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Fourth Quarter: April 8, 2013 to June 13, 2013

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Week #18: June 3, 2013 to June 7, 2013 (No Block this week due to Final Exams)

Classwork	Homework
Monday, 6/3/13: Traeger out today taking care of a sick son. Sorry. L Humidity, Clouds, and Precipitation Patterns Finish Global and Local Wind Patterns as regulators of Climate Zones Review for test on chapter sections 17.4, 19, 21.1, 21.2, and 21.3 (Climate Controls, Climate Zones, Climate Change, Wind Patterns, Ozone Depletion, Air Pollution, and Acid Rain) on Tuesday, 6/4/13.	Due Tuesday, 6/4/13: Review for test on chapter sections 17.4, 19, 21.1, 21.2, and 21.3 (Climate Controls, Climate Zones, Climate Change, Wind Patterns, Ozone Depletion, Air Pollution, and Acid Rain) on Tuesday, 6/4/13. Spring 2013 Final Exam Review Sheet questions and Spring 2013 Final Exam Schedule
Tuesday, 6/4/13: Collect Global and Local Wind Patterns as regulators of Climate Zones Collect Climate Change Video and questions: History Channel’s A Global Warning Test on chapter sections 17.4, 19, 21.1, 21.2, and 21.3 (Climate Controls, Climate Zones, Climate Change, Wind Patterns, Ozone Depletion, Air Pollution, and Acid Rain)	Due Wednesday, 6/5/13: Spring 2013 Final Exam Review Sheet questions and Spring 2013 Final Exam Schedule
Wednesday, 6/5/13: Traeger out again today taking care of a sick son and daughter. Sorry. L Spring 2013 Final Exam Review Sheet questions and Spring 2013 Final Exam Schedule Humidity, Clouds, and Precipitation Patterns sheet: Go to Cloud Website to help you fill in the cloud chart. Internet Investigation ES1708 and ES1807 Ozone Depletion and Acid Rain: Do this if you want extra credit. Many of the seniors have already completed this and have turned it in.	Due Thursday, 6/6/13: Spring 2013 Final Exam Review Sheet questions and Spring 2013 Final Exam Schedule
Thursday, 6/6/13: Spring 2013 Final Exam Review Sheet questions and Spring 2013 Final Exam Schedule	Due Friday, 6/7/13: · Periods 2 and 5: Finish Spring 2013 Final Exam Review Sheet questions and Spring 2013 Final Exam Schedule Your Final Exam is on Friday! · Periods 2 and 5: Putting Down Roots in Earthquake Country booklet and home safety assessment worksheet extra credit due Friday.
Friday, 6/7/13 (Periods 2 and 5): Turn in Spring 2013 Final Exam Review Sheet questions and Spring 2013 Final Exam Schedule Final Exam!	Due Monday, 6/10/13: Have a nice weekend! Periods 3 and 6: Finish Spring 2013 Final Exam Review Sheet questions and Spring 2013 Final Exam Schedule Your Final Exam is on Monday! Periods 3 and 6: Putting Down Roots in Earthquake Country booklet and home safety assessment worksheet extra credit due Monday.

