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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 Extreme Ice Survey from last Friday under Internet Investigations if necessary 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 Thursday, 6/7/12: · Complete Spring 2012 Final Exam Study Guide
Thursday, 6/7/12: Final Exam Period 5: Seniors Only Questions about Spring 2012 Final Exam Study Guide Humidity, Clouds, and Precipitation Patterns	Due Friday, 6/8/12: · ALL MAKEUP WORK DUE BY FRIDAY, 6/8/12! · Complete Spring 2012 Final Exam Study Guide
Friday, 6/8/12: Final Exam Period 6: Seniors Only 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: Hand out Spring 2012 Final Exam Study Guide: Period 1 Traeger OCO Video New Study Finds Ocean Warmed Significantly Since 1993 The Balance of Power in the Earth Sun System Internet Investigation ES1706 and ESU501 Hand back Stars and Galaxies Tests and go over	Due Wednesday, 5/30/12: Finish Internet Investigation ES1706 and ESU501 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: Extreme Ice Survey under Internet Investigations	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 (Periods 1 and 4): Debriefing on yesterday’s Annular Solar Eclipse Composition and Structure of the Atmosphere: Finish	Due Tuesday, 5/22/12 (All periods): Read Sections 17.1 and 17.2, pages 366-372. Answer Sections 17.1 and 17.2 Questions Online. Finish Composition and Structure of the Atmosphere: Will collect on block day
Tuesday, 5/22/12: Guest speaker from Caltech’s Community Seismic Network	Due Wednesday, 5/23/12 or Thursday, 5/24/12 (Block Day): Read Sections 17.1 and 17.2, pages 366-372. Answer Sections 17.1 and 17.2 Questions Online. · Finish Composition and Structure of the Atmosphere: Will collect on block day
Wednesday, 5/23/12 or Thursday, 5/24/12 (Block Day): Go over and Collect Composition and Structure of the Atmosphere Heat Transfer Lab	Due Friday, 5/25/12: · Finish Heat Transfer Lab: will go over and collect on Friday.
Friday, 5/25/12: Hand out Spring 2012 Final Exam Study Guide. 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 ES1706 and ESU501	Due Tuesday, 5/29/12: Have a nice Memorial Day weekend! Complete Spring 2012 Final Exam Study Guide Next Week Read Sections 17.3 and 17.4, pages 374-383. Answer questions online. To be posted.

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: Period 6 Finish due to fire drill on Friday. Galaxies and the Expanding Universe worksheet and Internet Investigation using Internet and Google Earth.	Due Tuesday, 5/15/12: Galaxies and the Expanding Universe worksheet and Internet Investigation using Internet and Google Earth. Review for Test on Chapter 28, 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: Galaxies and the Expanding Universe worksheet and Internet Investigation using Internet and Google Earth. · Review for Test on Chapter 28, 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 28, Light, Stars, Galaxies, and Universe Turn in Galaxies and the Expanding Universe worksheet and Alien Galaxies video questions from last week.	Due Thursday, 5/17/12 (Period 4, 5, and 6): · Read Sections 17.1 and 17.2, pages 366-372. Answer Sections 17.1 and 17.2 Questions Online.
Thursday, 5/17/12 (Period 4, 5, and 6): · 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 Friday, 5/18/12 (Period 1): · Read Sections 17.1 and 17.2, pages 366-372. Answer Sections 17.1 and 17.2 Questions Online. Due Friday, 5/18/12 (Period 5 and 6): 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.
Friday, 5/18/12 (Period 1): · 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 Friday, 5/18/12 (Period 5 and 6): · Composition and Structure of the Atmosphere: Finish	Due Monday, 5/21/12 (Period 1 and 4): 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: Go over 28.2 homework Starfinder Lab: Zodiac, Constellations, and Star Characteristics: Finish going over and turn in. Hand out homework: Plotting 25 Stars on the H-R diagram	Due Tuesday, 5/8/12: Plotting 25 Stars on the H-R diagram: Make a plot of the 25 stars in this activity. 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 Go over 28.3 homework 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 Wednesday, 5/9/12 or Thursday, 5/10/12 (Block Day): · Read Section 28.4, pages 631-635. Answer Section 28.4 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?
