1. DO NOW Make a list of everything we (humans) need to stay alive. Date:
5/16
Make a list of everything we (humans) need to stay alive.

2. ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
 What conditions need to exist in order for life to survive?
OBJECTIVES:
-Identify survival needs (resources) for extreme environments
-Watch videos on life in extreme conditions

3. Create a unit title page on page ______ titled “Life and Space”
LAST UNIT OF THE YEAR!!
Create a unit title page on page ______ titled “Life and Space”
Title the next page _____ “Life and Space Glossary”

4. VIDEO
Top 10 Most Extreme Places on Earth

5. Life Needs Look at the data on your sheet.
Do the following on the next page of your notebook after your glossary:
1. With your table group, list any resources for survival that each environment could provide.
2. Then make a list of supplies you would need to bring in order to survive an extended stay
PROVIDED BY ENVIRONMENT
SUPPLIES YOU NEED TO BRING

6. Life needs Tables 5 and 7: Equatorial Jungle
Tables 2 and 9: South Pole
Tables 3 and 6: High-Altitude Mountain
Tables 4 and 8: Hot Desert

7. Life Needs Share your data with a nearby table:
Tables 1 & 2
Tables 3 & 4
Tables 5 & 6
Tables 7 & 8
How did your resources differ?

8. Life Needs – Activity
List the resources you would use in your Life Needs Chart
Voice Level 1-2
Due at end of class

9. VIDEO
Life in Extreme Conditions

10. Which environment supplied the most resources for survival
Which environment supplied the most resources for survival? Which supplied the least?
Which of resources would be provided in space?

11. DO NOW What does the word “habitat” mean?
Date:
5/17
What does the word “habitat” mean?
What makes the Earth “habitable” for humans?
(habitable = livable)

12. ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
What effects do the characteristics of the solar system have on the ability to maintain life?
OBJECTIVES:
-Watch a video about the habitable zone
-Determine what makes a planet habitable
-Identify our solar system’s habitable zone

13. TURN and TALK
INFER: Where do you think the habitable zone is located in our solar system? Why? Be prepared to share.

14. VIDEO
TedEd_Habitable Zones

15. Life and Space Glossary
Habitable zone – the area in a solar system where conditions might potentially support life

16. TODAY’S GROUPS
TABLE 1- 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B TABLE 2- 1C, 1D, 2C, 2D TABLE 3- 3A, 3B, 4A, 4B TABLE 4- 3C, 3D, 4C, 4D TABLE 5- 5A, 5B, 6A, 6B TABLE 6- 6C, 6D, 7C, 7D TABLE 7- 7A, 7B, 8A, 8B TABLE 8- 7C, 7D, 8C, 8D

17. Conditions for Life – Investigation
Read introduction to “Conditions for Life” investigation
Follow the procedure to complete Student Sheet 81.1 “Plotting Exoplanets” with your shoulder partner.
Work on analysis questions on page ____ of your journal.

18. EXIT TICKET
Draw a simple diagram of our solar system and label where you determined the habitable zone exists.
Write a brief explanation as to why you think the habitable zone exists where it does.

19. Orbits of the Planets

20. DO NOW
Date:
5/18 & 5/19
How does the position in a solar system determine whether a planet is habitable or not? Explain.

21. Today’s Objectives ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
What accommodations are necessary for manned space exploration?
OBJECTIVES:
-Students will identify vital components needed for space travel.

22. ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
OBJECTIVES:
-Students will watch “The Martian” and determine whether the movie contains any inacurracies.

23. The Martian
Fill out your sheet as you watch

24. DO NOW
Date:
5/20
Do you think there is (or has been) life on Mars? Why or why not?

25. The Martian cont’d