Stars 10/22-23/2015

Teacher and Students will view and discuss a "Stars" Power-point.

Students will create a Vocabulary Foldable for the following terms:

  1. Planet

  2. Sun

  3. Solar nebula

  4. Apparent magnitude (brightness)

  5. Absolute brightness (Luminosity)

Rotation Stations (10/22-23/2015)

   Vocabulary Foldable

   Guided Notes

   Pages 85-93

   Hertzsprung Russell Graph activity

HOW DO I READ A HR DIAGRAM? (Click)

Colors of stars based on temperature going from hottest to coolest.

Blue, White, Yellow, Orange, and Red

10/20-21/2015

Stars Vocabulary

Students will create a Vocabulary Foldable for the following terms:

 1.  Planet

 2. Sun

 3. Solar nebula

 4. Apparent magnitude (brightness)

 5.   Absolute brightness

(Luminosity)

***Students must know the difference between the two terms.***

***Must know for test!!!!!!***

Home Learning:

• Vocab Foldable
• pages 85-93
• Star HOT Questions

Solar System Projects are due  10/26/2015.

Click the link below:

Star Size Comparison of Plants

10/16/15 and 10/19/15

Small Bodies in the Solar System Vocabulary

Students will create a Vocabulary Foldable for the following terms:

1.                  Comet

2.                  Asteroid

3.                  Meteoroid

4.                  Meteorite

5.                  Meteor

6.                  Dwarf planet

Oort Cloud

                                Kuiper Belt

 

Asteroids

   (180-181)

What is the difference between a meteoroid, meteor, and meteorite?

 Meteoroid, Meteor, and Meteorite (YouTube)

        Meteor Crater (Northern Arizona)

    

RUSSIAN METEOR EXPLOSION (YOUTUBE)

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Comets (pages 178-179)

   Halley's Comet (Class-zone)

                                                   

 Comet (Mixture of dust and ice)

How are asteroids, comets and meteors different?

Kepler's Law of Planetary Motion

HIGHLY ELLIPTICAL ORBITS 

APHELION- FAR (SLOW)   

PERHELION- CLOSE (FAST)

Dwarf Planet (Click Here)

PLEASE READ THE ARTICLE 
SILENT SUSTAINED READING

(CLICK HERE) SOLAR SYSTEM SCOPE- EXPLORE THE PLANETS(CLICK HERE) SOLAR SYSTEM SCOPE- EXPLORE THE PLANETS