Engaging in Astronomical Inquiry Edition 1

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1、EngaginginAstronomicalInquiryStephanieJ.SlaterTimothyF.SlaterDanielJ.LyonsUniversityofWyomingCognitioninAstronomy,Physics&EarthsciencesResearchCAPERTeamW.H.FreemanandCompanyNewYork©2010byW.H.FreemanandCompanyISBN-13:978-1-4292-5860-9ISBN-10:1-4292-5860-8Allrightsreserved.Pri

2、ntedintheUnitedStatesofAmericaFirstprintingW.H.FreemanandCompany41MadisonAvenueNewYork,NY10010Houndmills,BasingstokeRG21GXS,Englandwww.whfreeman.comiiContentsPreface…………………………v1.What¶sWayOutThere?Hubble…………………………1UltraDeepField2.ObservingtheSun¶sPositionand…………………………9Motion3

3、.MonitoringtheMoving…………………………19Constellations4.InquiringaboutEarth¶sWeather…………………………295.AssessmentCaseStudies#1…………………………396.ObservingJupiter¶sMoons…………………………597.StudyingExtra-SolarPlanets…………………………718.ObservingFeaturesontheSun…………………………859.ExploringGalaxyZoo-1…………………………95

4、10.ExploringGalaxyZoo-2…………………………11111.AssessmentCaseStudies#2…………………………127Appendices…………………………147A.InquirySelf-AssessmentSuccess…………………………149GuideB.AstronomyMini-Conference…………………………151AnnouncementC.AdditionalGalaxyZooDataSheets…………………………157iiiThispageintentionallyleftblank

5、PrefaceThisbookcontainsacollectionofastronomyassignmentslikenootherbookavailable.ThelessonsinEngaginginAstronomicalInquiryreflectaninnovativeapproachtolearningastronomybyputtingyou,thelearner,atthecenterofeachandeverylesson.Intheselessons,youdecidewhatspecifictopicsyouwantto

6、study,createyourownresearchquestions,designyourownstrategiestopursueevidence,anddefendyourscientificconclusionsbasedonthedatathatyoucollect.Ifthissoundslikeyouareresponsibleforyourownlearningintheselessons,youareexactlyright.InEngaginginAstronomicalInquiry,youaretheastronome

7、routtherecollectingdataaboutobjectsinthecosmos.Theselessonsuseacarefullystructuredinamulti-stepapproachtohelpyoulearnhowastronomersconducttheirtrade.Butdon¶tworry;wewon¶tjustturnyouloosewithoutanydirection.Intheselessons,duringyourfirstexperiencewithinquiry,youareguidedthrou

8、ghtheentirescientificinquiryprocess,fromgivenresearchquestionstotheappropri