Astronomy Village: Investigating the Solar System

这个为期三年的项目将设计、开发、测试和发布一个基于CD-ROM的中学天文学补充模块，重点是学习太阳系。该项目将改编为早期高中项目开发的软件工具——“天文村：探索宇宙”——用于新主题和年级水平。NASA支持了高中材料的开发，并正在支持高中项目的第二阶段，以开发评估程序并评估高中材料的影响。这个中学项目将开展10项新的研究，重点是行星科学和太阳系。有了这些材料，学生将进行背景研究，进行相关的实践活动，模拟收集数据，利用图像处理技术分析数据，解释分析结果，并将结果报告给同龄人。该项目将通过NASA未来课堂出版和传播5000份软件和教师指南。

9617857 Croft The three-year project will design, develop, test, and publish a CD-ROM based supplemental module for middle school grades on astronomy that focuses on learning about the solar system. The project will adapt the software tools developed for an earlier high school project - "Astronomy Village: Investigating the Universe" - for use with the new topic and grade level. NASA supported the development of the high school materials and is supporting a second phase of the high school project to develop assessment procedures and evaluate the impact of the high school materials. The middle school project will develop 10 new investigations focusing on planetary science and the solar system. With the materials, students will conduct background research, undertake related hands-on activities, simulate collecting data, analyze data making use of image processing technology, interpret the results of their analysis, and report their results to their peers. The project will publish and disseminate 5,000 copies of the software and teacher guide through the NASA Classroom of the Future.