• 제목/요약/키워드: Scientific Exploration

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Baseline Design and Performance Analysis of Laser Altimeter for Korean Lunar Orbiter

  • Lim, Hyung-Chul;Neumann, Gregory A.;Choi, Myeong-Hwan;Yu, Sung-Yeol;Bang, Seong-Cheol;Ka, Neung-Hyun;Park, Jong-Uk;Choi, Man-Soo;Park, Eunseo
    • Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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    • 제33권3호
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    • pp.211-219
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    • 2016
  • Korea's lunar exploration project includes the launching of an orbiter, a lander (including a rover), and an experimental orbiter (referred to as a lunar pathfinder). Laser altimeters have played an important scientific role in lunar, planetary, and asteroid exploration missions since their first use in 1971 onboard the Apollo 15 mission to the Moon. In this study, a laser altimeter was proposed as a scientific instrument for the Korean lunar orbiter, which will be launched by 2020, to study the global topography of the surface of the Moon and its gravitational field and to support other payloads such as a terrain mapping camera or spectral imager. This study presents the baseline design and performance model for the proposed laser altimeter. Additionally, the study discusses the expected performance based on numerical simulation results. The simulation results indicate that the design of system parameters satisfies performance requirements with respect to detection probability and range error even under unfavorable conditions.

천문 현상을 포함하는 예술 작품에 대한 중학생의 탐색 분석 (Characteristics of Middle School Students' Exploration of Art Materials Including Astronomical Phenomena)

  • 최하늘;신동희
    • 한국지구과학회지
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    • 제42권6호
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    • pp.700-716
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    • 2021
  • 본 연구는 현대 과학 교육의 탐구 활동에서 관찰 또는 탐색의 역할이 강조되고 있는 것과 과학 탐구 소재 확장의 필요성에 의해 진행되었다. 이에 본 연구는 예술 작품을 활용한 탐구 프로그램을 개발, 적용하여 귀추 과정 중 학습자들의 탐색 특징을 자세히 분석했다. 동양화, 서양화, 신화, 관현악, 전통 가옥을 소재로 한 '미술관으로 간 과학자' 프로그램이 개발되었으며, 방과 후 과학 교실에 다니는 중학생 5명이 참여했다. 연구 결과, 작품 속 주목할 만한 현상을 탐색한 학습자들은 탐색 특징에 따라 크게 세 유형으로 나뉘었다. 과학 개념에 쉽게 연결할 수 있는 내용을 관찰, 기술한 학습자가 있는 반면, 과학 개념과 상대적으로 거리가 먼 일상적 요소를 주로 관찰한 학습자도 있었다. 자신들의 주관적 평가와 의견을 바탕으로 작품을 탐색한 학습자도 있었는데 이들은 자신의 감상 의견을 중심으로 작품을 탐색하는 특징을 보였다. 연구의 결론 및 시사점으로 탐구 활동에서 시각적으로 관찰할 수 없는 소재의 비적합성, 학습자들의 선 지식이 탐색 활동에 미치는 영향, 지구과학 탐구 소재의 확장 가능성 등을 제시했다. 본 연구는 천문학을 중심으로 한 귀추 탐구에서 학습자들의 탐색 특징을 살펴봄으로써 다양한 내용과 방법의 지구과학 학습을 제시하고, 특히 귀추가 천문 학습에 적절히 활용될 수 있는 가능성을 제시한다.

Study on an 8-Wheel Suspension to Enhance the Hill-Climbing Performance for a Planetary Exploration Rover

  • Eom, We-Sub;Lee, Joo-Hee;Gong, Hyun-Cheol;Choi, Gi-Hyuk
    • Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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    • 제31권4호
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    • pp.347-351
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    • 2014
  • Planetary exploration rovers are likely to make a trip on a winding and sloping road of irregular surfaces to the destination in order to accomplish scientific missions. One of the key technologies for rovers is a suspension for traveling and performing exploration missions; the suspension is an essential area of technology for a stable movement of a rover. In this study, an 8-wheel suspension is designed to enable efficient climbing of slopes on a passage to the destination. For the two front wheels among the eight wheels, the moment at the pivot connecting two wheels is derived when the distance between the wheels and the torque of wheels are same. A test experiment was performed to compare the magnitude of moment according to the change in tilt angle and the position of the pivot. Finally, a suspension design considering the position of the pivot was proposed to enhance the hill-climbing performance.

