1. Astronomy Daily Agenda: 01/13/11  Find assigned seat.  3-2-1: Getting to know each other  Syllabus & Website  Intro to Astronomy PreziPrezi  Hubble Telescope video Hubble  Powers of Ten Powers of Ten  Questions and concerns???  Intro to Astronomy ppt

2. Astronomy Daily Agenda: 01/14/11 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

3. 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

4. Astronomy Daily Agenda: 01/20/11 Voc. Quiz ( voc words - week one) Finish notes in groups Carousel groups to get notes Plan lab ( phases of moon)

5. 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.

6. 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 http://www.murray.k12.ga.us/staci/moonphases.htm Film & questions: The Universe: The Moon HW: Moon phase drawings

7. 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 http://www.murray.k12.ga.us/staci/moonphases.htm

8. 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

9. Astronomy Daily Agenda: 01/27/11 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

10. Astronomy Daily Agenda: 01/28/11 Solar system edible lab 25 th anniversary of the Shuttle DisasterShuttle Disaster Gravity lab

11. Astronomy Daily Agenda: 02/2/11 Grab a computer New discovery on newsdiscovery Starry Night lab: Moon ( get the feel of this program) Webquest (group activity): Tides & MoonsTides & Moons  Note: Remember moon phases drawings due 2/10  First current article due by 2/28. Attach article to 1page summary  Test Friday

12. Astronomy Daily Agenda: 02/3/11 Comets and Asteroids videoComets and Asteroids http://www.astrofoto.org/node/770 : Photos of craters on Earthhttp://www.astrofoto.org/node/770 Crater lab  Note: Remember moon phases drawings due 2/10  First current article due by 2/28. Attach article to 1page summary  Test

13. 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?

14. Astronomy Daily Agenda: 02/7/11 Grab double-bubble Read the instructions In “pods” compare Earth to the Moon Are we alone?alone Continue working on Moon habitat project

15. Astronomy Daily Agenda: 02/8/11 Pick up Rubric Video clipVideo Continue working on Moon habitat project Self-assess your project Presentations – start today and finish tomorrow.

16. Astronomy Daily Agenda: 02/9/11 Presentations! Start Test

17. Astronomy Daily Agenda: 02/16/11 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

18. Astronomy Daily Agenda: 02/17/11 How the Solar System works video quick quiz Interactive Puzzle: Solar SystemInteractive 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

19. 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?

20. Astronomy Daily Agenda: 02/23/11 Shuttle Launch video Discussion on NASA and Shuttle programDiscussion 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

21. 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

22. 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? Quick write discussion Discovery video : time line Space shuttle time line Vagabonds of the solar system research

23. 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

24. Do-Now/Daily Agenda 03/03/11 Pick up worksheet and complete. Vagabonds of the solar system research Take Notes Jeopardy!

25. Do-Now/Daily Agenda 03/04/11 Quick write: (keep up with in notebook for quiz) In your own words, What is space?What is space? Vagabonds of the solar system research Notes Quiz!!!!!! Jeopardy!