Astronomy Village: Investigating the Solar System

小行星9617857 这个为期三年的项目将设计、开发、测试和出版一个基于光盘的补充模块，供中学天文学年级使用，重点是了解太阳系。该项目将调整为早期高中项目开发的软件工具-“天文村：调查宇宙”-用于新的主题和年级。美国航天局为高中教材的开发提供了支助，并正在支助高中项目的第二阶段，以制定评估程序并评价高中教材的影响。中学项目将开发10个新的调查，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，解释他们的分析结果，并向他们的同龄人报告他们的结果。该项目将通过NASA未来课堂出版和传播5，000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.