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Read About It Galaxies

Read About It Galaxies

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Science

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8th Grade

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Easy

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NGSS
MS-ESS1-2

Standards-aligned

Created by

Leslie Carter-Farley

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11 Slides • 5 Questions

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​Galaxies

By Leslie Carter-Farley

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Think-Pair-Share
















What are galaxies made of?

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​Complete this section of your annotate boxes.

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Multiple Choice

Galaxies are composed of (best answer)
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stars
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stars and gas
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stars, dust, and gas
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stars, dust, and gas held together by gravity

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​Complete this section of your annotate boxes.
**Include the age of the stars.

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​Discuss with your shoulder partner how you would classify each galaxy.

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Multiple Choice

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Identify the galaxy in the image.

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irregular

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spiral

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elliptical

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none listed

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Multiple Choice

Question image

Identify the galaxy in the image.

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irregular

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spiral

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elliptical

4

none listed

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Multiple Choice

Question image

Identify the galaxy in the image.

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irregular

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spiral

3

elliptical

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none listed

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​Complete this section of your annotate boxes.

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Multiple Choice

If you were giving directions to an alien from another galaxy, how would you tell him to locate Earth?

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Tell him to visit the Orion arm

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Tell him to visit the Sagittarius arm

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Tell him to visit the Perseus arm

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Tell him to visit the central bulge

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​What is the main idea, or the big idea, of this reading passage?

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​What information did we learn that will help us answer the anchor phenomenom question " What can exploding stars tell astronomers about the universe"?

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​Choose two recurring themes and concepts that you think apply to galaxies. (look at the posters on the wall).

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​Draw these pictures of the galaxies in this section of your annotate boxes.

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​Draw BOTH views of our our Milky Way galaxy in this section. Use the full amount of space given.

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​Galaxies

By Leslie Carter-Farley

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