Week #17: May 28, 2013 to May 31, 2013

Classwork	Homework
Tuesday, 5/28/13: Guest Speaker Roger Bourke, JPL Emeritus, in the IRC speaking about asteroids and asteroid defense and how it relates to climate change.	Due Wednesday, 5/29/13 (Periods 3 and 5) or Thursday, 5/30/13 (Periods 2 and 6): Re-read the article CO2 levels in the atmosphere have gone over 400 parts per million to re-acquaint yourself with the levels of CO2 we are now seeing in the atmosphere. Use the following Nature Conservancy Carbon Calculator AND CoolClimate Carbon Footprint Calculator to get a measure of how much CO2 your family emits in to the atmosphere each year. COPY and PASTE the results from BOTH calculators in to a Word/Pages document. The CoolClimate Carbon Footprint Calculator under the “Take Action” tab is harder to cut and paste, so just report the total carbon footprint in tons of CO2 per year and the individual amounts of CO2 in tons from the Travel, Home, Food, Goods, and Services histograms. Then, make a do-able plan for how you will lower this overall carbon footprint number. You should detail at least three ways in which you can lower your carbon footprint in your household AND how much carbon this will save your family. The CoolClimate Carbon Footprint Calculator will help you to get some ideas under the “Take Action” tab. You should also write all of this in ESSAY FORM with your carbon footprint summaries included with the essay. Essays with less than one half page of text, 1.5 spaced, 1 inch margins, Times New Roman size 12 font will NOT be accepted! This is worth BIG points, so going to at least one page of text with at least three (3) do-able carbon reduction plans is highly suggested! I would have you turn this in electronically, but it will be much easier for me to grade if it’s printed on paper. Feel free to print this double sided to save paper!
Wednesday, 5/29/13 (Periods 3 and 5) or Thursday, 5/30/13 (Periods 2 and 6): Spring 2013 Final Exam Review Sheet questions and Spring 2013 Final Exam Schedule Go over, discuss, and collect carbon calculator homework assignments Hand out Putting Down Roots in Earthquake Country booklet and home safety assessment worksheet. The Isla Vista earthquake Wednesday morning is a reminder that we need to do this. Due on day of Final Exam for 40 points extra credit. Traeger OCO Video New Study Finds Ocean Warmed Significantly Since 1993 Finish Climate Change Video and questions: History Channel’s A Global Warning Climate Controls and Climate Zones: notes and worksheet: Climate Change Time change analysis of Columbia Glacier, Extreme Ice Survey, NASA JPL State of Flux, Repeat Photography Project, NOVA Extreme Ice Website, National Snow and Ice Data Center, What is the Cryosphere?, and State of the Cryosphere: Global and Local Wind Patterns as regulators of Climate Zones The amazing journey of Zac Sunderland and global wind patterns	Due Friday, 5/31/13: Finish questions on Global and Local Wind Patterns
Friday, 5/31/13: Spring 2013 Final Exam Review Sheet questions and Spring 2013 Final Exam Schedule Global and Local Wind Patterns as regulators of Climate Zones: Go over and finish. Seniors should finish this on their own and bring me questions before next Tuesday’s test.	Due Monday, 6/3/13: Have a nice weekend! Review for test on chapter sections 17.4, 19, 21.1, 21.2, and 21.3 (Climate Controls, Climate Zones, Climate Change, Wind Patterns, Ozone Depletion, Air Pollution, and Acid Rain) on Tuesday, 6/4/13.

Week #16: May 20, 2013 to May 24, 2013 (No Block this week due to STAR Testing)

