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well I taught astronomy toward the end of June this year and I incoporated into my lesson of how Pluto was questioned as a planet or not? There was a article in the holt physical science book on it. I had questions for them and then they had to formulate thier own opinion and suppor thier answers with evidence.
So now that it's gone public, I think my students probably got a kick out of it. Which is awesome because science is always changing, science is all about exploration, inquiry and all the good stuff.
Pluto's category has been in question since it was found. It 's size, being terrestrial, odd orbit, and then that annoying "moon" - Charon that is nearly Pluto's size, all made it's identity a bit sketchy. From all the posts folks have written, I almost think it was better now knowing what it was. Everyone had such great ideas for having the students compare/contrast and formulate decisions regarding it's identity. Alas, we have the current answer...now what?
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It has been a long time coming.
August 25, 2006, 12:00 am [ report as inappropriate ]Glad they decided on dwarf planet rather than Plutons. Still think the term minor planet sounds good.
I think the kids are more shock up than we are because most of them haven't been in on the debate over the years. I think this will be a nice memory for them unlike some other space exploration disasters.