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Reviews - Ellipses
Curriki Rating
This resource was reviewed using the Curriki Review rubric and received an overall Curriki Review System rating of 3.00, as of -0001-11-30.
Curriki Review System
This resource received a 3* rating because it is part of the larger resource A Tour of the Universe, which received a rating of 3-Exemplary in the Curriki Review System.…
TABLE OF CONTENTS
A Tour of the Universe
- A Tour of the Universe -- Scope and Sequence
- Introduction to A Tour of the Universe
- Aristotle and Ptolemy
- Retrograde Motion Activity
- The Renaissance and Leonardo da Vinci
- Nicolaus Copernicus
- Brahe, Kepler, and Galileo -- A Burst of Ideas
- The Universe and Planetary Motion
- Movement of Earth in the Solar System
- The Solar System
- Motion
- Newton and Laws of Motion
- Earth's Atmosphere
- Adventures in Space
- Centripetal Motion
- Ellipses
- Measuring the Earth
The Renaissance and Leonardo da Vinci
- The Resaissance and Leonaro da Vinci
- The Renaissance and Leonardo da Vinci Assessment
- Leonardo da Vinci Images
Leonardo da Vinci Images
- Self Portrait of Leonardo da Vinci
- The Baptism of Christ
- Annunciation
- Study of Water Falling
- Vitruvian Man
- Study of the Anatomy of the Human Neck
- Study of a Fetus
- Study of Legs
- Study of the Anatomy of a Womain
- Flying Machine (1)
- Flying Machine (2)
- Flying Machine (3)
- Design for a Boat
- Diagram of a Polyhedra
- River Locks
- A Study of Water Machines
- Cannons
- Artillery Park
- Design for a Tank
- Mona Lisa
- The Last Supper
- The Lady with an Ermine
- The Death of Leonardo da Vinci by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
Aristotle and Ptolemy
- Aristotle and Ptolemy: Trying to Make the Geocentric Model Work
- Mars Retrograde
- Aristotle and Ptolemy Lesson Images
Ellipses
IN COLLECTION
This lesson and assessment introduce students to ellipses, their properties, and the connections to planetary motion.
Collection Contents
Ellipses and Planetary Orbits
by Meredith BeatonThis lesson introduces students to some of the properties of ellipses through investigations. Students will also review Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion and learn about Earth's eccentricity.
Ellipses Assessment
by Meredith BeatonThis assessment asks students to apply their knowledge of ellipses to short-answer questions about ellipses and eccentricity.
Ellipse (unlabeled)
by Meredith BeatonImage of a basic ellipse without the major parts labeled.
Ellipse (labeled)
by Meredith BeatonImage of a basic ellipse with all major parts labeled
Kepler's Observed Elliptical Orbit
by Meredith BeatonThe original illustration from Kepler's book "New Astronomy," in which he documents the elliptical orbit of the Earth (the dotted line) by using parallax shift of the background stars compared to Mars to determine the location of the Earth relative to the Sun in orbit.
