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Fourth Quarter: April 9, 2012 to June 13, 2012

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Week #18: June 4, 2012 to June 8, 2012 (Final Exam Schedule)

Classwork	Homework
Monday, 6/4/12: Questions about Spring 2012 Final Exam Study Guide Partial Lunar Eclipse on June 4^th! Venus Transit tomorrow from 3 PM to Sunset! Site 2 Announcement of JPL Open House Extra Credit. Write-ups: Take pictures of at least 5 displays, shows, or other learning events that you attend with you in the picture. Write up a description of what you learned at each display and place the image of the display next to the description. Turn this in no later than Monday, June 11, 2012! Climate Change Video and questions: History Channel’s A Global Warning: Finish JPL Climate Site: Evidence of Climate Change	Due Tuesday, 6/5/12: Finish essay on last question of Climate Change Video questions Complete Spring 2012 Final Exam Study Guide
Tuesday, 6/5/12: Questions about Spring 2012 Final Exam Study Guide Venus Transit TODAY from 3 PM to Sunset! Site 2 Come to the South field from 3 PM to Sunset to view this once in a lifetime astronomical event! Coming will earn you Extra Credit, but you must sign in and sign out when you arrive and depart! Global and Local Wind Patterns The amazing journey of Zac Sunderland and global wind patterns	Due Wednesday, 6/6/12: Venus Transit TODAY from 3 PM to Sunset! Site 2 Come to the South field from 3 PM to Sunset to view this once in a lifetime astronomical event! Coming will earn you Extra Credit, but you must sign in and sign out when you arrive and depart! Complete Spring 2012 Final Exam Study Guide
Wednesday, 6/6/12: Questions about Spring 2012 Final Exam Study Guide Global and Local Wind Patterns The amazing journey of Zac Sunderland and global wind patterns Humidity, Clouds, and Precipitation Patterns	Due Friday, 6/8/12: · Complete Spring 2012 Final Exam Study Guide · ALL MAKEUP WORK DUE BY FRIDAY, 6/8/12!
Friday, 6/8/12: Questions about Spring 2012 Final Exam Study Guide Humidity, Clouds, and Precipitation Patterns	Due Monday, 6/11/12: Have a nice weekend! JPL Open House Extra Credit. Write-ups: Take pictures of at least 5 displays, shows, or other learning events that you attend with you in the picture. Write up a description of what you learned at each display and place the image of the display next to the description. Turn this in no later than Monday, June 11, 2012! Complete Spring 2012 Final Exam Study Guide

Week #17: May 29, 2012 to June 1, 2012

Classwork	Homework
Tuesday, 5/29/12: Traeger OCO Video New Study Finds Ocean Warmed Significantly Since 1993 The Balance of Power in the Earth Sun System Internet Investigation on Heating of Earth and Climate Change: Finish Go over stars and galaxies tests handed back on Friday	Due Wednesday, 5/30/12: Finish Internet Investigation on Heating of Earth and Climate Change if necessary Correct stars and galaxies tests Complete Spring 2012 Final Exam Study Guide
Wednesday, 5/30/12: Hand out Global Heat Budgets Energy Checkbook Activity Climate Change Video and questions: History Channel’s A Global Warning	Due Thursday, 5/31/12: · Global Heat Budgets Energy Checkbook Activity · Complete Spring 2012 Final Exam Study Guide
Thursday, 5/31/12: Go over/collect Global Heat Budgets Energy Checkbook Activity Climate Change Video and questions: History Channel’s A Global Warning	Due Friday, 6/1/12: · To be announced. · Complete Spring 2012 Final Exam Study Guide
Friday, 6/1/12: Climate Change Video and questions: History Channel’s A Global Warning Next Week Extreme Ice Surveys: Internet Investigation	Due Monday, 6/4/12: Have a nice weekend! Complete Spring 2012 Final Exam Study Guide Partial Lunar Eclipse on June 4^th!