Classwork	Homework
Monday, 5/20/13 (Periods 2 and 3): Climate Zones Map Climate Controls and Climate Zones: notes and worksheet: Climate Zones Internet Investigation on Climate: Finish and turn in.	Due Tuesday, 5/21/13: Internet Investigation on Climate: Finish and turn in on Tuesday.
Tuesday, 5/21/13: Collect Internet Investigation on Climate Periods 2 and 3 Guest Speaker: Dr. Benjamin Holt from Jet Propulsion Laboratory talking about his work on remote sensing of sea ice as indicators of global climate change. Periods 5 and 6 Oklahoma City Tornadoes and how Severe Thunderstorms and Climate Change factor in. Climate Change Video and questions: History Channel’s A Global Warning	Due Wednesday, 5/22/13: Read Sections 17.4, pages 378-383 and Section 21.3, pages 474-477. Answer questions online.
Wednesday, 5/22/13: Periods 5 and 6 Guest Speaker: Dr. Benjamin Holt from Jet Propulsion Laboratory talking about his work on remote sensing of sea ice as indicators of global climate change. Periods 2 and 3 Oklahoma City Tornadoes and how Severe Thunderstorms and Climate Change factor in. Climate Change Video and questions: History Channel’s A Global Warning	Due Thursday, 5/23/13: Global Heat Budgets Energy Checkbook Activity The Balance of Power in the Earth Sun System
Thursday, 5/23/13: Hand out Spring 2013 Final Exam Review Sheet and go over Spring 2013 Final Exam Schedule Traeger OCO Video New Study Finds Ocean Warmed Significantly Since 1993 Go over Global Heat Budgets Energy Checkbook Activity The Balance of Power in the Earth Sun System Climate Change Video and questions: History Channel’s A Global Warning	Due Tuesday, 5/28/13: · Re-read the article CO2 levels in the atmosphere have gone over 400 parts per million to re-acquaint yourself with the levels of CO2 we are now seeing in the atmosphere. Use the following Nature Conservancy Carbon Calculator AND CoolClimate Carbon Footprint Calculator to get a measure of how much CO2 your family emits in to the atmosphere each year. COPY and PASTE the results from BOTH calculators in to a Word/Pages document. The CoolClimate Carbon Footprint Calculator under the “Take Action” tab is harder to cut and paste, so just report the total carbon footprint in tons of CO2 per year and the individual amounts of CO2 in tons from the Travel, Home, Food, Goods, and Services histograms. Then, make a do-able plan for how you will lower this overall carbon footprint number. You should detail at least three ways in which you can lower your carbon footprint in your household AND how much carbon this will save your family. The CoolClimate Carbon Footprint Calculator will help you to get some ideas under the “Take Action” tab. You should also write all of this in ESSAY FORM with your carbon footprint summaries included with the essay. Essays with less than one half page of text, 1.5 spaced, 1 inch margins, Times New Roman size 12 font will NOT be accepted! This is worth BIG points, so going to at least one page of text with at least three (3) do-able carbon reduction plans is highly suggested! I would have you turn this in electronically, but it will be much easier for me to grade if it’s printed on paper. Feel free to print this double sided to save paper!
Friday, 5/24/13: Climate Change Video and questions: History Channel’s A Global Warning: Finish and turn in. Extreme Ice Survey under Internet Investigations	Due Tuesday, 5/28/13: Have a nice weekend!

Week #15: May 13, 2013 to May 17, 2013 (No Block this week due to STAR Testing)

Classwork	Homework
Monday, 5/13/13: CO2 levels in the atmosphere have gone over 400 parts per million: What does this mean for you? Go over Section 17.1 and 17.2 HW Climate Zones Map Climate Controls and Climate Zones: notes and worksheet Internet Investigation on Climate	Due Tuesday, 5/14/13: Read Section 17.3 pages 374-377 and Section 21.1, pages 466-467. Answer Sections 17.3 and 21.1 Questions Online. Griffith Observatory Extra Credit write-up is due tomorrow! Turn in to mybigcampus if you don’t print it.
Tuesday, 5/14/13: Griffith Observatory Extra Credit due today! Climate Zones Map Internet Investigation on Climate: Continue	Due Wednesday, 5/15/13: Read Sections 21.2, pages 469-473. Answer Section 21.2 Questions Online. Review for test on sections 17.1, 17.2, 17.3: Atmosphere
Wednesday, 5/15/13: Test on Sections 17.1, 17.2, 17.3: Atmosphere	Due Thursday, 5/16/13 (Periods 3, 5, 6): No homework.
Thursday, 5/16/13 (Periods 3, 5, and 6): Tornado outbreak in Granbury, TX Why tornadoes form in Texas and places like it Climate Zones Map Climate Controls and Climate Zones: notes and worksheet: Climate Controls Internet Investigation on Climate	Due Friday, 5/17/13 (Periods 5 and 6): · No homework · Finish Internet Investigation on Climate if needed.
Friday, 5/17/13 (Period 2): Tornado outbreak in Granbury, TX Why tornadoes form in Texas and places like it Climate Zones Map Climate Controls and Climate Zones: notes and worksheet: Climate Controls Internet Investigation on Climate Friday, 5/17/13 (Periods 5 and 6): Climate Zones Map Climate Controls and Climate Zones: notes and worksheet: Climate Zones Internet Investigation on Climate: Finish and turn in.	Due Monday, 5/20/13: Have a nice weekend!

