2. Give Mr. Hyatt money ScaleScale Description 4 Through independent work beyond what was taught in class, students could (examples include, but are not limited to): research current and past earth and sun conditions. investigate causes and possible solutions for global climate change. compare and contrast the patterns in the organization and distribution of matter in the sun, earth, moon system. compare and contrast different solar events and their impact on earth. 3 understand how the motions of the sun, stars and planets as observed from Earth relate to the motions of the Earth and other planets in space. understand how the movement and position of Earth influences life on Earth. be able to differentiate between astronomy and astrology. 2 determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other astronomy specific words and phrases relating to the Earth, Sun and Moon illustrate the patterns of distribution of matter in the sun, earth, moon system. list the physical properties of the Earth, Sun and Moon. describe the key parts of the Earth, Sun and Moon System 1 show the patterns of distribution of matter in the sun, earth, moon system. select from a list the physical properties of the sun, earth and moon. list the key parts of the structure of earth, sun and moon.

3. Bell Work 11-13-15 Explain how a sunspot happens

4. Complete graph to determine sunspot cycles. Set up graph with time on x and sunspots on y Graph a point at every year Each group member should graph a different set of data. 2010: 16.5 2011: 56 2012: 57 2013: 65

5. Next Steps 1. Label maximums (M) and minimums (m). (on graph) 2. Calculate the average time between a maximum and a maximum. 3. Calculate the average time between a minimum and a minimum.

6. Answer these questions in your journal under your notes from Wednesday 1. What does your graph tell you about the sun? 2. What do your calculations tell you about the sun? 3. Make maximum/minimum predictions for the years 2018, 2024 & 2030 4. How many sunspots were there during the year you were born? 5. Predict whether it will be closer to a maximum or a minimum when you graduate college and when you turn 30 years old

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9. The Sunspot Cycle The number of sunspots reaches a maximum (or minimum) about every 11 years. successive maximums have spots with reversed magnetic polarity, so the polarity and maximum solar cycle is 22 years long. 22 years video

10. A solar cycle: a montage of ten years' worth of images, demonstrating the variation in solar activity during a sunspot cycle, from after August 30, 1991, to September 6, 2001.

11. Movement of the Sun The rotation rate of the sun is determined by sunspot movement. video

12. October 10 October 12 October 14 October 16 October 18October 20 October 22 October 24

13. Movement of the Sun The rotation rate of the sun was determined by sunspot movement. The average rate of rotation of the Sun is 25 days near the equator, and up to 36 days at the poles. The average revolution (around the milky way) is The Sun is about 200 million years. *sun is approximately 30,000 light years from the center of the Milky Way and orbits around that center in about with an average speed of about 230 km/s or 800,000 km/h. The Sun has completed about 23 of those orbits so far. video

14. Magnetism The Sun has a very large and very complex magnetic field. The magnetic field at an average place on the Sun is twice as strong as the magnetic field of Earth. Since the Sun's surface is more than 12,000 times larger than Earth's, the overall influence of the Sun's magnetic field extends out past Pluto. It is partly responsible for carrying the particles out to the planets which cause auroras.

16. Answer these questions in your journal under your notes from Wednesday 1. What does your graph tell you about the sun? 2. What do your calculations tell you about the sun? 3. Make maximum/minimum predictions for the years 2018, 2024 & 2030 4. How many sunspots were there during the year you were born? 5. Predict whether it will be closer to a maximum or a minimum when you graduate college and when you turn 30 years old