Friday, January 18, 2013

Friday, Jan., 18, 2013


NEW STUFF

Nothing new Today-
catch up on your old work and make sure your constellation rough draft paper is done.  you may begin writing the narrative (story) in paragraph form if you have completed all other work.

Thursday, January 17, 2013

Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013

New Stuff

OPTION A
Watch the video about solar eclipses.  Describe in your own words what happens with a solar eclipse.  Write down the three key points about solar eclipses.
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More on solar eclipses, sunspots, and solar weather.  Please take notes about the solar eclipse.  
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Watch the video on lunar eclipses.  Describe what happens to the moon during a lunar eclipse. Draw a diagram of the penumbra and umbra.  Also, tell why the moon turn red.
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What are Coronal Mass Ejections?  What is the difference between Coronal Mass Ejections and Solar Flares?

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Watch -
Video 1
Video 2

OPTION B

Watch the video about solar eclipses.  Describe in your own words what happens with a solar eclipse.  Write down the three key points about solar eclipses.
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More on solar eclipses, sunspots, and solar weather.  Please take notes about the solar eclipse.  
Click Here


Watch the video on lunar eclipses.  Describe what happens to the moon during a lunar eclipse. Draw a diagram of the penumbra and umbra.  Also, tell why the moon turn red.
Click Here


What are Coronal Mass Ejections?  What is the difference between Coronal Mass Ejections and Solar Flares?

Read - Click Here
Watch -
Video 1
Video 2


Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013

OPTION A
New Today 

Earth, Moon, and Sun reading and questions
A chapter fro ma science book with review questions.  Do the reading and answer the questions.  The review quiz will be assigned tomorrow.  Click Here

Rotation vs. Revolution Review
What is the difference between revolution and rotation?

Earth, Moon, and Sun summery
Watch the video and take notes on the Earth, Moon, and Sun system.  Everything in this video will be in a quiz next week.


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OPTION B

New Today 

Earth, Moon, and Sun reading and questions
A chapter fro ma science book with review questions.  Do the reading and answer the questions.  The review quiz will be assigned tomorrow.  Click Here

Rotation vs. Revolution Review
What is the difference between revolution and rotation?

Earth, Moon, and Sun summery
Watch the video and take notes on the Earth, Moon, and Sun system.  Everything in this video will be in a quiz next week.

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

OPTION A and B

New Today 
Have you evere wondered how big the earth is compared to the sun?  Or maybe how big the solar system is?  Maybe you even wondered how big our galaxy, The Milky Way is?  I have 3 videos to help you understand today.

Watch the three videos and summarize what you learned in 1/2 a page.  (10-12 sentences)

Monday, January 14, 2013

Monday, Jan. 14, 2013



OPTION A AND B

Constellation Myth

  For this assignment you will use the information you learned about constellations the last two days and begin work on this project.  You will need to choose one of the 88 constellations and fill out the "Science Requirements-Rough Draft" Information sheet.  The 12 zodiac constellations plus several other are located on a star map on the back of the "Rough Draft".  
  The second part of the assignment will be writing a constellation myth.  Below are some links to help you gather info.  Google is your friend once you select a constellation.  Search for specific information about your constellation.

Constellation 1
Constellation 2 (Video)
Constellation 3 (Video)
Constellation 4
Constellation 5 (Interactive)
Constellation 6 (Interactive)



OPTION A and b


New Today

Sunspots:

Watch the videos and summerize what you learned.  Answer the questions in your summery.

What did Galileo discover about the sun?  

What elements make up the sun?
Which element was the "new" element and who was it named after?

What does a spectograph do?
What causes sunspots?


Sun Video
Watch the video and write down 5 good questions.