Week #16: May 21, 2012 to May 25, 2012 (STAR Testing Week 2)

Classwork	Homework
Monday, 5/21/12: Debriefing on yesterday’s Annular Solar Eclipse Composition and Structure of the Atmosphere	Due Tuesday, 5/22/12: Finish Composition and Structure of the Atmosphere Read Section 22.1, pages 547-554. Answer Section 22.1 Questions Online.
Tuesday, 5/22/12: · Guest speaker from Caltech’s Community Seismic Network	Due Thursday, 5/24/12 (Block Day): Finish Composition and Structure of the Atmosphere Read Section 22.1, pages 547-554. Answer Section 22.1 Questions Online.
Thursday, 5/24/12 (Block Day): Go over/collect Composition and Structure of the Atmosphere Go over 22.1 HW Heat Transfer Lab The Balance of Power in the Earth Sun System Global Heat Budgets Energy Checkbook Activity	Due Friday, 5/25/12: · Finish Heat Transfer Lab
Friday, 5/25/12: Go over and collect Heat Transfer Lab Traeger OCO Video New Study Finds Ocean Warmed Significantly Since 1993 The Balance of Power in the Earth Sun System Internet Investigation on Heating of Earth and Climate Change: Start Hand out Spring 2012 Final Exam Study Guide Hand back stars and galaxies tests.	Due Tuesday, 5/29/12: Have a nice Memorial Day weekend! Correct stars and galaxies tests Complete Spring 2012 Final Exam Study Guide

Week #15: May 14, 2012 to May 18, 2012 (STAR Testing Week 2 schedule. No Block this week.)

Classwork	Homework
Monday, 5/14/12: Universe video and questions: Alien Galaxies: Finish Galaxies and the Expanding Universe Activity	Due Tuesday, 5/15/12: Read Sections 30.3 and 30.4, pages 789-796. Answer Section 30.3 and 30.4 Questions Online. Review for Test on Chapter 30, Light, Stars, Galaxies, and Universe on Wednesday, 5/16/12. We are Stardust: Symphony of Science with Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Richard Feynman, and Lawrence Krauss: This will help you to study up for the star life cycles part of Wednesday’s Test!
Tuesday, 5/15/12: Traeger out today on school business. Earth: The Biography: Atmosphere video and questions	Due Wednesday, 5/16/12: · Read Sections 30.3 and 30.4, pages 789-796. Answer Section 30.3 and 30.4 Questions Online. · Review for Test on Chapter 30, Light, Stars, Galaxies, and Universe on Wednesday, 5/16/12. · We are Stardust: Symphony of Science with Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Richard Feynman, and Lawrence Krauss: This will help you to study up for the star life cycles part of Wednesday’s Test!
Wednesday, 5/16/12: Test on Chapter 30, Light, Stars, Galaxies, and Universe Turn in Galaxies and the Expanding Universe Activity	Due Thursday, 5/17/12: · Read Section 22.1, pages 547-554. Answer Section 22.1 Questions Online.
Thursday, 5/17/12: · Earth: The Biography: Atmosphere video and questions: Go over · Flyover video of Earth’s Atmosphere taken by International Space Station. · Pressure demos and Balloon Demo Composition and Structure of the Atmosphere	Due Monday, 5/21/12: Have a nice weekend! · Annular Solar Eclipse on Sunday Evening, 5/20/12. Come out and observe through solar telescopes from 5:15 PM to Sunset! Location to be announced. Go to solar eclipses for beginners page to find out more about the dynamics of an annular solar eclipse.

