Titan is Saturn's largest moon and has its own atmosphere. An attention-grabbing tutorial allows learners to analyze the spectrum of Saturn and Titan to determine their elemental compositions. Scholars compare a known element's spectrum to those found on Saturn and Titan before answering three questions about their findings. Learners use links to help answer the questions. 

Concepts

outer planets, moons, chemical elements

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Place pupils in pairs to complete the tutorial
• Discuss final answers to the three questions as a class

Classroom Considerations

• Requires computers with Internet access

Pros

• Great analysis of spectral data
• Questions and links at the end make pupils use higher order thinking skills

Cons

• None

Common Core

RST.6-8.4