Australian Curriculum: Year 5: Science as a Human Endeavour: Science involves testing predictions by gathering data and using evidence to develop explanations of events and phenomena.
“To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real advance in science."
(Albert Einstein and Leopold Infeld. The Evolution of Physics. London: Cambridge University Press, 1938.)
What do you wonder when you look at the night sky? What do you think exists beyond our Solar System? Have we finished exploring our Solar System? Take some time to think about how far space exploration has come in recent decades. Where do you think it might go in your lifetime? NASA’s Chief Scientist predicts that signs of alien life will be found by 2025. What questions do you have for the NASA scientist? What if we find there is alien life, what might that mean for Earthling’s?
Recent observations by planetary probes and telescopes on the ground and in space have shown that water is common throughout our solar system and the broader Milky Way galaxy.
Credit: NASA
Credit: NASA
How do telescopes make distant objects seem closer? What kinds of information and data can telescopes provide about the universe?
With many different cameras and types of scientific instruments, the Hubble Space Telescope has provided scientists with invaluable data. Data includes both observations and measurements.
NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope helps scientists explore the universe to find the evidence to answer their questions. What observations are possible with this telescope? What measurements can be made with this telescope? In what way can a telescope be considered to be a time machine?
Are all telescopes on Earth?
With many different cameras and types of scientific instruments, the Hubble Space Telescope has provided scientists with invaluable data. Data includes both observations and measurements.
NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope helps scientists explore the universe to find the evidence to answer their questions. What observations are possible with this telescope? What measurements can be made with this telescope? In what way can a telescope be considered to be a time machine?
Are all telescopes on Earth?
Can you find or think of other ways scientists can explore if there are aliens? What data and evidence do scientists need to determine if there is life on other planets?
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