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Monday 8/19 - PES 1.1

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Part 1

PES 1.1: Introduction

Objective: KWBAT work as astronomers to explain patterns on the artifact by writing what they already know.
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What is a star? What do you know about stars?

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What questions do you have about stars?

Part 2

Ancient Artifacts


An artifact is a very old object. Let’s look at 5 different images of ancient artifacts. An ancient artifact is something scientists use as clues to make conclusions about the past.
  • Nebra, Germany
  • 3,600 years old
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What is the name of this ancient artifact?

  • Chaco Canyon, New Mexico
  • About 1,000 years old
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What is the name of this ancient artifact?

  • England
  • Built between 4,000 and 2,000 years ago
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What is the name of this ancient artifact?

  • Dendera, Egypt
  • Over 2,000 years old
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What is the name of this ancient artifact?

  • Tomb Painting
  • Luoyang, China
  • 1,600 years old
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What is the name of this ancient artifact?

Part 3

Teotihuacán

Let's take a look at one more ancient artifact, Teotihuacán. Read the text and answer the questions below.

Teotihuacán is an ancient Mesoamerican city located 30 miles (50 km) northeast of modern-day Mexico City. The city was settled as early as 400 B.C. and became the most powerful and influential city in the region by 400 A.D. By the time the Aztecs found the city in the 1400s and named it Teotihuacan (meaning “the place where the gods were created”), the city had been abandoned for centuries. Teotihuacan’s origins, history, and culture largely remain a mystery. And their technology they used to do that was their huge pyramids that they constructed, and the sun, the stars, the mountains. Their entire city was built in order to track the movement of the celestial bodies.
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Where is Teotihuacán located?

Sentence starter: Teotihuacán is ______________________

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What does Teotihuacán mean?

Sentence starter: Teotihuacán means ______________________

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What technology did the Teotihuacán people used to keep track of time?

Sentence starter: The people of Teotihuacán used ______________________

astronomer: a scientist who studies stars, planets, and other objects in the universe, but not Earth

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Which of the following is a question that an astronomer might try to answer?

Part 4


Introducing the Artifact

We have received the following from the Museum of Archaeology about an artifact they found. An artifact is a very old object.

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Summarize: In your own words, what is the museum asking us to figure out?

Sentence starter: The museum asking us to _______________________

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Carefully examine the artifact. Then, write down your observations below. What do you see? What do you notice?

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What similarities (things that are the same) do you notice in the different sections of the artifact?

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What differences do you notice in the different sections of the artifact?