Weekly+Agenda+-High+School

__Monday __  __ Tuesday __ __ Wednesday __ > ·   Students start tilt and temperature lab > ·   Explain moon observation homework sheet   Homework: Start observing moon (full moon) __ Thursday __ A-Period cycles out __ Friday __ No school – Good Friday __Monday__ ·  Discuss results for lab ·  Review lab questions ·  Review how to write a lab summary ·  Start writing conclusion summary paragraphs Homework: Finish summary paragraphs
 * __3/17 - 3/21__**
 * Intro to class
 * Jeopardy- review for Ch. 22 pretest
 * Notes: Earth’s Motions
 * Rotation/Revolution
 * Tilted axis
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> Ch.22 pretest
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> Explain tilt and temperature lab
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> Make hypothesis for lab
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> Choose angles to measure
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> Model lab for students
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> Students set up lab
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Review expectations for lab
 * __3/24 – 3/28__**

__Tuesday__ Computer Lab ·  Make graphs for lab ·  Type lab summary paragraphs Homework: Finish graph or paragraph if not done in class -  Lab report due tomorrow

__Wednesday__ Notes: What makes summer and winter? -  Model seasons with globes and flashlights -  Record observations Review observations

__Thursday__ ·  Start Shadow tracking lab ·  Setup and explain lab sheets ·  Review for seasons quiz

__Friday__ ·  Notes: What makes spring and autumn? ·  Seasons quiz ·  Model summer and winter shadows o  Link to tilt and temperature lab o  Discuss possible predictions for shadow tracking


 * __3/31 – 4/4__**

__Monday__ ·  Astronomy Movie

__Tuesday__ Cycle out

__Wednesday__ ·  Shadow tracking o  Measure length of shadows o  Record lengths

__Thursday__ ·  Phases of the moon (new moon to full moon) ·  Model phases with globe, flashlight, and ball

__Friday__ ·  Notes: Phases of the moon (full to new moon) o   Model with globe ·  Review moon observing sheet ·  Discuss observations and why ·  Review for quiz ·  Moon Quiz


 * __4/7-4/11__**

__Monday__ ·  Notes: Eclipses ·  Model eclipses with globe ·  Jeopardy review for test ·  Review for chapter test

__Tuesday__ ·  Chapter Test __Wednesday__ ·  Shadow Tracking o  Measuring length ·  Notes :Planets: Rocky and Gases

__Thursday__ ·  Cycle Out

__Friday__ ·  Movie: Bill Nye Astronomy Video

Vacation!
 * __Agenda for 4/14 - 4/18__**

__Monday__ ·  Pretest for ch23 ·  Tour of the solar system o  Researching the basic characteristics and compositions of the planets in the solar system Homework: Finish if not done in class
 * __Agenda for 4/21-4/25__**

__Tuesday__
 * Review students’ research on the planets
 * View pictures of each planet
 * Notes: Why Pluto is not a planet?
 * What makes it different from the rest

__Wednesday__ ·  Shadow tracking (Weather permitted) ·  Measure shadows and angles ·  Looking at scales in space o  How does the size of earth compare to the solar system, galaxy, universe

__Thursday__
 * Making a scale for to model the solar system
 * Convert scales for each planet's diameter and distance from the sun

__Friday__
 * Quiz on the planets of the solar system
 * Creating model planets to the scale created the previous day

__Monday__ Cycle out
 * 4/28 - 5/2**

__Tuesday__ - Model scaled solar system outside - Observe the realitive size of the planets and their distances to one another

__Wednesday__ - ch24 pretest - Observe popular constellations -Predict movement of stars in the sky -Notes: circumpolar constellations

__Thursday__ -Observe properties of stars - Predict the brightness of stars - How astronomers measure a stars brightness

__Friday__ - Notes: Absolute and Apparent Magnitude - Flashlight demo of star magnitudes


 * 5/5 - 5/9**

__Monday__ How to measure distances in space - Notes on the Parallax Effect - Begin first half of parallax activity - Varying distances of observed objects - How distance effects parallax - Answer questions 1,2 and 5 on activity sheet

__Tuesday__ - Finished Second half of parallax activity - Varying baseline distances to see their effects on parallax - Finished questions on parallax sheets - Review questions together as a class - Review for quiz

__Wednesday__ Cycle out

__Thursday__ - Quize on parallax and star magnitudes

__Friday__ Finished teaching