LEARN NC

K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Earth/Environmental Science

Goal 6: The learner will acquire an understanding of the earth in the solar system and its position in the universe.

Objective 6.04. Assess the spectra generated by stars and our sun as indicators of motion and composition (the Doppler effect).

Additional related resources

We’re in the process of aligning our content for students to the Standard Course of Study. As we do, you’ll find it here.

General resources

Aligned lesson plans

Resources on the web

Tracking the movement of sunspots
This activity from Science NetLinks is part of a three-part series of lessons aimed at showing students how our knowledge of the universe must be inferred through the use of scientific tools. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science)
Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Star power! Discovering the power of sunlight
In this Science NetLinks lesson, students discover that sunlight and the electromagnetic spectrum are the main tools with which we study objects in the solar system. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science)
Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science