Analytic CodingSpace Items: Mars(Mind Map, Question and Expanded formats)Analytic coding using conceptual vocabulary from the Basic Conceptual Systems based on the work of Anne Svendsen and Andreas Hansen, adapted by K. Morgan. © 2013.

1. What is it?

10. Material

(Composition)

4. Number of Parts

5. Color(s)

6. Shape(s)

12. Temperature

2. Group15. Orbit shape

13. Orbit

3. Alive

Not Alive

11. Surface Property

8. Place

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9. Weight (compared to you)

16. Time

15. Speed

14. Direction

7. Size (compared to you)?

4. What Number of Parts does this

have?

5. What Color(s) does this have?

6. What Shape(s) does it have?

2. What Group does this belong to?

16. What shape does its orbit have?

3. Is this …Living

Non-Living

17. How long is its orbit?

10. What Material is this made of?

12. What Temperature does it have?

13. What does it Orbit? 9. What Weight does it have? (compared to

you)?

7. What Size is it (compared to you)?

8. Where is this in the solar system? (Place)

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11. What Surface Property

does this have?

14. What Direction is it moving in?

1. What is this? (Name)15. At what Speed does to

move?

Mars

Group

Number of Parts

Color

Shape

Position

Place

Size (compared to)

Number

Surface Pattern

Direction

Function/Use

Substance (composition)

Substance (properties)

User(s)

Value

Power

Living/Not Living

Speed

Time

Change

Weight (compared to)

Temperature

Taste

Smell/Odor

Sound

Surface Property

Analytic Coding using words from the Basic Conceptual Systems

to describe and analyze items.

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Behavior

Orbit path

Orbit Direction

Orbit shape

Orbit speed

Change

Physical Characteristics

Color

Shape

Number of Parts

Size

Weight

Temperature

Substance

Surface Pattern

Surface Properties

Atmosphere

Living / Non-Living

Label

Name

Group

Location

Place

Change

Other Features

Moons

Rings

Function

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Earth MarsSimilarities &Differences

Circle the words in which the two items are

similar. Draw a line thru the

words in which the two items are different.

.

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NameGroup

Number of PartsShape

Color(s)Place (in relation

to…)Size (compared to …)

TemperatureWeight (compared to

… )

Orbit - ShapeSpeed - Direction

MaterialsSurface Properties

Time

Similarities &Differences

Circle the words in which the two items are

similar. Draw a line thru the

words in which the two items are different.

.

Earth Mars

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NameGroup

Number of PartsShape

Color(s)Place (in relation

to…)Size (compared to …)

TemperatureWeight (compared to

… )

Orbit - ShapeSpeed - Direction

MaterialsSurface Properties

Time

PlanetLand, atmosphere, ice, 2 moonsSpherical shapeBlack, brown, red, orange, white4th in place from the sun2nd smallest in size compared to planetsCold, frozen.1 of Earth in in weight – .3 gOrbits the sun - Elliptical24 km/sec. – counterclockwiseRock, ice, airDry, rocky, icy687 Earth days in 1 year, 24.5 hours in 1 day

PlanetLand, water, ice, atmosphere, 1 moonSpherical shapeBlue, green, brown, white3rd in place from the sun4th largest in size compared to planetsHot, warm, cold, frozenHeavy in weight compared to Mars – 1 gOrbits the sun - Elliptical30 km/sec. – counterclockwiseRock, water, air, plantsWet, dry, rocky, icy365 days in 1 year, 24 hours in 1 day

Similarities &Differences

Circle the words in which the two items are

similar. Draw a line thru the

words in which the two items are different.

.

© 2013 A. Svendsen, A.Hansen, K. Morgan.

NameGroup

Number of PartsShape

Color(s)Place (in relation

to…)Size (compared to …)

TemperatureWeight - GravityOrbit - Shape

Speed - DirectionMaterials

Surface PropertiesTime

Earth Mars