These materials were handed out on Friday.
Lunar Phases (handout)
Create a model of the phases of the moon, using oreos, a lamp, and a softball. Take a picture.
Template A
Template B
Template C
Diameter of the Moon Lab (to be completed 4/5 to 4/8)
Complete the activity shown at http://sunshine.chpc.utah.edu/labs/moon/lunar_phases_main.html and then show me your completed quiz results (print or call Mrs. Deutmeyer over)
============ Read through slides 80-end, which focus on the moon, phases, calendars, and retrograde motion. We'll be discussing this tomorrow.
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Friday, March 30, 2012
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Day 10: The Effect of the Moon
Moon Dance
Take Home Essay for Unit 1:
Option 1: You are a contest designer on Jeopardy. Organize your information from unit 1 into a 5 x 5 matrix, providing clues and answers. You may organize this digitally, or with paper.
Option 2: You go to a school board meeting and find yourself embroiled in a controversy about scientific creationism and the beginning of the universe. Based on your study of astronomy, how can you deal with the controversy.
Option 1: You are a contest designer on Jeopardy. Organize your information from unit 1 into a 5 x 5 matrix, providing clues and answers. You may organize this digitally, or with paper.
Option 2: You go to a school board meeting and find yourself embroiled in a controversy about scientific creationism and the beginning of the universe. Based on your study of astronomy, how can you deal with the controversy.
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Day 9: Learning About the Solar System
Read through the above powerpoint, and create a mind map, or post-it note outline, either with paper or online.
Big Idea: How do conditions differ around the solar system?
Big Idea2: Can we ever get out of here?
- plate tectonics
- weathering
- gas planets vs rocky planets
- distances in space
- moons vs. asteroids
- atmosphere.
On Friday, we will be having a 15 question short-answer quiz on the material from unit 1.
We will also be having a discussion about Moon Phases. This is more visual for people when they bring oreos or ritz bits crackers.
We will also be having a discussion about Moon Phases. This is more visual for people when they bring oreos or ritz bits crackers.
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Monday, March 26, 2012
Day 7: Understanding our place in the constellations
On Friday, we took a look at the idea of looking at one planet through the lens of another. We also compared Copernican theory to Epicycles. Today we'll try again, without the extensive vocabulary and the wordy explanations.
QUESTIONS TO ANSWER
QUESTIONS TO ANSWER
When you get done with this, you will need to locate the distance to the seven primary stars in the asterism Ursa Minor using the program Stellarium. (If it's not on your computer, you can find it at http://www.stellarium.org ) We're going to make a model of the star constellation.
Friday, March 23, 2012
Day 6: Understanding Kepler and Ptolemy
Go to the Nebraska Astronomy Lab on the solar system models
The applets that accompany this lab are found here.
KEPLERS' LAWS
UNIVERSAL GRAVITATION
The applets that accompany this lab are found here.
KEPLERS' LAWS
UNIVERSAL GRAVITATION
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Day 4-5: Galileo and other Famous Astronomers
Friday, March 9, 2012
Learning about Our Origins
Take the Quiz
The Origins Movie
The Interactive
The task: Use the facts from this movie and the interactive to help create a video that tells me about what cosmology is and where you have questions. Use the powerpoint below.
Things to consider in your definition:
The Origins Movie
The Interactive
The task: Use the facts from this movie and the interactive to help create a video that tells me about what cosmology is and where you have questions. Use the powerpoint below.
- general relativity
- special relativity
- the space-time warping, which causes gravitational lensing
- how far we can go
- if we can find other planets in this effort
Things to consider in your definition:
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Special Relativity
FYI: http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/aurora-possible-major-solar-flare-/62489
The background
Tutorial 1
Tutorial 2
Tutorial 3
Tutorial 4
Tutorial 5
Tutorial 6
GO through each tutorial and then summarize in one or two paragraphs.
Each of these tutorials focuses on a specific concept. When you get done, you should be able to explain
*the twin paradox
*simultaneity
*length dilation
*time dilation
*special relativity
Hand in the seven paragraphs and the definitions INDIVIDUALLY when you are finished.
Tutorial 1
Tutorial 2
Tutorial 3
Tutorial 4
Tutorial 5
Tutorial 6
GO through each tutorial and then summarize in one or two paragraphs.
Each of these tutorials focuses on a specific concept. When you get done, you should be able to explain
*the twin paradox
*simultaneity
*length dilation
*time dilation
*special relativity
Hand in the seven paragraphs and the definitions INDIVIDUALLY when you are finished.
Monday, March 5, 2012
Galaxy Intro
Seeing Galaxies takes some practice, so going to here will be a good start. It should take about 20 minutes to read through and see the galaxy types.
Next, go to the SDSS database, which took pictures for the first web site. You will be learning about galaxies, and going through the first 2 exercises and the first 4 questions. Take the time to collect the data on paper, and hand in what you have completed at the end of the hour.
Next, go to the SDSS database, which took pictures for the first web site. You will be learning about galaxies, and going through the first 2 exercises and the first 4 questions. Take the time to collect the data on paper, and hand in what you have completed at the end of the hour.
Thursday, March 1, 2012
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