Monthly Archives: April 2015

Monday, April 27 A

Period 1 Class:
-Planetary Motion PPT and Kepler sheets (we will check these over together tomorrow)
HW:
-Due Tues, 4/28- read text pages 403-407 and complete Topic Questions on both pages 404 and 407.
-Planet project data table must be completed by Wed, 4/29

Period 3 Class and LAB:
-Angle of Insolation lab
HW:
-study guide due Tues, 4/28
-test is Thurs, 4/30
-Angle of Insolation lab (blue handout) due Fri, 5/1

Period 6 Class:
-review study guide for test on Wed, 4/29

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Friday, April 17 D

Period 3 Class:
-moon phases rise and set times (fill out chart)
-work on study guides for test on Thurs, 4/30
HW:
-study guides (posted below) will be checked Tues, 4/28
-test Thurs, 4/30

Period 6 Class and LAB:
-Angle of Insolation lab (turn in at end of class)
-begin work on study guides
HW:
-study guides (posted below) will be checked Mon, 4/27
-test is Wed, 4/29

Period 8 Class:
-same as Per 3
HW:
-study guides (posted below) will be checked Tues, 4/28
-test is Wed, 4/29

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Thursday, April 16 C

Period 1 Class:
-test on moon phases, seasons, etc
HW:
-Due Tues, 4/28- read text pages 403-407 and complete Topic Questions on both pages 404 and 407.
-planetary data table filled out by April 29; be sure to cite all of your sources in Easybib and keep track of them in a Word document

Period 6 Class:
-warmup (use whiteboards to draw eclipses, seasons, moon phases. etc)
-fill out chart of moon rise and set times
HW:
-study guide for test due Mon, 4/27….do as much as you can over break! We will review the whole thing on Monday
-test is Wed, 4/29

Period 8 Class and LAB:
-Angle of Insolation Lab
HW:
-study guide for test due Tues, 4/28….do as much as you can over break!
-test is Wed, 4/29

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Wednesday, April 15 B

Period 1 Class and LAB:
-go to room 501 for first session to research info for planet project (research due April 29)
-review study guide for test tomorrow
HW:
-study for tomorrow’s test
-research and complete data table for planet project by April 29

Period 3 Class:
-Moon phases lab (posted yesterday)
HW:
-hand in lab by Fri, 4/17

Period 8 Class:
-same as Per 3
HW:
-hand in lab and all assigned textbook questions on pages 767 by Fri, 4/17

Tuesday, April 14 A

Period 1 Class:
-work on planet project
HW:
-study guides will be checked tomorrow (Wed), 4/15 and test is Thurs, 4/17

Period 3 Class and LAB:
-watch Apollo 13 and complete all makeup work from Q3

Period 6 Class:
-warmup (what’s the current moon phase? How long will it take be before this phase is repeated again? What is this time period called? Draw a solar eclipse alignment)
-Moon phases lab with models
HW:
-turn in labs by Thurs, 4/16

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Thursday, April 9 B

Period 1 Class:
-warm-up with whiteboards: sketch lunar eclipse, solar eclipse, neap and spring tides, etc.
-Moon Motions lab and rise/set timetable
-watch The Universe: The Moon
HW:
-read text pages 444-451 and do topic questions on pages 448 and 451 for Tues, 4/14
-test is next Thurs, 4/16 (review sheet will be posted shortly)

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Period 3 Class:
-tides and seasons PPT
HW:
-read pages 758-767 and do #1-6 on page 767 by end of today

Period 8 Class:
-PPT on tides and seasons
HW:
-read pages 758-767 and do #1-6 on page 767 by end of class on Fri

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Wednesday, April 8 A

Period 1 Class:
-use science COWS and work on Angle of Insolation lab and graph.
HW:
-typed lab is due Fri, 4/10. Follow lab report checklist (posted last week and included with your lab handout). Don’t forget to include answers the additional questions! See original lab handout for these (posted below)

Period 3 Class and LAB:
-test and RFI make-ups
-PPT on Earth-Moon-Sun motions
HW:
-read text 758-767 and do #1-6 on page 767 for Thurs, 4/9

Period 6 Class:
-warm-up: put these in order of increasing distance from us: moon, sun, Pluto, Hubble Space Telescope, Keck Observatory. Now put these in order of increasing size and include earth (starting with the smallest)
-PPT on tides and seasons; use whiteboards throughout for sketching
-watch SciShow Bay of Fundy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l85Dk9LpIEs or time lapse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OP0cpXpw8yk
-if time: Crash Course
HW:

-read text 758-767 and do #1-6 on page 767 for Thurs, 4/9

 

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