Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Tuesday and Wednesday, 17/18 January, 2012

Students will be able to:
use the information fromthe textbook, articles, and classroom discussions to
-describe how astronomers measure distance.
-describe objects in space.
-distinguish between star systems and galaxies.

Due to testing, classes will meet on a different schedule.

Students watched BrainPop movies on The Life Cycle Of Stars, Galaxies, The Milky Way, and The Solar System.

Students completed the group presentations on the objects in space.

Students read the article What's Out There?

Students in some classes completed the GIZMO on the H-R Diagram.

Students read chapter 3 on astronomical units.

Home learning 17 can be found in the text, page 129 #s 1, 3, 4 and page 131 #s 1, 3. It is due next class meeting.

Notebooks will be collected on Thursday.