Earth's Place in the Universe

Students will learn about the significance of scientific writing, the significance of two writers from the early eighteen hundreds, and will practice writing themselves. 

Students will learn about the significance of scientific writing, the significance of two writers from the early eighteen hundreds, and will practice writing themselves. 

Students will learn about the life and work of geophysicist Inge Lehmann, and the behavior of seismic waves through earth's layers.

Students will learn about different African cultures and the ways that they have understood what we know as the Orion constellation.

Students will learn about different African cultures and the ways that they have understood what we know as the Orion constellation.

Students will learn about myths and constellations and how different African cultures have understood the stars.

Students will learn about myths and constellations, and how different cultures have used them to understand the natural world.

Students will learn how women at Harvard Observatory coped with the discrimination they faced and partially overcame it to gain recognition for their efforts.

In this lesson plan, students will learn about the “West Computers” or “West Area Computers” – a group of African-American women who worked as “human computers” at NASA Langley Research Center from the 1940s onward. Students will practice using scientific notation and calculations as if they were computers at NASA Langley Research Center. 

Students will learn about spectra, their connection to atomic absorption and emission, and how astronomer Margaret Huggins contributed to early spectral photography.