Students will be able to:
use the information from textbooks and classroom discussions to
-compare and contrast the geocentric and the heliocentric models of the solar system.
Students took an assessment on this week's remediation topics, which were centered around the sixth grade earth and space topics. They also took an assessment on 8th grade topics of stars, galaxies, and the universe.
Students then watched a BrainPop movie on Galileo Galilei to introduce the topic of the historical evolution of the heliocentric model of the solar system.
Students then took notes, using either a Venn diagram or an H diagram, of the geocentric model vs the heliocentric model of the solar system. This information can be found on pages 169-173 in the eighth grade science text.
There was no nightly home learning, but there will be a notebook check on Monday. There should be four sections completed so far this grading period:
-notes on the effect of gravity on planets, stars, and solar systems. In this section, include home learnings 1-3 and and the GIZMO handout on Gravity Pitch.
-notes on the sun. In this section, include home learnings 4-6 and and the GIZMO handout on Star Spectra.
-notes on the solar system objects (the earth's moon, the inner and outer planets, the other objects in the solar system). In this section, include home learnings 7-9 and and the GIZMO handout on the Solar System.
-notes on the models of the solar system. In this section, include home learnings 10 and 11 and the differentiated instruction handout (with notes) that you took in class on Tuesday of this week.