Astronomy Daily Agenda: 01/13/11

1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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)

5. Voc. Quiz #1 01/20/11 • Define the following terms. • Earth • Atmosphere • Lithosphere • Stratosphere • Troposphere • Crust • Mantle • Longitiude • Latitiude • Hemisphere Extra credit: Put the layers of the atmosphere in order from outer layer to inner layer.

6. Astronomy Daily Agenda: 01/24/11 • Voc. Terms week 2 Focus on the Moon due by 01/27 • Install Starry Night software • Moon webquesthttp://www.murray.k12.ga.us/staci/moonphases.htm • Film & questions: The Universe: The Moon • HW: Moon phase drawings

7. 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 webquesthttp://www.murray.k12.ga.us/staci/moonphases.htm

8. 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

9. 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

10. Astronomy Daily Agenda: 01/28/11 • Solar system edible lab • 25th anniversary of the Shuttle Disaster • Gravity lab

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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?

14. 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

15. 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.

16. Astronomy Daily Agenda: 02/9/11 • Presentations! • Start Test

17. 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

18. 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

19. Quick quiz: How our Solar System Works • List the four Gas planets. • How big is Jupiter compared to Earth? • The Sun’s mass accounts for ________% of the total mass of the Solar System. • What force(s) keeps the planets from being pulled into the sun?

20. 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

21. 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

22. 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

23. 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

24. Do-Now/Daily Agenda 03/03/11 Pick up worksheet and complete. • Vagabonds of the solar system research • Take Notes • Jeopardy!

25. 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!