구성놀이에서 드러나는 유아들의 과학적 사고과정 탐색 : 재미반의 사례를 중심으로 (An Exploration into the Process of Scientific Thinking on the part of Young Children as seen through Constructive Play : Focusing on the Cases of the Jaemi Class)

  • 백은영
    • 아동학회지
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    • 제36권3호
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    • pp.139-154
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    • 2015
  • The purpose of this study was to explore the process of scientific thinking as it is revealed through the cases of constructive play for young children. For this purpose, the researcher observed and interviewed six four-year-olds in the Jaemi Class while recording them with a camcorder during a free choice activity class in the morning from April 23 to June 25, 2012. The observations were analyzed in chronological order according to the changes of theories and structure as presented by the children themselves. The process of scientific thinking in constructive play for young children can be divided into presentation of naive theories, the abandonment of naive theories according to repetitive experiences and the discovery of inconsistency, the representation of alternative theories, and the abandonment of alternative theories according to repetitive experiences and the discovery of contradictions. On the basis of the results, constructive play has proved to serve a valuable educational function by inducing scientific thinking processes in children. On the basis of this finding, the researcher suggests the need to provide appropriate educational support to teachers.

신체움직임을 활용한 순환학습기반 유아과학교육 프로그램이 유아의 과학적 탐구능력, 과학적 태도, 물체조작능력 및 공간능력에 미치는 효과 (The Effects of a Circle-based Early Childhood Science Education Program Using Physical Movement on Young Children's Scientific Inquiry Ability, Scientific Attitude, Object Manipulation Ability and Spatial Ability)

  • 정기분;김지현
    • 한국보육지원학회지
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    • 제15권6호
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    • pp.139-167
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    • 2019
  • Objective: This study aims to investigate the effects of a learning cycle model-based early childhood education program using physical motion on young children's scientific inquiry ability, scientific attitude, object manipulation ability and spatial ability. Methods: The subjects of this study were 60 five-year-old children who were attending K-G City Childcare Center. The SPSS Window 21.0 program and content analysis method were used, and post-validation Tukey was conducted to examine the differences between the one-way ANOVA and the group. Results: Activities using body movement were practiced systematically based on the circle learning. Children could revise their pre-concept and concept of error by interacting with other children, teachers and the environment. Furthermore, children were attaining new knowledge while they were doing body movement activities, assessing and applying them to actual activities. Conclusion/Implications: This study is investigated a cyclic learning-based early childhood science education program using physical motion, which has significance in systematic and practical early childhood centered education for young children.

Exploring the effects of unplugged play for children aged 3, 4 and 5 - Based on Bee-bot -

  • Kwon, Un-jou;Nam, Ki-won;Lee, Ji-hyun
    • International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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    • 제8권2호
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    • pp.239-245
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    • 2020
  • With the recent revised curriculum, the importance of exploring children's play through new teaching media is increasing in kindergarten. In this study, it is to use the robot 'Bee-bot' for early children to uncover the changes that children have through free exploration and play. As a result of comparing the change of scientific problem-solving ability of 3, 4, and 5-year-olds, there were significant changes in all three sub-elements. We propose to us scientific problem-solving ability test tools, propose and apply ideas for problem-solving, conclusion on problem-solving Building. Through this, it was found that unplugged play using 'Bee-bot' is meaningful as a play environment and as a teaching medium for children aged 3, 4 and 5 years old.

순환학습 모형을 활용한 과학 교수법이 유아들의 창의성과 과학적 문제 해결력에 미치는 효과 (The Effectiveness of the Learning Cycle Model for Science Instruction : Preschool Children's Creativity and Scientific Problem Solving Ability)

  • 정정희;박윤배
    • 아동학회지
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    • 제25권3호
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    • pp.1-14
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    • 2004
  • This study focused on the development and application of learning cycle model for promoting children's creativity and problem solving ability. The learning cycle approach consists of four phases : awareness, exploration, investigation, and concept application. The program consists of 20 scientific activities. A total of 70 children participated the 10 week program to examine the effectiveness of this model. The experimental design included a pretest, treatment, and posttest. Results showed that the experimental group children scored significantly higher on the creativity and problem solving tests in the posttest than the control group children.

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Marine Algae and Early Explorations in the Upper North Pacific and Bering Sea