Week #14: May 6, 2013 to May 10, 2013

Classwork	Homework
Monday, 5/6/13: Composition and Structure of the Atmosphere Pressure demos and Balloon Demo using Gay-Lussac’s Law and Boyle’s Law Tank Car Crushing Video and how it is similar to demonstration in class.	Due Tuesday, 5/7/13: Complete graph portion of Composition and Structure of the Atmosphere
Tuesday, 5/7/13: Composition and Structure of the Atmosphere Flyover video of Earth’s Atmosphere taken by International Space Station. Start Earth: The Biography: Atmosphere video and questions	Due Wednesday, 5/8/13 (Periods 3 and 5) or Thursday, 5/9/13 (Periods 2 and 6): Finish questions on front side of Composition and Structure of the Atmosphere. I will collect it on block day. Read Sections 17.1 and 17.2, pages 366-372. Answer Sections 17.1 and 17.2 Questions Online.
Wednesday, 5/8/13 (Periods 3 and 5) or Thursday, 5/9/13 (Periods 2 and 6): Finish/go over/turn in Earth: The Biography: Atmosphere video and questions. This will get stapled and turned in with Composition and Structure of the Atmosphere Heat Transfer Lab	Due Friday, 5/10/13: Finish Heat Transfer Lab: will go over and collect on Friday.
Friday, 5/10/13: Go over 17.1/17.2 HW Go over Heat Transfer Lab and turn in.	Due Monday, 5/13/13: Have a nice weekend! Last Weekend for this 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 14, 2013.

Week #13: April 29, 2013 to May 3, 2013

Classwork	Homework
Monday, 4/29/13: Star Party at Palm Crest Elementary on Tuesday Night, 4/30/13 from 7:30 to 9:00 PM. You must have a field trip form signed to attend and you must bring it with you to the star party. Go over and turn in How Bright is the Light distance versus light intensity lab Kepler discovers planets in the Habitable Zone: What does the lab we did on light intensity and distance mean for Exoplanet habitability? See Kepler’s Tally of Planets graphic. Start Homework: Complete Part 2 of Galaxies and the Expanding Universe worksheet and Internet Investigation using Internet and Google Earth.	Due Tuesday, 4/30/13: Complete Part 2 of Galaxies and the Expanding Universe worksheet and Internet Investigation using Internet and Google Earth. Finish Questions on How Bright is the Light distance versus light intensity lab if needed.
Tuesday, 4/30/13: 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 Galaxies and the Expanding Universe worksheet and Internet Investigation using Internet and Google Earth: Go over parts 1 and 3 and do part 2.	Due Wednesday, 5/1/13 (Periods 3 and 5) or Thursday, 5/2/13 (Periods 2 and 6): Come to Star Party at Palm Crest Elementary on Tuesday Night, 4/30/13 from 7:30 to 9:00 PM. You must have a field trip form signed to attend and you must bring it with you to the star party.
Wednesday, 5/1/13 (Periods 3 and 5) or Thursday, 5/2/13 (Periods 2 and 6): Go over Galaxies and the Expanding Universe worksheet and Internet Investigation using Internet and Google Earth Finish going over star life cycles	Due Friday, 5/3/13: Review for Test on Chapter 28: Stars, Galaxies, and Universe on Block Day 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 Block Day’s Test!
Friday, 5/3/13: Test on Chapter 28: Stars, Galaxies, and Universe Turn in Galaxies and the Expanding Universe worksheet stapled to Universe video and questions: Alien Galaxies stapled to Starry Night H2: The Universe assignment. Turn in Plotting 25 Stars on the H-R diagram stapled to Universe Series video: Life and Death of a Star: with questions	Due Monday, 5/6/13: 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 10, 2013.

