The entire school was in a lockdown drill for most of period 2 and 3.
Period 4 Class:
-media center (finish pecha kucha)
HW:
-pecha kucha project must be saved as a .pps to the student (W) drive by Fri, 5/23! Upload your bibliography (MLA formatted using easybib) to turnitin by Fri evening as well. Presentations will begin Tues, 5/27
-open notes quest is Fri, 5/23
Period 6 Class:
-same as per 4, including HW
Our classes will be attending a field trip at the Yale Peabody Museum and Leitner Family Planetarium in New Haven!
HW:
All classes: upload your astronomy pecha kucha to the student drive (in the Nork folder) by Fri, 5/23! Be sure to save your PPT as a PowerPoint show (.pps). Also, upload your bibliography to www.turnitin.com
All classes: open notes quest this week on the solar system and planetary motion (Kepler’s Laws)! Period 2’s quest date is Thurs, 5/22 and the other periods (4, 6, 8) will have theirs on Fri, 5/23
Period 2 Class:
-finish lab “Modeling the Solar System” and complete questions by Tues, 5/20
HW:
-pecha kucha astronomy projects due Fri 5/23
Period 6/7 Class and LAB:
-lab “Modeling the Solar System” and complete questions by Tues, 5/20
-use media center to work on pecha kucha
HW:
-same as Per 2
Period 8 Class:
-Planets PPT part 2
HW:
-same as Per 2
ALL STUDENTS: payment ($17 on mypaymentsplus.com)and signed permission form are due TODAY! No exceptions! Our FT is Monday, May 19th!
Period 1/2 Class and LAB:
-Watch “Life and Death of a Star” and answer questions on star life cycle
-begin lab: modeling the solar system (posted Tues)
HW:
-vocab for planets due Fri, 5/16
Period 4 Class:
-the entire school will be watching speaker Chris Herren
HW:
-vocab for planets due Tues, 5/20
Period 8 Class:
-PPT on the planets (part 2)
HW:
-vocab for planets due Fri, 5/16
ALL STUDENTS: turn in signed permission slips and pay $17 on line (mypaymentsplus.com) by Thurs, 5/15!
Period 2 Class:
-warm-up: apod (livestream from ISS) http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
-PPT on planets part 2
HW:
-vocab due Fri, 5/16
Period 3/4 Class and LAB:
-same apod
-PPT on planets part 1
-“Life and Death of a Star” notes
HW:
-vocab due Tues, 5/20
Period 6 Class:
-same as Per 2
Period 4 Class:
-meet in room 501 and work on pecha kucha (due Fri, 5/23)
*Bibliography must be saved as a Word doc and uploaded to turnitin.com.PPT must be saved as a .pps (powerpoint show) and put in the student drive in the Nork folder
Period 6 Class:
-PPT on the Planets (part 1)..posted yesterday
HW:
-same as per 4, but also vocab is due Fri, 5/16
Period 7/8 Class and LAB:
-same as per 6 but also conduct scale model of solar system lab
HW:
-same as per 6
ALL STUDENTS: Please return permission slips and pay $17 online (mypaymentsplus.com) for field trip by THURS, 5/15! Our field trip is scheduled for MON, 5/19th!
Period 2 Class:
-PPT on The Planets (part 1)
HW:
-vocab due Fri, 5/16
Period 6/7 Class and LAB:
-work on pecha kucha (due Fri, 5/23)
Period 8 Class:
-same as per 6
Periods 1/2 Class and LAB:
-work on pecha kucha projects in media center
Period 4 Class:
-same as per 2 (but with COWS)
Period 8 Class:
-same as per 2
Period 2 Class:
-watch sample pecha kucha (Bits of Elsewhere) http://www.pechakucha.org/presentations/bits-of-elsewhere
-Kepler’s laws h/o
Period 3/4 Class and LAB:
-watch sample pecha kucha above and work on project
Period 6 Class:
-(with sub) watch The Solar System (Discovery Education) and take notes