Astronomy Daily Agenda: 01/13/11
Find assigned seat. 3-2-1: Getting to know each other Syllabus & Website Intro to Astronomy Prezi Hubble Telescope video Powers of Ten
Questions and concerns??? Intro to Astronomy ppt
Astronomy Daily Agenda: 01/14/11
• Grab a Earth Science book off the cart.• Today we focus on our own Planet Earth (ppt)• Structure of Planet Earth drawing/labeling• Important vocabulary
Astronomy Daily Agenda: 01/19/11
• Grab a Earth Science book off the cart.• Voc. Check ( due today)….quiz in the near future• Groups: Mini lectures/teachings/drawings/Ms.
Smith’s class ( this Friday)• Current Events: monthly requirement
• Two people have not turned in pre-test
Astronomy Daily Agenda: 01/20/11
• Voc. Quiz ( voc words - week one)• Finish notes in groups• Carousel groups to get notes• Plan lab ( phases of moon)
Voc. Quiz #1 01/20/11• Define the following terms.
1. Earth
2. Atmosphere
3. Lithosphere
4. Stratosphere
5. Troposphere
6. Crust
7. Mantle
8. Longitiude
9. Latitiude
10.Hemisphere
Extra credit: Put the layers of the atmosphere in order from outer layer to inner layer.
Astronomy Daily Agenda: 01/24/11
• Voc. Terms week 2 Focus on the Moon due by 01/27
• Install Starry Night software• Moon webquest
http://www.murray.k12.ga.us/staci/moonphases.htm• Film & questions: The Universe: The Moon• HW: Moon phase drawings
Astronomy Daily Agenda: 01/25/11
• Universe review: 5 interesting facts!• Voc. Terms week 2 Focus on the Moon due by
01/27• Install Starry Night software• Moon webquest
http://www.murray.k12.ga.us/staci/moonphases.htm
Astronomy Daily Agenda: 01/26/11
• Voc. Terms week 2 Focus on the Moon due by 01/27
• Install Starry Night software• Moon lab: Distance to the Moon• Chap quiz
Astronomy Daily Agenda: 01/27/11
• Voc. Terms week memory game• Voc. Terms week 2 Quiz• Install Starry Night software• Vocabulary review crossword puzzle• Label eclipse drawings• Plan Solar system edible lab
Astronomy Daily Agenda: 01/28/11
• Solar system edible lab• 25th anniversary of the Shuttle Disaster
• Gravity lab
Astronomy Daily Agenda: 02/2/11
• Grab a computer• New discovery on news• Starry Night lab: Moon ( get the feel of this
program)• Webquest (group activity): Tides & Moons
Note: Remember moon phases drawings due 2/10 First current article due by 2/28. Attach article to
1page summary Test Friday
Astronomy Daily Agenda: 02/3/11
• Comets and Asteroids video• http://www.astrofoto.org/node/770 : Photos of
craters on Earth• Crater lab
Note: Remember moon phases drawings due 2/10 First current article due by 2/28. Attach article to
1page summary Test
Astronomy Daily Agenda: 02/4/11
Earth has been destroyed!
We all made it off Earth in a space shuttle.
Now we have to make a new habitat on the moon….are you ready?
Astronomy Daily Agenda: 02/7/11
• Grab double-bubble• Read the instructions• In “pods” compare
Earth to the Moon• Are we alone?• Continue working on
Moon habitat project
Astronomy Daily Agenda: 02/8/11
• Pick up Rubric• Video clip• Continue working on
Moon habitat project• Self-assess your
project• Presentations – start
today and finish tomorrow.
Astronomy Daily Agenda: 02/16/11
• Turn in green folders ( work from Ms. Hickey)• Pick up word search and complete.• Create (put together) Solar system for room• How the Solar System works: Anticipation Guide• How the Solar System works video• How the Solar System works video quiz• Notes: Intro to Solar system
First current article due by 2/28. Attach article to 1page summary
Astronomy Daily Agenda: 02/17/11
• How the Solar System works video quick quiz• Interactive Puzzle: Solar System• Notes: Intro to Solar system (tree map format)• Planets Travel Agent project• Pick Planets• Computer days: 2/18, 2/22, 2/24• Shuttle Launch date 2/24 (next Thursday!) @
4:50pm
First current article due by 2/28. Attach article to 1page summary
Quick quiz: How our Solar System Works
1. List the four Gas planets.
2. How big is Jupiter compared to Earth?
3. The Sun’s mass accounts for ________% of the total mass of the Solar System.
4. What force(s) keeps the planets from being pulled into the sun?
Astronomy Daily Agenda: 02/23/11
• Shuttle Launch video• Discussion on NASA and Shuttle program• Computer days: 2/18, 2/22, 2/24• Shuttle Launch date 2/24 (Thursday!) @ 4:50pm
First current article due by 2/28. Attach article to 1page summary
Astronomy Daily Agenda: 02/24/11
• Mike Bone’s presentation!• Computer days: 2/18, 2/22, 2/24• Shuttle Launch date 2/24 (Thursday!) @ 4:50pm
First current article due by 2/28. Attach article to 1page summary
Do-Now/Daily Agenda 03/01/11
Quick write: Are we learning enough from the space shuttle missions to justify the billion-dollar price tag for each launch? Who should pay for these trips? Who benefits from them?
• Quick write discussion• Discovery video : time line• Space shuttle time line• Vagabonds of the solar system research
Do-Now/Daily Agenda 03/02/11
Pick up worksheet and complete.
• Finish presentations…finally• Space shuttle time line: finish• Vagabonds of the solar system research
Do-Now/Daily Agenda 03/03/11
Pick up worksheet and complete.
• Vagabonds of the solar system research• Take Notes
• Jeopardy!
Do-Now/Daily Agenda 03/04/11
• Quick write: (keep up with in notebook for quiz)
In your own words, What is space?
• Vagabonds of the solar system research Notes • Quiz!!!!!!• Jeopardy!