Student Instructions
Using the information provided from the 9 weeks assessments. Use and
to record progress. Common note mistakes are:
• Not recognizing the relative sizes of the components of the universe
• Not recognizing Earth as a planet in the Milky Way galaxy
• Misinterpreting the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram by not reading the axis labels correctly
• Thinking that the Sun is the largest and hottest type of star
• Thinking that the Sun is further away from Earth than other stars
• Thinking that the Sun is not located in the Milky Way galaxy
• Thinking that the Sun is the center of the Milky Way or universe and not the center of our solar system
• Not understanding the relative distances in space and the amount of time it takes for waves to travel
• Not understanding that electromagnetic waves are transverse waves, not longitudinal waves
• Thinking that sound can travel in space and not understanding that the lack of matter in space prevents sound from traveling