Week #14: May 7, 2012 to May 11, 2012

Classwork	Homework
Monday, 5/7/12: Starfinder Lab: Zodiac, Constellations, and Star Characteristics Go over 30.1 homework	Due Tuesday, 5/8/12: Finish Starfinder Lab: Zodiac, Constellations, and Star Characteristics Extra Credit Possibility! Go to the Griffith Observatory and take a digital camera along with a note book. Take pictures of at least 5 displays, shows, or other learning events that you attend with you in the picture. Write up a description of what you learned at each display and place the image of the display next to the description. All students who do this extra credit must tell me about the Foucault Pendulum at the entrance to the observatory. Observe it and tell me what it tells you about the rotation of the Earth! This extra credit opportunity will be in effect until May 8, 2012.
Tuesday, 5/8/12: Pass back Sun Tests for Corrections Universe Series video: Life and Death of a Star: with questions: Finish Plotting 25 Stars on the H-R Diagram, H-R Diagram Activities and H-R Diagram Interactive The life journey to a black hole Star Life Cycles website Stellar Evolution Tuning fork diagram · Stellar evolution internet investigation link	Due Thursday, 5/10/12 (Block Day): Read Section 30.2, pages 781-788. Answer Section 30.2 Questions Online · Correct Sun Tests Extra Credit Possibility: Go outside tonight after dark with your star finder and some binoculars if you have them. A small flashlight (preferably with a red filter) is also needed. Make sure to hold the star finder over your head and point the North arrow in the direction of the mountains. On a separate piece of paper, do the following: A) List the names of the constellations/star groups you can identify. B) What was the time and location where you observed? (Note: do this on the next night that it is clear if it is cloudy tonight.) C) What are some of the brightest stars in the sky and where are they? Just say the location in the sky if you do not know the name. D) Find a star that appears red. Where is it? E) Find a star that appears yellow. Where is it? F) Find a star that appears blue. Where is it? G) What does the color of a star tell you about that star? H) Are the brightest stars burning the hottest? Why or Why not? I) How can you tell the difference between the planets (Venus, Jupiter and Saturn) and the stars?
Thursday, 5/10/12 (Block Day): Go over 30.2 HW Plotting 25 Stars on the H-R Diagram, H-R Diagram Activities and H-R Diagram Interactive The life journey to a black hole Star Life Cycles website Stellar Evolution Tuning fork diagram Stellar evolution internet investigation link	Due Friday, 5/11/12: · Finish Plotting 25 Stars on the H-R Diagram and Universe Series video: Life and Death of a Star: with questions
Friday, 5/11/12: Go over and turn in Plotting 25 Stars on the H-R Diagram and Universe Series video: Life and Death of a Star: with questions Universe video and questions: Alien Galaxies	Due Monday, 5/14/12: Have a nice weekend!

Week #13: April 30, 2012 to May 4, 2012 (STAR Testing Week 1 and STAR Testing Week 2 sched.)

Classwork	Homework
Monday, 4/30/12: Starfinder Lab: Zodiac, Constellations, and Star Characteristics: Make Starfinders	Due Tuesday, 5/1/12: Complete Homework prompt at bottom of page 3 of Starfinder Lab. (Canceled due to cloudy weather)
Tuesday, 5/1/12: Starfinder Lab: Zodiac, Constellations, and Star Characteristics Using Stellarium planetarium program	Due Wednesday, 5/2/12: · Complete Homework prompt at bottom of page 3 of Starfinder Lab. (Canceled due to cloudy weather) · Read Section 30.1, pages 774-780 and Section 30.3, page 789. Answer Section 30.1 Questions Online. Sorry. I didn’t get to post it until late Tuesday night, so it’s not due until Thursday.
Wednesday, 5/2/12: Starfinder Lab: Zodiac, Constellations, and Star Characteristics Using Stellarium planetarium program	Due Thursday, 5/3/12: · Read Section 30.1, pages 774-780 and Section 30.3, page 789. Answer Section 30.1 Questions Online.
Thursday, 5/3/12: Starfinder Lab: Zodiac, Constellations, and Star Characteristics Go over 30.1 homework	Due Friday, 5/4/12: · Starfinder Lab: Zodiac, Constellations, and Star Characteristics: Finish all parts and bring questions about parts you don’t know to class Friday
Friday, 5/4/12: Universe Series video: Life and Death of a Star: with questions	Due Monday, 5/7/12: Have a nice weekend! Extra Credit Possibility! Go to the Griffith Observatory and take a digital camera along with a note book. Take pictures of at least 5 displays, shows, or other learning events that you attend with you in the picture. Write up a description of what you learned at each display and place the image of the display next to the description. All students who do this extra credit must tell me about the Foucault Pendulum at the entrance to the observatory. Observe it and tell me what it tells you about the rotation of the Earth! This extra credit opportunity will be in effect until May 8, 2012.