Wednesday, 5/9/12 or Thursday, 5/10/12 (Block Day): Universe video and questions: Alien Galaxies Go over 28.3 homework 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: · Read Section 28.3, pages 626-630. Answer Section 28.3 Questions Online. (If not done) · Read Section 28.4, pages 631-635. Answer Section 28.4 Questions Online. (If not done) · Correct Sun Tests
Friday, 5/11/12: Universe video and questions: Alien Galaxies: Finish Galaxies and the Expanding Universe worksheet and Internet Investigation using Internet and Google Earth.	Due Monday, 5/14/12: Have a nice weekend! Review for Test on Chapter 28, Light, Stars, Galaxies, and Universe on Wednesday, 5/16/12.

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: Go over 28.2 Homework Starfinder Lab: Zodiac, Constellations, and Star Characteristics: Start Using Stellarium planetarium program	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 28.2, pages 617-624. Answer Section 28.2 Questions Online. (Only if you did not do this last week)
Wednesday, 5/2/12: Go over 28.2 Homework Starfinder Lab: Zodiac, Constellations, and Star Characteristics Using Stellarium planetarium program	Due Thursday, 5/3/12: · Read Section 28.3, pages 626-630. Answer Section 28.3 Questions Online.
Thursday, 5/3/12: Go over 28.2 homework Starfinder Lab: Zodiac, Constellations, and Star Characteristics	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 Section 26.1: The Sun Hand out Mystery Spectra The Electromagnetic Spectrum: Link 1 and Link 2 and an exploded star in multiple wavelengths What wavelength goes with each color? Multi-wavelength Astronomy Light: The Astronomer’s Friend Use the KSU Spectroscopy Site to find the identity of the spectra in the lab. 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: Mystery Spectra Complete ES2803: What Does the Spectrum of a Star Tell Us about Its Temperature? For Extra Credit
Tuesday, 4/24/12: Go over Section 28.1 HW from last week and Mystery Spectra The Electromagnetic Spectrum: Link 1 and Link 2 and an exploded star in multiple wavelengths What wavelength goes with each color? Multi-wavelength Astronomy Light: The Astronomer’s Friend Use the KSU Spectroscopy Site to find the identity of the spectra in the lab. 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 Wednesday, 4/25/12 or Thursday, 4/26/12 (Block Day): · Read Section 28.2, pages 617-624. Answer Section 28.2 Questions Online.
Wednesday, 4/25/12 or Thursday, 4/26/12 (Block Day): Light: The Astronomer’s Friend Hand out Red Shift, Blue Shift, both sides.	Due Friday, 4/27/12: · Red Shift, Blue Shift, both sides.
Friday, 4/27/12: Go over Red Shift, Blue Shift, both sides. Light: The Astronomer’s Friend: Finish and turn in	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: Complete Internet Investigation on Solar Cycles and Star Life 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 Wednesday, 4/18/12 or Thursday, 4/19/12 (Block Day): · Read Section 26.1, pages 572 to 576. Answer Section 26.1 Questions Online.
Wednesday, 4/18/12 or Thursday, 4/19/12 (Block Day): Secrets of the Sun video and questions: finish Go over 26.1 homework Einstein and the Power of Tiny Things	Due Friday, 4/20/12: · Read Section 28.1, pages 612-615. Answer Section 28.1 Questions Online.
Friday, 4/20/12: District Administered Student Satisfaction Survey The Electromagnetic Spectrum: Link 1 and Link 2 and an exploded star in multiple wavelengths What wavelength goes with each color? Multi-wavelength Astronomy Light: The Astronomer’s Friend Use the KSU Spectroscopy Site to find the identity of the spectra in the lab. 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 Monday, 4/23/12: Have a nice weekend! Review Section 26.1 for Quiz on Monday 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 Finding the Goldilocks Zone: Where Else Does Life Exist in the Solar System? Project and Internet Investigation links and Example 1 and Example 2.
Tuesday, 4/10/12: · Alliance for Climate Education Assembly	Due Wednesday, 4/11/12 or Thursday, 4/12/12 (Block Day): · Work on Finding the Goldilocks Zone: Where Else Does Life Exist in the Solar System? Project and Internet Investigation links and Example 1 and Example 2.
Wednesday, 4/11/12 or Thursday, 4/12/12 (Block Day): Go over Section 27.2 Homework: Outer Planets Finding the Goldilocks Zone: Where Else Does Life Exist in the Solar System? Project and Internet Investigation links and Example 1 and Example 2.	Due Friday, 4/13/12: · Work on Finding the Goldilocks Zone: Where Else Does Life Exist in the Solar System? Project and Internet Investigation links and Example 1 and Example 2.
