http://www.teachengineering.org/view_lesson.php?url=collection/cub_/lessons/cub_solar/cub_solar_lesson09.xmllessontext/xmlIntegrated Teaching and Learning Program, Explorationgalaxygravitylight yearMilky Waynebulaeplanetsolar systemspacestarSununiverseBig BangBlack holeDoppler effectDark matterEngineerEvent horizonGalaxyGravityLight yearMilky WayNebulaPlasmaQuasarRed shiftRemote sensingSingularitySpectroscopeStarSunTelescope

When we look at the night sky, we see stars and the nearby planets of our own solar system. Many of those stars are actually distant galaxies and glowing clouds of dust and gases called nebulae. The universe is an immense space with distances measured in light years. The more we learn about the universe beyond our solar system, the more we realize we do not know. Students are introduced to the basic known facts about the universe, and how engineers help us explore the many mysteries of space.

Engineers design tools that help us analyze the mysteries of the universe. They design instruments and spacecraft to explore and investigate our solar system and beyond, including black holes and other universe phenomena. The spacecraft Voyager 1, for example, is exploring space beyond the outer planets to the outer limits of the Sun's sphere of influence. The spacecraft is equipped with tools for measuring the solar winds and Sun’s outermost magnetic fields. We are able to explore our solar system and the universe due to the creative work of thousands of engineers.Describe our solar system as just one tiny part of the Milky Way galaxy and the universe beyond.List two tools that help in the exploration for other planets.Explain several ways in which engineers help advance the exploration of the universe.20TeachEngineering.orgJessica ToddJane EvensonSam SemakulaJessica ButterfieldMalinda Schaefer ZarskeDenise W. Carlsonhttp://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Cyberia/NumRel/BlackHoleAnat.htmlhttp://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/basics/bsf12-1.htmlhttp://www.challenger.org/clc/index.cfmhttp://constellation.gsfc.nasa.gov/http://www.dictionary.comhttp://hubble.nasa.gov/index.phphttp://www.journeythroughtheuniverse.org/organization/to_ph.htmlhttp://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/home/index.htmlhttp://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/blackholes/teacher/sciencebackground.htmlhttp://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/education/ERC_GRC.htmlhttp://rst.gsfc.nasa.gov/Sect20/A2a.htmlhttp://solarsystem.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Beyond&Display=Overviewhttp://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/space/11/22/runaway.blackhole/index.htmlS11416ECInternational_Technology_Education_Association-ITEA_STL_StandardsTechnologyK. Tools and machines extend human capabilities, such as holding, lifting, carrying, fastening, separating, and computing. 35S11416DAInternational_Technology_Education_Association-ITEA_STL_StandardsTechnologyC. Various relationships exist between technology and other fields of study.35S1142599ColoradoSciencea. Gather, analyze, and interpret data about components of the solar system 44S114259BColoradoSciencec. Gather, analyze, and interpret data about the Sunrise and Sunset, and Moon movements and phases 44United StatesCopyright 2012 - Integrated Teaching and Learning Program, College of Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulderhttp://www.teachengineering.org/policy_ipp.phphttp://www.teachengineering.org/2011-03-304Teacher