Week #12: April 23, 2012 to April 27, 2012

Classwork	Homework
Monday, 4/23/12: Quiz on Sections 29.1 and 29.2: The Sun Light: The Astronomer’s Friend. Use the KSU Spectroscopy Site to find the identity of the spectra in the lab. The Electromagnetic Spectrum: Link 1 and Link 2 and an exploded star in multiple wavelengths What wavelength goes with each color? Multi-wavelength Astronomy Energy Levels and Spectrum of the Hydrogen Atom Light spectra The Doppler Effect Stellar Spectra and the Doppler Effect How Telescopes Work: Site 1 and Site 2 and Site 3 Phet and University of Nebraska Animations	Due Tuesday, 4/24/12: No homework
Tuesday, 4/24/12: · Hand out Mystery Spectra Light: The Astronomer’s Friend. Use the KSU Spectroscopy Site to find the identity of the spectra in the lab. The Electromagnetic Spectrum: Link 1 and Link 2 and an exploded star in multiple wavelengths What wavelength goes with each color? Multi-wavelength Astronomy Energy Levels and Spectrum of the Hydrogen Atom Light spectra The Doppler Effect Stellar Spectra and the Doppler Effect How Telescopes Work: Site 1 and Site 2 and Site 3 · Phet and University of Nebraska Animations	Due Thursday, 4/26/12 (Block Day): · Mystery Spectra. · Complete ES2803: What Does the Spectrum of a Star Tell Us about Its Temperature? For Extra Credit
Thursday, 4/26/12 (Block Day): Hand out Red Shift, Blue Shift, front side only Light: The Astronomer’s Friend.	Due Friday, 4/27/12: · Red Shift, Blue Shift, front side only
Friday, 4/27/12: Go over Red Shift, Blue Shift Finish Light: The Astronomer’s Friend.	Due Monday, 4/30/12: Have a nice weekend! Extra Credit Possibility! Go to the Griffith Observatory and take a digital camera along with a note book. Take pictures of at least 5 displays, shows, or other learning events that you attend with you in the picture. Write up a description of what you learned at each display and place the image of the display next to the description. All students who do this extra credit must tell me about the Foucault Pendulum at the entrance to the observatory. Observe it and tell me what it tells you about the rotation of the Earth! This extra credit opportunity will be in effect until May 8, 2012.

Week #11: April 16, 2012 to April 20, 2012

Classwork	Homework
Monday, 4/16/12: Tornado Outbreak in Midwest and how E = mc^2 explains it Introduction to Stars Star Size Comparison Give out magic beads Solar telescope observations Internet Investigation on Solar Cycles and Star Life Cycles	Due Tuesday, 4/17/12: Finish Internet Investigation on Solar Cycles
Tuesday, 4/17/12: Massive coronal mass ejection video 1 and video 2 on 4/16/12 at 10:45 AM PDT. We saw this yesterday in periods 3 and 4 through the H-alpha telescope! How do magic beads work? Ultraviolet Index and the Sun Electromagnetic Spectrum Collect/Go over Internet Investigation on Solar Cycles and Star Life Cycles · Secrets of the Sun video and questions: start	Due Thursday, 4/19/12 (Block Day): · Read Section 29.1, pages 755-760. Answer Section 29.1 Questions Online.
Thursday, 4/19/12 (Block Day): Go over 29.1 HW Secrets of the Sun video and questions Einstein and the Power of Tiny Things Ultraviolet Index and the Sun	Due Friday, 4/20/12: · Read Section 29.2, pages 761-764. Answer Section 29.2 Questions Online.
Friday, 4/20/12: District Administered Student Satisfaction Survey Go over 29.2 HW Finish Secrets of the Sun video and questions	Due Monday, 4/23/12: Have a nice weekend! Review Sections 29.1 and 29.2 for Quiz on Monday, 4/23/12 Extra Credit Possibility! Go to the Griffith Observatory and take a digital camera along with a note book. Take pictures of at least 5 displays, shows, or other learning events that you attend with you in the picture. Write up a description of what you learned at each display and place the image of the display next to the description. All students who do this extra credit must tell me about the Foucault Pendulum at the entrance to the observatory. Observe it and tell me what it tells you about the rotation of the Earth! This extra credit opportunity will be in effect until May 8, 2012.

