Astronomy Daily Agenda: 01/13/11
 Find assigned seat.
 3-2-1: Getting to know each other
 Syllabus & Website
 Intro to Astronomy Prezi
 Hubble Telescope video
 Powers of Ten
 Questions and concerns???
 Intro to Astronomy ppt
Astronomy Daily Agenda: 01/14/11
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Grab a Earth Science book off the cart.
Today we focus on our own Planet Earth (ppt)
Structure of Planet Earth drawing/labeling
Important vocabulary
Astronomy Daily Agenda: 01/19/11
• Grab a Earth Science book off the cart.
• Voc. Check ( due today)….quiz in the near future
• Groups: Mini lectures/teachings/drawings/Ms.
Smith’s class ( this Friday)
• Current Events: monthly requirement
• Two people have not turned in pre-test
Astronomy Daily Agenda: 01/20/11
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Voc. Quiz ( voc words - week one)
Finish notes in groups
Carousel groups to get notes
Plan lab ( phases of moon)
Voc. Quiz #1 01/20/11
• Define the following terms.
1. Earth
2. Atmosphere
3. Lithosphere
4. Stratosphere
5. Troposphere
6. Crust
7. Mantle
8. Longitiude
9. Latitiude
10. Hemisphere
Extra credit: Put the layers of the atmosphere in order from
outer layer to inner layer.
Astronomy Daily Agenda: 01/24/11
• Voc. Terms week 2 Focus on the Moon due by
01/27
• Install Starry Night software
• Moon webquest
http://www.murray.k12.ga.us/staci/moonphases.htm
• Film & questions: The Universe: The Moon
• HW: Moon phase drawings
Astronomy Daily Agenda: 01/25/11
• Universe review: 5 interesting facts!
• Voc. Terms week 2 Focus on the Moon due by
01/27
• Install Starry Night software
• Moon webquest
http://www.murray.k12.ga.us/staci/moonphases.htm
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Astronomy Daily Agenda: 01/26/11
• Voc. Terms week 2 Focus on the Moon due by
01/27
• Install Starry Night software
• Moon lab: Distance to the Moon
• Chap quiz
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Astronomy Daily Agenda: 01/27/11
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Voc. Terms week memory game
Voc. Terms week 2 Quiz
Install Starry Night software
Vocabulary review crossword puzzle
Label eclipse drawings
Plan Solar system edible lab
Astronomy Daily Agenda: 01/28/11
• Solar system edible lab
• 25th anniversary of the Shuttle Disaster
• Gravity lab
Astronomy Daily Agenda: 02/2/11
• Grab a computer
• New discovery on news
• Starry Night lab: Moon ( get the feel of this
program)
• Webquest (group activity): Tides & Moons
 Note: Remember moon phases drawings due 2/10
 First current article due by 2/28. Attach article to
1page summary
 Test Friday
Astronomy Daily Agenda: 02/3/11
• Comets and Asteroids video
• http://www.astrofoto.org/node/770 : Photos of
craters on Earth
• Crater lab
 Note: Remember moon phases drawings due 2/10
 First current article due by 2/28. Attach article to
1page summary
 Test
Astronomy Daily Agenda: 02/4/11
Earth has been
destroyed!
We all made it off
Earth in a space
shuttle.
Now we have to make
a new habitat on the
moon….are you
ready?
Astronomy Daily Agenda: 02/7/11
• Grab double-bubble
• Read the instructions
• In “pods” compare
Earth to the Moon
• Are we alone?
• Continue working on
Moon habitat project
Astronomy Daily Agenda: 02/8/11
• Pick up Rubric
• Video clip
• Continue working on
Moon habitat project
• Self-assess your
project
• Presentations – start
today and finish
tomorrow.
Astronomy Daily Agenda: 02/9/11
• Presentations!
• Start Test
Astronomy Daily Agenda: 02/16/11
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Turn in green folders ( work from Ms. Hickey)
Pick up word search and complete.
Create (put together) Solar system for room
How the Solar System works: Anticipation Guide
How the Solar System works video
How the Solar System works video quiz
Notes: Intro to Solar system
 First current article due by 2/28. Attach article to
1page summary
Astronomy Daily Agenda: 02/17/11
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How the Solar System works video quick quiz
Interactive Puzzle: Solar System
Notes: Intro to Solar system (tree map format)
Planets Travel Agent project
Pick Planets
Computer days: 2/18, 2/22, 2/24
Shuttle Launch date 2/24 (next Thursday!) @
4:50pm
 First current article due by 2/28. Attach article to
1page summary
Quick quiz: How our Solar System Works
1. List the four Gas planets.
2. How big is Jupiter compared to
Earth?
3. The Sun’s mass accounts for
________% of the total mass of the
Solar System.
4. What force(s) keeps the planets from
being pulled into the sun?
Astronomy Daily Agenda: 02/23/11
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Shuttle Launch video
Discussion on NASA and Shuttle program
Computer days: 2/18, 2/22, 2/24
Shuttle Launch date 2/24 (Thursday!) @ 4:50pm
 First current article due by 2/28. Attach article to
1page summary
Astronomy Daily Agenda: 02/24/11
• Mike Bone’s presentation!
• Computer days: 2/18, 2/22, 2/24
• Shuttle Launch date 2/24 (Thursday!) @ 4:50pm
 First current article due by 2/28. Attach article to
1page summary
Do-Now/Daily Agenda 03/01/11
Quick write: Are we learning enough from
the space shuttle missions to justify the
billion-dollar price tag for each launch?
Who should pay for these trips? Who
benefits from them?
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Quick write discussion
Discovery video : time line
Space shuttle time line
Vagabonds of the solar system research
Do-Now/Daily Agenda 03/02/11
Pick up worksheet and complete.
• Finish presentations…finally
• Space shuttle time line: finish
• Vagabonds of the solar system research
Do-Now/Daily Agenda 03/03/11
Pick up worksheet and complete.
• Vagabonds of the solar system research
• Take Notes
• Jeopardy!
Do-Now/Daily Agenda 03/04/11
• Quick write: (keep up with in notebook for quiz)
In your own words, What is space?
• Vagabonds of the solar system research Notes
• Quiz!!!!!!
• Jeopardy!