Wednesday, May 7 D

ALL STUDENTS: sumbit your signed permission slips and pay $17 on mypaymentsplus.com by Thurs, May 15! Our field trip is Monday, May 19! Hope for good weather:)
Period 4 Class:
-Mrs. Nork is attending a PPT for part of the period. Students will work on Kepler’s laws packet

Period 6 Class:
-Discuss pecha kucha project and pick topics
-Kepler’s laws h/o

Period 7/8 Class and LAB:
-same as above, but use media center for research

Monday, May 5 B

ALL CLASSES: Our field trip to the Yale Planetarium and Peabody Museum is scheduled for Monday, May 19th! Please bring in your signed permissions slips and pay $17 on meapayplus.com by THURSDAY, May 15!!

Period 1/2 Class and LAB:
-Drawing Ellipses lab
-start astronomy petcha kutcha project (see last post)
HW:
-astronomy pecha kutcha due Fri, 5/23. Don’t put this off until the last minute!

Period 4 Class:
-discuss field trip
-Kepler’s laws w/s and word probs
HW:
-finish Kepler’s laws packet for Wed, 5/7

Period 8 Class:
-discuss field trip
-PPT on planetary motion; work on Kepler’s laws packet
HW:
-do first page of Kepler’s law packet for tomorrow

Download (PDF, 54KB)

Friday, May 2 A

Period 2 Class:
-collect HW and discuss
-start Petcha Kutcha astronomy project

Period 3/4 Class and LAB:
-apod warm-up: Aquarids meteor shower (next Mon-Tues)
-PPT on Planetary Motion and Kepler’s Laws, etc
-LAB: Drawing Ellipses (turn in by end of class)
HW:
-text page 767 #1-6 and 779 #1-5 due Mon 5/5

Period 6 Class:
-apod warm-up: Aquarids meteor shower (next Mon-Tues)
-PPT on Planetary Motion and Kepler’s Laws, etc
-work on Kepler’s Laws w/s
HW:
-Kepler’s Laws sheets due Tues, 5/6

Download (PPT, 218KB)

Download (PDF, 148KB)

Download (DOCX, 16KB)

Wednesday, April 30 C

Period 2 Class:
-test on earth, moon and sun system (seasons, tides, moon phases, etc.)
HW:
-read text and do #1-6 on page 767 and #1-5 on page 775 for Fri, 5/2

Period 6/7 Class and LAB:
-review for tomorrow’s test on earth, moon and sun system (seasons, tides, moon phases, etc.)
-watch Cosmos “Sisters of the Sun” and do realtime notes and submit via turnitin
HW:
-study for tomorrow’s test

Period 8 Class:
-same as Per 6 (minus the video)

Tuesday, April 29 B

Period 1/2 Class and LAB:
-work on study guide for test and conduct socrative space race review activities
-watch Cosmos episode 8 and write notes; submit on turnitin
HW:
-test is Wed, 4/30

Period 4 Class:
-review study guide for test on Thurs
HW:
-test is Thurs, 5/1

Period 8 Class:
-work on study guide and do socrative review quizzes
HW:
-study guide due tomorrow, Wed, 4/30
-test is Thurs, 5/1

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Monday, April 28 A

Period 2 Class:
-work on study guide for test and conduct socrative space race review activities
HW:
-study guide due tomorrow, Tues, 2/29
-test is Wed, 4/30

Period 3/4 Class and LAB:
-last week’s sub did not hand out the plans:( Give students time to complete lab reports and work on study guides for Thur test
-watch “If We Had No Moon” and answer questiobs
HW:
-study guide due tomorrow, Tues, 4/29
-test is Thurs, 5/1

Period 6 Class:
-same as per 2
HW:
-study guide due tomorrow, Wed, 4/30
-test is Thurs, 5/1

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Friday, April 25 D

Mrs. Nork is at the curriculum workshop all day!

Period 4 Class:
-finish write-up for Angle of Insolation lab
-work on vocab list and study guide for next week’s test
HW:
-study guide will be checked Tues, 4/29
-test is Thurs, 5/1

Period 6 Class:
-same as per 4
HW:
-study guide will be checked Wed, 4/30
-test is Thurs, 5/1

Period 8 Class:
-same as Per 4, also watch The Universe: If We Had No Moon and answer questions
-HW:
-study guide will be checked Tues, 4/29
-test is Wed, 4/30