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/