Lesson 1

Complete the Lesson 1 Assignment that you saved to your course folder.

Project Connection

The Module 5 Project uses a dot paper approach to squares and square roots. It will help in your understanding of these lessons.

Open your Module 5 Project, and complete both the Are You Ready? section and Part 1.

Save your work in your course folder, as you will need to submit it with your project at the end of Lesson 3.

Going Beyond

A potentially habitable exoplanet, Gliese 581 g, has been discovered. To learn more, go to an Internet search engine and type the keywords “NASA+Gliese 581.” This should take you to the NASA website and an item titled “NASA and NSF-Funded Research Finds First Potentially Habitable Exoplanet.”

Find out more about Fomalhaut b and other exoplanets by going to an Internet search engine and typing the keywords “NASA+Fomalhaut b.” You should find an item titled “Hubble Directly Observes a Planet Orbiting Another Star.”

What other telescopes are being used besides the Hubble? What other planets have recently been discovered?