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10.4.12. Before Bell. Pick up Asteroid Notes Handout & HALF SHEET PAPER Turn in any homework/article reflections Have seat WHEN BELL RINGS & TURN TO NEXT BLAN PG. FOR WARM-UP. Warm- Up_ SEPARATE SHEET. Presidential debate was last night. Answer following on SEPARATE SHEET
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Before Bell • Pick up Asteroid Notes Handout & HALF SHEET PAPER • Turn in any homework/article reflections • Have seat WHEN BELL RINGS & TURN TO NEXT BLAN PG. FOR WARM-UP
Warm-Up_SEPARATE SHEET • Presidential debate was last night. Answer following on SEPARATE SHEET • Did you watch it? • Who do you think did better? • If you could vote, who would you vote for and why? • How can the next President create jobs and improve the lives of most Americans?
Announcements • Pink flyer Due 10/8/12 • Quiz TOMORROW on: • Telescope facts • Medical technology that was created based on space technology • Definition of planet • Order of planets • Relative sizes of planets
Review 10.3.12 • What are the characteristics of planets? • Which planet is closest to the Sun? • What is the smallest planet? • What is the biggest planet?
Video: Spacing Between Planets • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8jB9bSbJxE&feature=relmfu • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97Ob0xR0Ut8&feature=related
Notes: Planets • Visible by Naked Eye: • Saturn • Venus • Mars • Mercury • Jupiter • Require a Telescope: • Neptune • Uranus
Notes: Terrestrial (Inner) vs. Jovian (Outer) Planets • Grouped planets based on chemical and physical properties • Terrestrial: include Mercury, Venus, Earth & Mars • Small, dense, rocky • Jovian: include Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune • Large, low density, gaseous
Quick Write • Underneath your table, take 2 min. to summarize the main differences between terrestrial and jovian planets • Based on this information, do we need to change our predictions from yesterday?
Quiz-N-Trade • Each person will receive a fact • Take 2 min. to write down the answer to your question, using your notes • Take a notebook/whiteboard with you and quiz people around the room • USE TIME WISELY! QUIZ ON FRIDAY FROM THESE QUESTIONS!!!!
Solar System Objects • Asteroids- largest objects (over 100 km); rocky • Meteors- rocky objects that are smaller than 100 km • Meteorites- meteors that survive travel through Earth’s atmosphere and land on ground • Comets- small, icy objects (1-10km)
Handout • Try to fill in as many blanks as you can on your own • Extra credit for doing this!!! • Class discussion on any ones you are not sure of • Time limit: 6 min.
Video: Meteors • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8jB9bSbJxE&feature=relmfu • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97Ob0xR0Ut8&feature=related
Compare/Contrast • Make a comparison chart/venn diagram of asteroids, meteors and comets based on the information that they have been presented. • Then copy down the chart into your notes
What Am I? • Questions on Vocab • Need whiteboard, marker and rag
What am I? • I am a ball of rock that has survived the plunge through the Earth’s atmosphere and landed in the POB parking lot
What Am I? • I am a group of planets that are large, dense, and gaseous
What Am I? • I am a mix of ice, that is 1-10 km in size and burns up before it reaches Earth’s surface
What Am I? • I am a ball of rock that is greater than 100 m in diameter
What Am I? • I am a ball of rock that is 50 m in diameter
What am I? • I am a group of planets that are small, rocky, and dense
What am I? • I am an object that orbits the Sun, is round, and clears objects out of my path
What am I? • I am in the center of the solar system and I provide the planets with heat
What Am I? • I am the only planet that has life on it
Presentation, Action • Come up with a way to give astronomy some swag and appeal to a greater audience. • Create a story, skit, drawing, presentation, poem, dance, etc. that summarizes information on the planets, comets, asteroids, meteors. • Be prepared to share!
Exit Ticket 10.4.12: Name & Date • How are asteroids and meteors different? • Name 2 differences between jovian and terrestrial planets • Which planets have rings: jovian or terrestrial? • How are comets and asteroids similar? • Which of the following is not a terrestrial planet: Mars, Earth & Neptune