The moons of Jupiter provide an excellent opportunity to reinforce some of the most important concepts in physics and astronomy. This unit is designed to make use of the HOU activities related to Jupiter and its moons. A primary goal is to build effective pedagogy into the unit materials, so that teachers using the unit will become increasingly aware of the preconceptions students bring to a study of gravitation and orbital motion. Explicit efforts to address these preconceptions should be built into the unit. The moons of Jupiter activities represent the culminating activities in a unit designed to fully explore gravitation and orbital motion both conceptually and mathematically.
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