Transcript Think-Pair-Share Questions

An Assessment
• Best procedures: read quietly to yourself
(so you don’t give any subconscious clues)
• As the instructor, we read it too, for timing, then ask if anyone
needs more time
• If not, it’s time to vote simultaneously—use your fingers, right
in front of your chest so others don’t see (anonymous)
If the Sun were the size of a large pizza (40 cm), then
Earth would be about as big as
1. A slice of pepperoni (about 5 cm)
2. A small piece of diced onion (about 0.5 cm)
3. A red pepper flake (about 0.5 mm)
4. A medium pizza (about 30 cm)
Another
Arrange the following according to distance from Earth
(from least to greatest):
1. Mercury, Saturn, the North Star, the Andromeda
Galaxy
2. The North Star, Saturn, Mercury, Andromeda Galaxy
3. Saturn, Mercury, the North Star, the Andromeda
Galaxy
4. Mercury, Saturn, the Andromeda Galaxy, the North
Star
5. Two of these are the same distance
Which
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
of these analogies works best?
Saturn: Solar System as electron: atom
Earth: Solar System as atomic nucleus: atom
Solar System: Galaxy as atom: proton
North Star: Solar System as neutron: atom
Mercury: Jupiter as electron: proton