Friday, 4/13/12: Turn in Finding the Goldilocks Zone by 3:30 PM to MyBigCampus: Where Else Does Life Exist in the Solar System? Project and Internet Investigation links and Example 1 and Example 2. Start Internet Investigation on Solar Cycles and Star Life Cycles Next Week? Saturn video and questions Briny Breath of Enceladus video Outer Planets 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: Go over Section 27.1 homework Terrestrial versus Jovian: What is the difference? Internet Investigation on terrestrial planet surface processes and Jovian planet processes: Finish and Turn in. Internet Investigation: Could there Be Life on Mars? Start	Due Tuesday, 3/27/12: Read Section 27.2, pages 594-598. Answer Section 27.2 Questions Online.
Tuesday, 3/27/12: · NOVA: Is There Life on Mars? Video and Questions	Due Wednesday, 3/28/12 or Thursday, 3/29/12 (Block Day): · Read Section 27.3, pages 599-601. Answer Section 27.3 Questions Online.
Wednesday, 3/28/12 or Thursday, 3/29/12 (Block Day): Go over 27.2 and 27.3 homework NOVA: Is There Life on Mars? Video and Questions: Finish and Turn in Questions Finding the Goldilocks Zone: Where Else Does Life Exist in the Solar System? Project and Internet Investigation links and Example 1 and Example 2.	Due Friday, 3/30/12: · Read Section 27.4, pages 602-605. Answer Section 27.4 Questions Online.
Friday, 3/30/12: Go over 27.4 homework Finding the Goldilocks Zone: Where Else Does Life Exist in the Solar System? Project and Internet Investigation links and Example 1 and Example 2.	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! Turn in The Pilgrim Tides. Staple to Forces on the Tides worksheet when turning in. · Test on sections 25.1, 25.2, and 24.3	Due Tuesday, 3/20/12 or Wednesday, 3/21/12 (Block Day): Correct Seasons and Rotation Tests handed back last week
Tuesday, 3/20/12 or Wednesday, 3/21/12 (Block Day): · 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 · Internet Investigation on terrestrial planet surface processes	Due Thursday, 3/22/12: · Read Section 27.1, pages 588-592. Answer Section 27.1 Questions Online.
Thursday, 3/22/12 (Minimum Day due to Open House): Finish Video and Questions: History Channel’s The Universe: The Inner Planets Mercury and Venus Internet Investigation on terrestrial planet surface processes and Jovian planet processes	Due Friday, 3/23/12: · Come help Traeger at Open House Thursday Night for extra credit!
Friday, 3/23/12: Current Event Story from LA Times regarding the Messenger Mission’s finding that the core of Planet Mercury is much larger than originally thought! Internet Investigation on terrestrial planet surface processes and Jovian planet processes	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: Go over Section 25.2 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 Tuesday, 3/13/12 or Wednesday, 3/14/12 (Block Day): Read Section 24.3, pages 541-543. Answer section 24.3 questions online. Use the How do Tides Work website to answer some of the questions.
Tuesday, 3/13/12 or Wednesday, 3/14/12 (Block Day): How Tides Work Tidal Bulge Simulation Tbone Tide Calculator The Pilgrim Tides · Forces on the Tides worksheet.	Due Friday, 3/16/12: · Finish The Pilgrim Tides plots and try questions. · Review for test on sections 25.1, 25.2, and 24.3 on Monday, 3/19/12.
Friday, 3/16/12: Go over Section 24.3 Homework Review for test on sections 25.1, 25.2, and 24.3 on Monday. Finish The Pilgrim Tides. Staple to Forces on the Tides worksheet when turning in.	Due Monday, 3/19/12: Have a nice weekend! Review for test on sections 25.1, 25.2, and 24.3 on Monday, 3/19/12. 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 (Inverse Block Schedule)

Classwork	Homework
Monday, 3/5/12: Internet Investigation on asteroid impact cratering	Due Tuesday, 3/6/12 or Wednesday, 3/7/12 (Block Day): Finish Internet Investigation on asteroid impact cratering Be ready for a section 25.1 quiz on lunar geology on Block Day.
Tuesday, 3/6/12 or Wednesday, 3/7/12 (Block Day): · Go over/collect Internet Investigation on asteroid impact cratering · section 25.1 quiz on lunar geology · Weights on Other Worlds worksheet. 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 · Eclipse Animation	Due Thursday, 3/8/12: · Read Section 25.2, pages 562-565. Answer section 25.2 questions online.
Thursday, 3/8/12: 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 Eclipse Animation Solar Storm Worm Moon Apogee and Perigee Moon Illusion Rise and Set Times of the Moon	Due Friday, 3/9/12: Read Section 24.3, pages 541-543. Answer section 24.3 questions online. Use the How do Tides Work website to answer some of the questions.