Week #10: April 9, 2012 to April 13, 2012

Classwork	Homework
Monday, 4/9/12: Traeger out today for jury duty L Jupiter video and questions	Due Tuesday, 4/10/12: Work on Destination Solar System Project.
Tuesday, 4/10/12: · Alliance for Climate Education Assembly	Due Thursday, 4/12/12 (Block Day): · Work on Destination Solar System Project.
Thursday, 4/12/12 (Block Day): Destination Solar System Project.	Due Friday, 4/13/12: · Read Section 28.3, pages 733-738. Answer Section 28.3 Questions Online. · Work on Destination Solar System Project and finish if needed.
Friday, 4/13/12: Destination Solar System Project: Turn in by 3:30 PM to MyBigCampus Mars: Dead or Alive video and questions Next Week Saturn video and questions	Due Monday, 4/16/12: Have a nice weekend! Extra Credit Possibility! Go to the Griffith Observatory and take a digital camera along with a note book. Take pictures of at least 5 displays, shows, or other learning events that you attend with you in the picture. Write up a description of what you learned at each display and place the image of the display next to the description. All students who do this extra credit must tell me about the Foucault Pendulum at the entrance to the observatory. Observe it and tell me what it tells you about the rotation of the Earth! This extra credit opportunity will be in effect until May 8, 2012.

Third Quarter: January 30, 2012 to March 30, 2012

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Week #9: March 26, 2012 to March 30, 2012

Classwork	Homework
Monday, 3/26/12: Video and Questions: History Channel’s The Universe: The Inner Planets Mercury and Venus: Finish Questions and Turn in. Internet Investigation on Terrestrial and Jovian planet surface processes	Due Tuesday, 3/27/12: Read Section 27.3, pages 695-700. Answer Section 27.3 Questions Online.
Tuesday, 3/27/12: · Current event on James Cameron’s Dive to the Marianas Trench · Internet Investigation on Terrestrial and Jovian planet surface processes	Due Thursday, 3/29/12 (Block Day): · Read Section 27.4, pages 701-708. Answer Section 27.4 Questions Online.
Thursday, 3/29/12 (Block Day): Hand back Moon Tests for Corrections Go over 27.3 and 27.4 homework Terrestrial versus Jovian: What is the difference? Internet Investigation on Terrestrial and Jovian planet surface processes: Finish · Mars: Dead or Alive video and questions Destination Solar System Project.	Due Friday, 3/30/12: · Correct Moon Tests
Friday, 3/30/12: Destination Solar System Project.	Due Monday, 4/9/12: Have a nice Spring Break! Extra Credit Possibility! Go to the Griffith Observatory and take a digital camera along with a note book. Take pictures of at least 5 displays, shows, or other learning events that you attend with you in the picture. Write up a description of what you learned at each display and place the image of the display next to the description. All students who do this extra credit must tell me about the Foucault Pendulum at the entrance to the observatory. Observe it and tell me what it tells you about the rotation of the Earth! This extra credit opportunity will be in effect until May 8, 2012.

Week #8: March 19, 2012 to March 23, 2012 (Inverse Block Schedule. Minimum Day on Thursday due to Open House)

Classwork	Homework
Monday, 3/19/12: Open House Extra Credit offer Happy Vernal Equinox at 10:14 PM tonight Pacific Daylight Time! How Tides Work Tidal Bulge Simulation Tbone Tide Calculator The Pilgrim Tides	Due Tuesday, 3/20/12 (Block Day): Correct Seasons and Rotation Tests handed back last week Review Sections 28.1, 28.2, and 21.3 for Test
Tuesday, 3/20/12 (Block Day): · Go over Section 21.3 Homework · The Pilgrim Tides: Finish and turn in · Test on Sections 28.1, 28.2, and 21.3 · Start Video and Questions: History Channel’s The Universe: The Inner Planets Mercury and Venus	Due Thursday, 3/22/12: · Correct Seasons and Rotation Tests handed back last week
Thursday, 3/22/12 (Minimum Day due to Open House): · Current Event: Magnitude 7.4 Earthquake in Oaxaca State, Mexico. · Review of the Nebular Hypothesis describing solar system formation and Pillars of Creation · What makes a planet a planet discussion · Why Isn’t Pluto a Planet Anymore? : YouTube Feed and Cool Cosmos Ask An Astronomer Feed · Ingredients for Planetary Life Brainstorm · Exoplanets in other solar systems Video and Questions: History Channel’s The Universe: The Inner Planets Mercury and Venus	Due Friday, 3/23/12: · Come help Traeger at Open House Thursday Night for extra credit!
Friday, 3/23/12: Video and Questions: History Channel’s The Universe: The Inner Planets Mercury and Venus	Due Monday, 3/26/12: Have a nice weekend! Extra Credit Possibility! Go to the Griffith Observatory and take a digital camera along with a note book. Take pictures of at least 5 displays, shows, or other learning events that you attend with you in the picture. Write up a description of what you learned at each display and place the image of the display next to the description. All students who do this extra credit must tell me about the Foucault Pendulum at the entrance to the observatory. Observe it and tell me what it tells you about the rotation of the Earth! This extra credit opportunity will be in effect until May 8, 2012.