  • wynne, Michael J.
    • ALGAE
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    • 제24권1호
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    • pp.1-29
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    • 2009
  • A synthesis of early exploration and the discovery of marine algae in the upper North Pacific and Bering Sea is presented covering the period from the late 1730s to around 1900. Information is provided about these early efforts to gather natural objects, including seaweeds, and names of these algae are enumerated. The first collections of marine algae in this broad region were those made by steller and Kracheninnkov from the Kamchatka Peninsula,Russia,during the Second Kamchatkan Expedition (1735-1742) and were described by Gmelin (1768). The first known algal collections in Alaska were those made byMerck in his 1790-1791 visits to Unalaska Island during the Billings expedition (1785-1794). British-sponsored expeditions for commercial purposes and for exploration and dis-covery allowed surgeon-naturallist Archibald Menzies to garher seaweeds that Dawson Turner and others worked up back in Europe. Several of the Russian Expeditions during the first half of the 18'!' century had naturalists aboard. the first Russian circumnavigation of the globe (1803-1806), with the ships 'Nadeshda' and 'Neva,' under the com-mand of Capt. Adam von Krusenstern had naturalists Langsdorff, Tilesius, and Horner, all of whom collected sea-weeds. The naturalist Adelbert Chanmisso accompanied the Romanzof Expedition (1815-1818) on the Russian vessel 'Rurik' under the command of Otto von Kotzebue and made collections of algae in the Aleutians as well as in the Kurils and Kamchatka. The Lutke expedition of 1826-1829 consisted of thw ships. Feodor Lutke was in command of the 'Seniavin' with K.H. Mertens aboard as physician-naturalist, and the 'Moller' was under the command of staniukovich accompanied by the naturalist G. Kastalsky. The first American-sponsored scientific expedition (1838-1842) was that commanded by Charles Wilkes, and the algae that were collected were worked up by J.W. Bailey and W.H. Harvey. The Russian naturalist Ilya Voznesenskii spent the period 1839-1849 in Russian Americ (Alaska and northern California) energetically traveling and making numerous collections of natural objects as well as ethno-graphic artefact. His algae were described by F.j. Ruprecht back in St. petersbung. The Swedish scientific vessel, the'Vega' (1878-1880), was under the command of Nordenskiold. The naturalist F.R. Kjellman made algal collections from Port Clarence, Alaska, as well as from bering Island and St. Lawrence Island in the Bering sea. The Harriman Alaskan Expedition in the summer of 1899, with the ship 'George W. Elder,' was sponsored by railroad magnate E.H. Harriman of New York City and had several scientific personnel aborad, including the phycologist De Alton Saunders. Algae were collected in Alaska and Washington. During the same summer of 1899 a scientific expedition organized by the University of California and including W.L. Jepson, L.E. Hunt, A.A Lawson, and W.A. Setchell as participants also visited Alaska and made collections of alage from various locations.

TX-선을 이용한 행성표면 분석기술과 향후 연구동향 (X-ray Spectroscopy for Planetary Surface Analysis and Future Trend)

  • 김경자;이주희;이승렬;심은섭
    • 암석학회지
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    • 제19권4호
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    • pp.245-254
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    • 2010
  • 오늘날 X-선을 이용한 표면탐사기술은 널리 활용되는 기술의 하나이다. 또한 X-선 측정기술은 행성표면탐사를 위한 연구에서도 궤도선 및 주행장치 탑재용 과학장비로서도 성공적으로 활용된 예가 여러 차례 있었다. 우리나라는 2020년경 궤도선 및 착륙선을 이용한 달 탐사계획을 추진하고 있으며, 이에 맞추어 궤도 및 착륙선 탑재용 우선 순위 과학장비의 개발 및 달에 관한 기초연구를 해야 하는 실정이다. 따라서 X-선 측정기술을 이용한 행성탐사의 현황 및 이 분야의 기술 발전 전망에 대한 고찰을 하였다.

달 자원 탐사와 달 기지 연구 동향 (A Research Trend on Lunar Resources and Lunar Base)

  • 김경자
    • 암석학회지
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    • 제26권4호
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    • pp.373-384
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    • 2017
  • 4차 산업 혁명의 시작은 우주산업의 발달을 초래하며 인류가 지구 밖으로 인류의 활동영역을 넓혀가는 첫 계기를 가져다주었다. 아폴로 프로그램이후 달 자원 탐사 및 달 기지 건설이 현실화 되고 있는 것은 미국의 LCROSS (The Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite)와 LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter)의 보다 진보적인 과학적 발전과 중국 창어 미션 등 최근 아시아 국가들이 내놓은 과학적인 새로운 발견이 크게 관여하였다. 달의 극지 자원은 물과 함께 휘발성 물질들이며 현지에서 활용이 요구되므로 인류의 달 기지 건설에 있어서 더욱 중요하다. 헬륨-3는 화석연료가 고갈 될 쯤에는 대체에너지로 활용될 수 있다. 현재 러시아, 유럽과 미국 뿐 만아니라 아시아에서도 달 표면 착륙을 통한 달 탐사와 인류의 향후 기지 건설에 대한 준비는 지속적으로 이어 질 것으로 전망되고 있다. 이러한 시점에서 정확한 달 자원을 이해하고 달 자원 탐사와 활용을 위한 준비는 보다 중요한 현실이라는 점을 고려하여 이 논문은 달 자원 탐사와 달기지에 대하여 고찰하였다.