1. 6th grade warm ups week of 9-11-17

2. Monday (Mon.)
No warm up because we were not in school. (Hurricane Irma)

3. Tuesday (Tues.)
No warm up because we were not in school. (Hurricane Irma)

4. Wednesday (Wed.)
½ day and will not see 6th grade today.

5. Thursday (Thurs.)
WU: What is a galaxy?
Ans: A galaxy is a large group of stars, dust and gas.

6. Friday (Fri.)
WU: List the 4 types of galaxies. Ans: 1: Spiral galaxy: have a bulge at the center and spiral arms. 2: The Milky Way: This is the galaxy in which we live. It is similar to a spiral galaxy. 3: Elliptical galaxy: very bright centers, very little dust and gas 4: Irregular galaxy: are galaxies that don’t fit into any other class/group

7. 6th grade warm ups: week of 9-18-17

8. Monday (Mon.)
EQ: How do the planets in our solar system differ? WU: How do scientist measure distance in space? Ans. 1:Distance in space is measure in AU, which stands for astronomical unit. 2: An AU is the average distance between Earth and the Sun which is approximately 150 billion kilometers.

9. Tuesday (Tues.)
Follow these directions: Make two columns. In one column list the planets in order according to their distance from the sun and in the other make a acronym using the first letter of each planet name. (Make up something different than you may already have heard.)

10. Friday (Fri.) 9-15-17 Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus
Neptune My
Very
Earthly
Mother
Just
Served Us
Nachos

11. Wednesday (Wed.)
WU: How is the solar system positioned in the Milky Way Galaxy and the Universe?
Ans: 1: Our solar system is about 2/3 of the way out from the center of the Milky Way. It is positioned along one of the spiral "arms" of the Milky Way.
2: Since the universe is continually expanding it is difficult to describe our exact location.

12. Thursday (Thurs.)
WU: What force controls the motion of the planets?
Ans: Gravity is the force( a pull) that controls the motion of all the planets.

13. Friday (Fri.)
WU: How does Earth compare to other planets in the solar system?
Ans: 1: Our planet Earth is one of the smaller planets, but it is pretty large at 7,926 miles in diameter.
2: It is the 5th largest planet in the solar system. Only the outer plants are larger than Earth.