰈊󰈊󰈊󰈊󰈊󰈊󰈊󰈊󰈊󰈊󰈊󰈊󰈊󰈊󰈊 󰈊󰈊󰈊󰈊 󰈊󰈊󰈊󰈊󰈊󰈊󰈊

s󰈥󰈥󰈥󰈥󰈥󰈥󰈥󰈥󰈥󰈥󰈥󰈥󰈥󰈥󰈥

We find out:

How planets and suns for m.

Could something live on

a planet?

Does it have liquid water?

How is it related to other

planets or stars?

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(d) Ca󰈝󰈝󰈝 󰈝󰈝󰈝󰈝󰈝 󰈝󰈝󰈝󰈝󰈝󰈝󰈝󰈝 󰈝󰈝󰈝󰈝󰈝󰈝󰈝󰈝󰈝󰈝󰈝󰈝

s󰈥󰈥󰈥󰈥󰈥󰈥󰈥󰈥󰈥󰈥󰈥󰈥󰈥󰈥󰈥

Yes!

We nee d lots of eyes.

Supernova sightings – online

spot the difference.

We can help find new

planets and even name
new planets.

4
a What surprised you about the information you learned?
Answers will vary.

b Compare the notes you took with a buddy and discuss any differences or similarities
you have.

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The International Space Station (ISS)

is an example of how countries can work
together to gather space data. Orbiting
400 km above the Earth, scientists from
different parts of the world collaborate to
research and explore our solar system
and outer space.

5 You are going to design and create a graphical user interface informing others about
the International Space Station.
Follow the steps to create your interface screen.

Step 1

Watch the video: What is a Graphical User Interface?

Step 2

Use these websites and other reliable sources to research information about
the International Space Station.
Write some questions to help your research. Here are some examples:
• Why is the International Space Station there?
• Who works there?
• What is life like on the ISS?

• Answers will vary.



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Step 3
Record relevant and interesting information you find, including links,
images and videos.

Answers will vary.

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Step 4
Plan and design a mock up (draft) showing the elements you would like to include
on your interactive page.
The criteria checklist will help you.

Answers will vary.

Criteria checklist
An effective graphical user interface needs to be:
• interactive (with user input) • displaying icons and images
• attractive • easy to understand
• simple to navigate • useful and has a purpose.

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Step 5
Your teacher will help you choose a suitable program to design your screen.
Programs you could use include:

Google Slides Power Point Prezi

      (for PC, laptop or tablets)

Book Creator Canva   (for tablets)

 

Step 6
Share your graphical user interface with others.

Step 7
Evaluate your design.
How successful were you in creating a user-friendly interface?
Answers will vary.

What would you do differently next time?

Answers will vary.

Give your design a star rating:

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6 The interface you created in Question 6 needed to contain many design elements
for it to be successful (see the criteria checklist in Step 4 for ideas). Use the pyramid
ranking organiser to rank the design elements in order of importance; the most
important being at the top. Explain your decisions.

Answers will vary.

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7 Watch the video and read the article about scientists

photographing a black hole.
What does this development in space exploration mean?
We’ve seen what we thought was unseeable;
evidence of a black hole.

Confirms Einstein’s theory of relativity.

By photographing a black hole, scientists have now ‘seen what they once
thought was unseeable’.
Brainstorm other things that are unseeable. They could be here on Earth
or out in space.

Answers will vary.

Unseeable

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