Final review!

Click here to access the quizlet flash cards: http://quizlet.com/_jdmrz

Suggested review activities:

DRAWING

• Draw a diagram that shows why the Earth has seasons.
• Draw a moon clock.
• Draw how the solar system formed.
• Draw a map of the solar system.
• Draw the life cycle of a star.
• Draw how stars form galaxies form clusters build the universe.

Vocab Review

• Make flashcards with a word and a picture on one side and a definition on the other.
• Use the quizlet games and review activities.
• Make a frayer model for words that confuse you. (see an example below!)

Test corrections, missing work

• Scroll down to find the old unit tests, your answers on those tests, and the test corrections template.
• Submit your work to retake a test to improve your grade.
• Finish your missing and very late presentation and/or research paper.

Make the test.

I told you I would make the final by pulling old questions from the 4 unit tests.  Build yourself a test by copying questions from each test and then answer the questions.  Bring the work to me and I'll tell you how you did.

End of Semester Stuff

Hi all!

We are almost there!  We have the astronomy final next week (Monday the 16th for period 3, Tuesday the 17th for period 4) and that will be all.  At this point I expect you to be preparing for that final and to be working to improve your grade.  The best way to improve your grade AND prepare for the final is to do test corrections and complete a test retake.

To do a retake, you first must correct your test.

Here are copies of all of our tests:

Unit 1 Seasons
Unit 2 Moon
Unit 3 Solar System
Unit 4 Universe

Here is the template and instructions for writing your corrections.

Here is a spreadsheet with all of your test answers, as well as the answer key.  This will let you know what you did wrong on the tests.

Once you complete the corrections please give them to me and I'll give you the retake version of the test to complete in class.  You may also complete outside of classtime by appointment.

Star Formation

Hi astronomers!  Today we are learning about star formation and life cycles.  Please visit the sites below to complete today's questions:

http://lasp.colorado.edu/education/outerplanets/solsys_star.php
http://www.pa.msu.edu/~baldwin/carol/Lifecycleofstars.swf
http://lcogt.net/siab/#
http://www.telescope.org/pparc/res8.html
http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/teachers/lessons/xray_spectra/background-lifecycles.html

Black holes..

.. scare me.  Fortunately, I'll never have to worry about confronting one.

Let's simulate that horrifying scenario today online!

http://hubblesite.org/explore_astronomy/black_holes/

Presentation Day!

Good luck on your presentations!!

Period 3 astronomy, please click here to access the evaluation form.
Period 4, please click here.

Unit 3 Performance

We discussed our performance on the unit 3 test today.  A lot of us will need to complete test corrections and then retake the test to catch up.  Please let me know if you need assistance with the test corrections.

Kepler's Laws Practice Problems Tutorial

Unit 3 Quiz 4 Debrief

Hi students!  Here is a voicethread debrief of quiz 4.  Please have your quiz out and a pencil ready so you can correct mistakes.  If you don't understand something you will be able to replay it.  If you're still confused, please ask a classmate to explain OR come talk to me.  Remember that the unit test on Monday will look very similar to this quiz, so please prepare yourself by learning from your mistakes.

You can watch below OR click here so you can make it appear full screen to see better.

 

Benchmark for days 3 & 4: Info Sheet

Hi all!  Please click here to get the info sheet that will guide your research.  This is due to Mr. Trainer by the end of class tomorrow (Friday, 11/8).

Oh, and here is a link to the video about the formation of the solar system: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/space/origins-solar-system.html

Please study for the quiz tomorrow!

Solar System Research Project

Hi all,

Here is a link to the document that describes the requirements for our research project.

Please visit these websites to help you cite your sources properly:
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/
http://www.easybib.com

Solar System Formation

First, watch about it: http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/kids/science-space-kids/solar-system-101-kids/

Then, read about it:  http://www.universetoday.com/38118/how-was-the-solar-system-formed/

Then, research it further.  Use google or another search engine to research another article about how the solar system formed.

And then, write about it!  Send me an email to tell me in one paragraph how the solar system is thought to have formed.

Kepler's Laws

Please visit this site today.  Use it to complete the following:

Kepler’s Laws of Planetary Motion

Background:

What do the laws do or say?

When were they developed?

First Law: Law of Ellipses
1.       Draw it	2.       Key Terms and definitions	3.       Math formulas

Second Law: Law of Equal Areas
1.       Draw it	2.       Key Terms and definitions	3.       Math formulas

Third Law: Law of Harmonies
1.       Draw it	2.       Key Terms and definitions	3.       Math formulas

Orbits of the planets

Planetary Orbits

Explore:

http://astro.unl.edu/naap/pos/animations/

Essential questions:

What is eccentricity?

What is a semimajor axis?

What are Kepler's laws?  Describe each.

Resources:

http://astro.unl.edu/naap/pos/animations/

google.com

Computer lab day!!

Welcome, Astronomers!  You have two assignments today.  One is a quiz and one is an email to Mr. Trainer.

First, here is the quiz.  You may take it now or at the end of class, but it must be your own work (you may not talk or use notes or web resources to help you answer it).  Please answer on a separate sheet of paper.

Second, you will send me an email (at james_trainer@dpsk12.org) containing the following:

• A link to a news article you have found regarding the recent meteorite impact in Russia.  Try http://news.google.com to search for this.
• Visit one of my favorite news sites, http://phys.org/space-news/astronomy/.  Find and read an article of interest pertaining to an object or objects in the solar system.  Summarize the article and copy the link.
• A picture of a plutoid that isn't Pluto. Try http://google.com/images.
• Visit http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=SolarSys and send me a cool fact about your favorite feature of the solar system.  Include a link to the page where you found your cool fact.
• Finally, find something about space and send it to me.  Anything.  It could be a picture, an article, a simulation, a video.  Anything for any topic having to do with space.
• Oh, one more thing.  No action required.  There will be a partial lunar eclipse tonight at moonrise (just after the sun sets).  Read about it here if you'd like: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/10/131018-moon-eclipse-penumbral-science-space/

Moon Phases Simulations and Animations

http://astro.unl.edu/naap/lps/animations/lps.swf
http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/java/MoonPhase.html
http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/animations/content/moonphase.html

Unit 2 - The Moon: Moon Phases

Homework 9.11 - A Survey

Unit 1 - Earth's Motion Resources

Motions of the Sun Simulator - shows the Sun's path in the sky at a given latitude




Earth's revolution simulator - an animation to show you how the Earth rotates as it revolves around the Sun



SunCalc - See the angle of the Sun at a given location



Season Simulator - Shows the Earth in space, angle of sunlight, and sun's light on earth for a given position all at the same time.


Quizlet - online flashcard website.  Make your own set or use a set created by somebody else.