Learning Exercise
What is a light year?
Great conversion chart for students to understand the distances expressed in lightyears by converting that to kilometers and miles.
Course: 8th Grade Physical Science
- Material:
- What's a light year?
- Date last modified:
- June 26, 2006
- Created by:
- Cathi Graves Tudman
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Exercise
1. Students as groups at their tables will look at a map of Fresno and
determine distances between school and several known locations. What is the
best unit of measure (feet, miles, kilometers)?
2. Next, determine the distance between Fresno and places in the state.
3. Now, determine the distance between Fresno and places in the country.
4. List findings on board.
5. The determination of distance next jumps off the planet and must be measured
betweena the Earth and the Moon, other planets and nearest star. Convert from
kilometers to light years.
determine distances between school and several known locations. What is the
best unit of measure (feet, miles, kilometers)?
2. Next, determine the distance between Fresno and places in the state.
3. Now, determine the distance between Fresno and places in the country.
4. List findings on board.
5. The determination of distance next jumps off the planet and must be measured
betweena the Earth and the Moon, other planets and nearest star. Convert from
kilometers to light years.
Disciplines
Technical Notes
Requirements
Topics
Earth in the Solar Systerm
(measuring distances) & (use math to organize)