Friday, 3/9/12: 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 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 25.1, pages 556-560. Answer Section 25.1 Questions Online
Tuesday, 2/28/12: · Why go back to the Moon? Helium-3 Video · Hand out lunar crossword puzzle for homework · Google Moon ® Internet Investigation and worksheet on lunar geology and the missions of Apollo.	Due Wednesday, 2/29/12 or Thursday, 3/1/12 (Block Day): · Do lunar crossword puzzle
Wednesday, 2/29/12 or Thursday, 3/1/12 (Block Day): Go over/collect lunar crossword puzzle Kinetic Energy Review and Energy Skate Park Animation Newton’s Law of Gravitation. Go here for a video. Impact Cratering Lab: must be done in class.	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 Impact Cratering Lab and turn in questions. How the cratering impact lab and the formula [velocity = square root (2 X gravitational acceleration constant X height)] validates the feather versus hammer experiment on the Moon. Finish and collect Google Moon ® Internet Investigation and worksheet on lunar geology and the missions of Apollo. Go over 25.1 homework.	Due Monday, 3/5/12: Have a nice weekend! Be ready for a section 25.1 quiz on lunar geology on Tuesday, 3/6/12.

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 Wednesday, 2/22/12 or Thursday, 2/23/12 (Block Day): Read Section 4.3, pages 80-83. Answer Section 4.3 Questions Online. (If not done.) Earth’s Rotation and Time Zones: Correct and/or finish. Review for Test on Sections 26.2, 4.2, and 4.3, Solar System Scale, Kepler’s Laws, Rotation, and Revolution of Earth.
Wednesday, 2/22/12 or Thursday, 2/23/12 (Block Day): · Go over Section 4.3 Homework · 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, 4.2, and 4.3, Solar System Scale, Kepler’s Laws, Rotation, and Revolution of Earth. · Complete Sun Tracking: Earth’s Revolution, the Sun, and the Seasons · Complete Earth’s Rotation and Time Zones: Correct and/or finish.
Friday, 2/24/12: Collect Earth’s Rotation and Time Zones: Correct and/or finish. Collect Sun Tracking: Earth’s Revolution, the Sun, and the Seasons Test on Sections 26.2, 4.2, and 4.3, Solar System Scale, Kepler’s Laws, Rotation, and Revolution of Earth.	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 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	Due Tuesday, 2/14/12: Read Section 4.3, pages 80-83. Answer Section 4.3 Questions Online.
Tuesday, 2/14/12: · Universe: Beyond the Big Bang video and questions: historical astronomy and Kepler’s Laws of Motion	Due Wednesday, 2/15/12 or Thursday, 2/16/12 (Block Day): · Review for Test on Sections 26.2, 4.2, and 4.3, Solar System Scale, Kepler’s Laws, Rotation, and Revolution of Earth.
Wednesday, 2/15/12 or 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 seating charts Solar System Scale: Finish and post Start Homework: Internet Investigation ES2603 (Mandatory) and ES0405 (Extra Credit)	Due Tuesday, 2/7/12: Internet Investigation ES2603 (Mandatory) and ES0405 (Extra Credit)
Tuesday, 2/7/12: · Go over Homework: Internet Investigation ES2603 (Mandatory) and ES0405 (Extra Credit) · Start 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	Due Wednesday, 2/8/12 or Thursday, 2/9/12 (Block Day): · Read Section 4.2, pages 75-79. Answer Section 4.2 Questions Online.
Wednesday, 2/8/12 or Thursday, 2/9/12 (Block Day): Go over section 4.2 homework 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 577-580. Answer section 26.2 questions online. Read Section 4.2, pages 75-79. Answer Section 4.2 Questions Online. The items above were probably already done, but you should do them if you have not. You will have a clicker quiz on these two homework sections on Friday!
Friday, 2/10/12: Clicker quiz on homework in sections 26.2 and 4.2 Earth’s Rotation and Time Zones. 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	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 grades and pass back papers from first semester Our Cosmic Address Solar System Scale	Due Tuesday, 1/31/12 or Thursday, 2/2/12 (Block Day) No Homework J
Tuesday, 1/31/12 or Thursday, 2/2/12 (Block Day): Solar System Scale	Due Friday, 2/3/12: Read Section 26.2, pages 577-580. Answer section 26.2 questions online.
Friday, 2/3/12: Solar System Scale	Due Monday, 2/6/12: Have a nice weekend!

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