Activity from the Alien unit © upd8 wikid, built by cracking science 2009 This page may have been changed from the original Spore Activity 1: Planets Student sheets Copymasters cracking science! version 1.0 Contents Student Sheet 1Counting stars in the galaxy Student Sheet 2Detecting planets: planet size Student Sheet 3Detecting planets: star size Student Sheet 4 Detecting planets: how planets move across star Student Sheet 5 Detecting planets: distance of star from Earth Student Sheet 6 Detecting planets: weather conditions on Earth
Activity from the Alien unit © upd8 wikid, built by cracking science 2009 This page may have been changed from the original Student Sheet 1Spore Activity 1 Counting stars in the galaxy 1Fill in the number of stars within each square. (How will you decide whether to include a square or not?) 2Total the number of stars in each row. 3Add the totals and write the answer below the grid. Counting the stars in the galaxy.
Activity from the Alien unit © upd8 wikid, built by cracking science 2009 This page may have been changed from the original Student Sheet 2Spore Activity 1 Planet size Large planetMedium planetSmall planet These are the data we expect for different size planets. Which size planet can we be most sure of detecting? Why?
Activity from the Alien unit © upd8 wikid, built by cracking science 2009 This page may have been changed from the original Student Sheet 3Spore Activity 1 Star size Large starMedium starSmall star These are the data we expect for different size stars. Which size star would help us the most in detecting a planet? Why?
Activity from the Alien unit © upd8 wikid, built by cracking science 2009 This page may have been changed from the original Student Sheet 4Spore Activity 1 How planet moves across star Across middle of star These are the data we expect for how a planet moves across a star. Which movement would help us the most in detecting a planet? Why? Across top of starNever crosses star
Activity from the Alien unit © upd8 wikid, built by cracking science 2009 This page may have been changed from the original Student Sheet 5Spore Activity 1 Distance of star from Earth Nearby star These are the data we expect for stars at different distances from Earth. Which distance would help us the most in detecting a planet? Why? Medium distance starDistant star
Activity from the Alien unit © upd8 wikid, built by cracking science 2009 This page may have been changed from the original Student Sheet 6Spore Activity 1 Weather conditions on Earth Clear sky These are the data we expect for stars at different weather conditions on Earth. Which condition would help us the most in detecting a planet? Why? Medium visibility (quite cloudy) Low visibility (very cloudy)