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Dear Pinnacle Students,
Our school is holding an astronomy science “fair” and all students at PPS will participate.
Space-themed, hands-on scientific investigation and invention are the focus at our event. Over a 6-week period, you will design, test, analyze, and present a project that uses scientific methods to solve a problem or the engineering process to develop a model or prototype. The sky’s the limit! (Sample ideas and suggested websites are below).
Please note that much of the work will be done at school but some work at home may be necessary. You will be given project guidelines and timelines soon. It's time to choose the question you want to explore. Write five questions you could research on the back of the paper supplied by Mrs. Hozie.
Sample ideas to research:
Our school is holding an astronomy science “fair” and all students at PPS will participate.
Space-themed, hands-on scientific investigation and invention are the focus at our event. Over a 6-week period, you will design, test, analyze, and present a project that uses scientific methods to solve a problem or the engineering process to develop a model or prototype. The sky’s the limit! (Sample ideas and suggested websites are below).
Please note that much of the work will be done at school but some work at home may be necessary. You will be given project guidelines and timelines soon. It's time to choose the question you want to explore. Write five questions you could research on the back of the paper supplied by Mrs. Hozie.
Sample ideas to research:
- How do the constellations change in the night sky over different periods of time?
- How does the number of stars visible in the sky change from place to place because of light pollution?
- Learn about and demonstrate the ancient method of parallax to measure the distance to an object, such as stars and planets.
- Study different types of stars and explain different ways they end their life cycles.
- How do the phases of the Moon correspond to the changing tides?
- Demonstrate what causes the phases of the Moon?
- How does the tilt of Earth’s axis create seasons throughout the year?
- How does the size of a meteorite relate to the size of the crater it makes when it hits Earth?
- How does the phase of the Moon affect the number of stars visible in the sky?
- Show how a planet’s distance from the Sun affects its temperature.
- Observe and record changes in the number and placement of sun spots over several days. DO NOT look directly at the Sun!
- Research how civilizations have measured time. Make a sundial and explain how it works.
- How do eclipses occur and why don’t they happen all the time.
- How effective are automobile sunshades?
- Study and explain the life space of the sun relative to other stars
- https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/science-projects/astronomy/middle-school
- Space & Astronomy Science Fair Projects for Kids - Easy Ideas, Moon, Planets (sciencekids.co.nz) https://www.sciencekids.co.nz/projects/spaceastronomy.html
- Space Exploration Science Projects (sciencebuddies.org) https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project-ideas/space-exploration
