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Thursday, March 24 B

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doppler effect.doc
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HW: remind all students to take the Moodle vocab quiz!

Warm-up: Astro photo of the day
Periods 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

Wednesday, March 23 A

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Collect textbook HW from periods 2, 4, 7

Assign HW- all students take the Moodle quiz (The Tools of Astronomy) by Monday night (3/28)
Warm-up: astronomy pic of the day

Periods 1, 2:
-Fill out EM spectrum handout together (posted last week)
-Spectroscopy PPT
-demo a prism (use overhead projector light)
-if time worksheet from 28.1- Tools of Astronomy

Period 4:
-Spectroscopy PPT
-demo a prism (use overhead projector light)
-worksheet from 28.1- Tools of Astronomy

Period 7:
-PPT (from yesterday) on the Tools of Astronomy
-watch internet video of the ISS
-worksheet from 28.1

Tuesday, March 22 F

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Reminder: Periods 2, 4, and 7 must read text pgs. 747-752 and do #1-7 on 752 by Wed (3/23). Here is the link to Ms. Burt’s site for the textbook
Periods 1, 2, 4,:
-Collect WebQuest (except per 7 due Thurs)
-Warm-up: show farthest galaxy discovered by Hubble at hubblesite; use this to tie in sci notation (distance to galaxy) and types of EM radiation detected (from the galaxy)
-Quick review of sci notation from yesterday
-PPT on the Tools of Astronomy

Period 6/7 (LAB):
-Quick PPT on Spectroscopy
-Spectroscopy lab
-Pick up with Tools of Astronomy PPT

 

Spectroscopy.ppt
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The_Tools_of_Astronomy.pptx
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spectroscopylab.pdf
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Monday, March 21 E

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sci notation.pdf
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CAPT: Math Supplemental Test
LAST DAY OF CAPT!

Class warm-up: show nasa pic-of-the-day http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html and discuss Moon’s distance at perigee (356,500 km) and apogee (406,500 km)…Use this to put big numbers into sci notation!

Periods 1, 2, 4, 7:
-Sci Notation h/o

HW Periods 1, 2, 4, 7
-WebQuest is due Tues (Thurs for per 7) Link to WebQuest is here
-Per 2, 4, 7 have textbook reading and questions (#1-7 p. 752) due Wed.

Monday, March 14 F

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Electromagnetic Spectrum.doc
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NO CAPT today! Regular full day.

Periods 1, 2, 4:
-Handouts on the electromag spectrum. Begin Webquest…link to WQ is here! 
Periods 6/7: LAB
-review Yeast and Enzyme expmts from last year (for CAPT) and do open-ended questions.
-Watch youtube videos on the labs (posted last Thursday and Friday)
-for period 7 do the same as per 1-4 (except don’t start WQ…substitute discoveryeducation light video clip instead)

Electromagnetic_Spectrum_handout.doc.pdf
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