Week #7: March 12, 2012 to March 16, 2012 (Inverse Block Schedule. No School Thursday)

Classwork	Homework
Monday, 3/12/12: The Moon’s Motions and Phases: Analyzing Lunar Photos and Eclipses. NASA Eclipse Home Page, Lunar Eclipse Diagram, Solar Eclipse Diagram, Lunar Phase and Eclipse Animations, and Eclipse Animations from Penn State University and Phase and Eclipse Animations from University of Nebraska. · More Eclipse and Moon Phase Animations Eclipse Animation	Due Tuesday, 3/13/12 (Block Day): Read Section 21.3, pages 531-534. Answer Section 21.3 questions online. Use the How do Tides Work website to answer some of the questions.
Tuesday, 3/13/12 (Block Day): Go over Section 28.2 and 21.3 Homework The Moon’s Motions and Phases: Analyzing Lunar Photos and Eclipses. NASA Eclipse Home Page, Lunar Eclipse Diagram, Solar Eclipse Diagram, Lunar Phase and Eclipse Animations, and Eclipse Animations from Penn State University and Phase and Eclipse Animations from University of Nebraska. · More Eclipse and Moon Phase Animations Eclipse Animation	Due Friday, 3/16/12: · Review for test on sections 28.1, 28.2, and 21.3 on Tuesday, 3/20/12.
Friday, 3/16/12: How Tides Work Tidal Bulge Simulation Tbone Tide Calculator The Pilgrim Tides	Due Monday, 3/19/12: Have a nice weekend! Review for test on sections 28.1, 28.2, and 21.3 on Tuesday, 3/20/12. Extra Credit Possibility! Go to the Griffith Observatory and take a digital camera along with a note book. Take pictures of at least 5 displays, shows, or other learning events that you attend with you in the picture. Write up a description of what you learned at each display and place the image of the display next to the description. All students who do this extra credit must tell me about the Foucault Pendulum at the entrance to the observatory. Observe it and tell me what it tells you about the rotation of the Earth! This extra credit opportunity will be in effect until May 8, 2012.

