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Transit Tracks

In this two-part investigation, students explore the concept of transits. In the first part, they discover that a transit is an event where one body crosses in front of another, like when a planet goes in front of a star. In the second part, students investigate how a planet's size and orbit affect the transit and then learn how to interpret transit graphs. Extension activities, an explanation of the mathematics used in the activity, background...

Keywords:: Social Sciences, Kepler's 3rd Law, Problem Solving, NSDL, Stars and Galaxies, Transits, Diameters, Physics, Planets, Number and Operations, Chemistry, General, Light Curve, Light and Optics, Science and Society, Physical Science, Radius, Light Curves, Communicating Results, Stars, Mathematics, Horrocks, Motion and Forces, Astrophysics, Size and Scale, NSTA2013, Star, Graphs, Education, Algebra, Physical Sciences:Light and Optics, Diameter, Circles, Kepler's Laws, Exponents, NASA, The Planets, Orbit, Sun, Representation, Transit, Graph, Conducting Investigations, Astronomy, Space Science, Data Analysis, The Sun, Measurement, Orbits, Data Collection, Gathering Data, General Science, Planet, Johannes Kepler, Data Analysis and Probability, Solar System, Rotation Motion, Kepler, Formulating Explanations