Periods 2, 4, 7 students: Please take the Moodle vocab quiz (Tools of Astronomy) if you have not done so already! Quiz is here.
Monthly Archives: March 2011
L2 Thursday, March 31 A
Periods 2, 4, 7:
-Remind all students that the Light and Telescopes quiz is on Monday, 4/4
-Review study questions
L3 Thursday, March 31 A
Period 1:
-Remind students that the light and telescope quiz is tomorrow (Friday)
-Review study guide for quiz
-Watch discovery streaming video on telescopes (if time)
L2 L3 Field trip Alert!
Our class will be going to Yale's Leitner Planetarium and Peabody Museum on Wednesday, 4/27! Please bring in $15 and a signed permission slip by Wednesday, 4/13. Permission slips will be given out in class this week.
L2 L3 Wednesday, March 30 F
All periods:
-Conduct the Telescope Lab
L2 Tuesday, March 29 E
Substitute teacher (Mrs. Nork is sick:(
Periods 2, 4, 7:
-Moodle Quiz should be completed!
-WQ (on Doppler Effect) is due Wednesday (per 2, 4)
-Complete Doppler Math sheet, Telescope review sheet
L3 Tuesday, March 29 E
Period 1:
-Read Chapter 1.2, Section E about Light and Telescopes and complete the review packet
Monday, March 26 D
ALL CLASSES: Quest on Light and telescopes is Friday, April 1 (no joke:)
Period 1:
-Finish video (from Friday) and complete electromagnetic spectrum h/o (posted last week)
-worksheet 28.1 (Tools of Astronomy)
-Hubble photos if time
*Give out review sheet for periods 2, 4, 7
Period 2, 4, 7:
-Doppler Effect PPT
-Discovery Education video: Exploring the Universe: The Vast Reaches of Space
-WQ is due Wed for per 2 and 4
Friday, March 25 C
Remind all classes to take the Moodle quiz!
Warm-up: astronomy photo of the day
Period 1:
-Review electromagnetic note sheet (started Tuesday)
-Watch NASA Tour of the EM Spectrum video (from Ms. Best)
Period 2/3 (LAB):
-Check HW sheet
-complete Spectroscopy lab (started yesterday) and watch video
-Doppler Effect WQ (posted yesterday)
Period 4:
-Doppler Effect WQ (posted yesterday)
Period 7:
-Finish yesterday’s video
-complete worksheet 28.1
-Spectral analysis sheet
Thursday, March 24 B
HW: remind all students to take the Moodle vocab quiz!
Warm-up: Astro photo of the dayPeriods 1, 2, 3/4 (LAB):
-Spectroscopy lab
-HW (per 1, 2, 7 only)- worksheet for 28.1 (Tools of Astronomy)…per 4 already did this!
-Per 4 watches NASA Electromagnetic Spectrum video (from Ms. Best)
Period 7:
CHANGE OF PLANS! Watch NASA Spectrum video instead.
-For tomorrow (all classes except Per 1): Webquest on the Doppler Effect in its uses in astronomy
Webquest document in attached
Websites for the Webquest are HERE: Doppler Effect and its uses in astronomy