Week #6: March 5, 2012 to March 9, 2012

Classwork	Homework
Monday, 3/5/12: Internet Investigation on asteroid impact cratering: start	Due Tuesday, 3/6/12 (Block Day): Go to Your Weight on Other Worlds Website. Calculate what Mr. Traeger would weigh on all of the objects listed in the animation. Mr. Traeger weighs 200 pounds on Earth. Put your answers in the Google Form for Your Weight on Other Worlds. Review Section 28.1 for a quiz on lunar geology.
Tuesday, 3/6/12 (Block Day): Go over 28.1 homework and Your Weight on Other Worlds Website Internet Investigation on asteroid impact cratering: finish Quiz on Section 28.1, Geology of the Moon.	Due Thursday, 3/8/12: Finish Internet Investigation on asteroid impact cratering
Thursday, 3/8/12: Go over/collect Internet Investigation on asteroid impact cratering Lunar Phase Calendar The Moon’s Motions and Phases: Analyzing Lunar Photos and Eclipses. NASA Eclipse Home Page, Lunar Eclipse Diagram, Solar Eclipse Diagram, Lunar Phase and Eclipse Animations, and Eclipse Animations from Penn State University and Phase and Eclipse Animations from University of Nebraska. More Eclipse and Moon Phase Animations	Due Friday, 3/9/12: Read Section 28.2, pages 725-732. Answer section 28.2 questions online.
Friday, 3/9/12: Lunar Phase Calendar The Moon’s Motions and Phases: Analyzing Lunar Photos and Eclipses. NASA Eclipse Home Page, Lunar Eclipse Diagram, Solar Eclipse Diagram, Lunar Phase and Eclipse Animations, and Eclipse Animations from Penn State University and Phase and Eclipse Animations from University of Nebraska. More Eclipse and Moon Phase Animations Solar Storm Worm Moon Apogee and Perigee Moon Illusion Rise and Set Times of the Moon	Due Monday, 3/12/12: Have a nice weekend! Extra Credit Possibility! Go to the Griffith Observatory and take a digital camera along with a note book. Take pictures of at least 5 displays, shows, or other learning events that you attend with you in the picture. Write up a description of what you learned at each display and place the image of the display next to the description. All students who do this extra credit must tell me about the Foucault Pendulum at the entrance to the observatory. Observe it and tell me what it tells you about the rotation of the Earth! This extra credit opportunity will be in effect until May 8, 2012.

Week #5: February 27, 2012 to March 2, 2012

Classwork	Homework
Monday, 2/27/12: Introduction to the Moon and History of the Space Race Google Moon ® Internet Investigation and worksheet on lunar geology and the missions of Apollo	Due Tuesday, 2/28/12: Read Section 28.1, pages 718-724. Answer Section 28.1 Questions Online.
Tuesday, 2/28/12: Why go back to the Moon? Helium-3 Video Google Moon ® Internet Investigation and worksheet on lunar geology and the missions of Apollo Pass out lunar crossword puzzle for homework	Due Thursday, 3/1/12 (Block Day: · Read Section 28.1, pages 718-724. Answer Section 28.1 Questions Online. · Do lunar crossword puzzle
Thursday, 3/1/12 (Block Day): Go over/collect lunar crossword puzzle Google Moon ® Internet Investigation and worksheet on lunar geology and the missions of Apollo Kinetic Energy Review and Energy Skate Park Animation: What it would be like to skate on the Moon! Weights on Moon and Earth activity and discussion about Phet Energy Skate Park Animation	Due Friday, 3/2/12: Finish Google Moon ® Internet Investigation and worksheet on lunar geology and the missions of Apollo
Friday, 3/2/12: Go over 28.1 homework and Your Weight on Other Worlds Website Google Moon ® Internet Investigation and worksheet on lunar geology and the missions of Apollo: Go over and turn in.	Due Monday, 3/5/12: Have a nice weekend!

Week #4: February 21, 2012 to February 24, 2012

Classwork	Homework
Tuesday, 2/21/12: Earth’s Rotation and Time Zones: Pass back and go over. Time Zones chart About Foucault Pendulums Coriolis Effect: How the Coriolis Effect Influences Wind Direction and Animation of Coriolis Effect “Coriolis Effect at Equator: Urban Legend?” Video: Can this really happen, or is the person doing the demonstration taking these people’s money and showing them Bad Coriolis? North Pacific Gyre and Great Pacific Garbage Patch and Coriolis World Time Zones Start Sun Tracking: Earth’s Revolution, the Sun, and the Seasons	Due Thursday, 2/23/12 (Block Day): Read Section 26.2, pages 667-674. Read only the sections entitled The Revolving Earth, Earth’s Orbit, Constellations and Earth’s Motion, Evidence of Earth’s Revolution, The Seasons, Seasonal Weather, Equinoxes, Summer Solstices, and Winter Solstices. Answer Section 26.2 part 2 questions online (If not done.) Earth’s Rotation and Time Zones: Correct and/or finish. Review for Test on Sections 26.2 and 27.2, Solar System Scale, Kepler’s Laws, Rotation, and Revolution of Earth.
Thursday, 2/23/12 (Block Day): · Go over Section 26.2 Homework, Part 2 · Yosemite Waterfall Story and its relation to seasons and sun angle. · Analemma Animation · Sun Motion Simulations · LCHS Solar Panel Data: Username: lchs, Password: lchs · Sun Tracking: Earth’s Revolution, the Sun, and the Seasons	Due Friday, 2/24/12: · Review for Test on Sections 26.2 and 27.2, Solar System Scale, Kepler’s Laws, Rotation, and Revolution of Earth. · Finish Sun Tracking: Earth’s Revolution, the Sun, and the Seasons · Correct Earth’s Rotation and Time Zones
Friday, 2/24/12: Test on Sections 26.2 and 27.2, Solar System Scale, Kepler’s Laws, Rotation, and Revolution of Earth. · Collect Sun Tracking: Earth’s Revolution, the Sun, and the Seasons Collect Earth’s Rotation and Time Zones	Due Monday, 2/27/12: Have a nice weekend!

Week #3: February 13, 2012 to February 16, 2012

Classwork	Homework
Monday, 2/13/12: Earth’s Rotation and Time Zones. Time Zones chart About Foucault Pendulums Coriolis Effect: How the Coriolis Effect Influences Wind Direction and Animation “Coriolis Effect at Equator: Urban Legend?” Video: Can this really happen, or is the person doing the demonstration taking these people’s money and showing them Bad Coriolis? North Pacific Gyre and Great Pacific Garbage Patch and Coriolis World Time Zones	Due Tuesday, 2/14/12: Read Section 26.2, pages 667-674. Read only the sections entitled The Revolving Earth, Earth’s Orbit, Constellations and Earth’s Motion, Evidence of Earth’s Revolution, The Seasons, Seasonal Weather, Equinoxes, Summer Solstices, and Winter Solstices. Answer Section 26.2 part 2 questions online
Tuesday, 2/14/12: Universe: Beyond the Big Bang video and questions: historical astronomy and Kepler’s Laws of Motion	Due Thursday, 2/16/12 (Block Day: · Review for Test on Sections 26.2 and 27.2, Solar System Scale, Kepler’s Laws, Rotation, and Revolution of Earth.
Thursday, 2/16/12 (Block Day): History Channel’s Universe Series Moon video and questions Earth’s Rotation and Time Zones	Due Tuesday, 2/21/12: Have a nice Presidents’ Day Weekend!

Week #2: February 6, 2012 to February 10, 2012

Classwork	Homework
Monday, 2/6/12: New Seats Scale of the Solar System	Due Tuesday, 2/7/12: Read Section 27.2, pages 691-694. Answer section 27.2 questions online.
Tuesday, 2/7/12: Go over section 27.2 homework Scale of the Solar System: Finish	Due Thursday, 2/9/12 (Block Day: · Read Section 27.2, pages 691-694. Answer section 27.2 questions online.
Thursday, 2/9/12 (Block Day): Kepler’s Laws of Motion, My Solar System animation, Gravity and Orbits Simulation and Kepler’s Laws Activity Kepler’s Laws Animation from University of Nebraska Messenger Mission orbit insertion around Mercury! Newton’s Law of Gravitation. Go here for a video.	Due Friday, 2/10/12: Read Section 26.2, pages 667-674, Part 1. Read only the sections entitled The Rotating Earth, The Foucault Pendulum, The Coriolis Effect, Evidence of Earth’s Rotation, Measuring Time, Formation of the Calendar, The Modern Calendar, Time Zones, International Date Line, and Daylight Savings Time. Answer Section 26.2 part 1 questions online.
Friday, 2/10/12: Universe: Beyond the Big Bang video and questions: historical astronomy and Kepler’s Laws of Motion Earth’s Revolution and Seasons.	Due Monday, 2/13/12: Have a nice weekend!

Week #1: January 30, 2012 to February 3, 2012

Classwork	Homework
Monday, 1/30/12: Give 1^st semester grades and pass papers back Earth’s Cosmic Address Scale of the Solar System	Due Thursday, 2/2/12: No homework J
Thursday, 2/2/12 (Block Day): Guest speaker Marcus Renner, a playwright from UC Riverside. We will be discussing the significance of the Arroyo Seco to the development of the La Cañada and Pasadena area.	Due Friday, 2/3/12: No homework J
Friday, 2/3/12: Scale of the Solar System	Due Monday, 2/6/12: Have a nice weekend!

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