Week #12: April 22, 2013 to April 26, 2013

Classwork	Homework
Monday, 4/22/13: Happy Earth Day! Find out what you can do locally by going to Earth Day Los Angeles. Traeger out today sick L Universe video and questions: Alien Galaxies	Due Tuesday, 4/23/13: Read Section 28.4, pages 631-635. Answer Section 28.4 Questions Online.
Tuesday, 4/23/13: What was scientifically wrong with yesterday’s Earth Day Google Doodle? Pick out as many things as you can. Why is it important to think critically about everything we observe? Starfinder Lab: Zodiac, Constellations, and Star Characteristics: Go over, finish and Turn in. Go over Universe Series video: Life and Death of a Star: with questions and turn in Hand out Plotting 25 Stars on the H-R diagram and go over how to do it for homework.	Due Wednesday, 4/24/13 (Periods 3 and 5) or Thursday, 4/25/13 (Periods 2 and 6): Plotting 25 Stars on the H-R diagram
Wednesday, 4/24/13 (Periods 3 and 5) or Thursday, 4/25/13 (Periods 2 and 6): Finish Starfinder Lab and turn in with Starry Night Activity Birthday Stars: What star emitted its light when you were born and that light is just now getting to Earth? Go here to see. This will reinforce the concept of a light year. Go over 28.3 & 28.4 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 How Bright is the Light distance versus light intensity lab Kepler discovers planets in the Habitable Zone: What does the lab we did on light intensity and distance mean for Exoplanet habitability? See Kepler’s Tally of Planets graphic.	Due Friday, 4/26/13: Complete all questions on Plotting 25 Stars on the H-R diagram Finish How Bright is the Light distance versus light intensity lab questions based on the graphs you made.
Friday, 4/26/13: Traeger out today sick L Galaxies and the Expanding Universe worksheet and Internet Investigation using Internet and Google Earth. Starry Night Galaxy Investigation H2: The Universe	Due Monday, 4/29/13: Have a nice weekend! Review for Test on Chapter 28: Stars, Galaxies, and Universe Next Tuesday or Block Day 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 Block Day’s Test! 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 10, 2013.

Week #11: April 15, 2013 to April 19, 2013

Classwork	Homework
Monday, 4/15/13: Hand back and go over Light: The Astronomer’s Friend, Electromagnetic Spectrum: What’s the Use?, Mystery Spectra, and Red Shift, Blue Shift Starfinder Lab: Zodiac, Constellations, and Star Characteristics: Start	Due Tuesday, 4/16/13: Review Slides 1-45 of Chapter 28 PowerPoint and Light: The Astronomer’s Friend, Electromagnetic Spectrum: What’s the Use?, Mystery Spectra, and Red Shift, Blue Shift for quiz Tuesday. Read Section 28.2, pages 617-624. Answer Section 28.2 Questions Online.: If not done from last week. Correct Solar System and Sun tests given back last week.
Tuesday, 4/16/13: Chapter 28.1 Quiz: Light and Astronomy Starfinder Lab: Zodiac, Constellations, and Star Characteristics: Continue	Due Wednesday, 4/17/13 (Periods 3 and 5) or Thursday, 4/18/13 (Periods 2 and 6): Complete Homework prompt at bottom of page 3 of Starfinder Lab.
Wednesday, 4/17/13 (Periods 3 and 5) or Thursday, 4/18/13 (Periods 2 and 6): Go over 28.2 Homework Starfinder Lab: Zodiac, Constellations, and Star Characteristics: Finish and Turn in. 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 Traeger out Thursday sick L	Due Friday, 4/19/13: Read Section 28.3, pages 626-630. Answer Section 28.3 Questions Online.
Friday, 4/19/13: Traeger out today sick L Universe Series video: Life and Death of a Star: with questions	Due Monday, 4/22/13: Have a nice weekend! Happy Earth Day! Find out what you can do locally by going to Earth Day Los Angeles. 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 10, 2013.

Week #10: April 8, 2013 to April 12, 2013

Classwork	Homework
Monday, 4/8/13: Light: The Astronomer’s Friend Use the KSU Spectroscopy Site and the Internet Investigation Links to find the identity of the spectra in the lab. Electromagnetic Spectrum: What’s the Use? Please substitute this assignment for drawing the EM Spectrum in Part 3, #1 of Light: The Astronomer’s Friend 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 Big Bang Theory show Doppler Effect Video	Due Tuesday, 4/9/13: Mystery Spectra Complete ES2803: What Does the Spectrum of a Star Tell Us about Its Temperature? For Extra Credit.
Tuesday, 4/9/13: Light: The Astronomer’s Friend Use the KSU Spectroscopy Site and the Internet Investigation Links to find the identity of the spectra in the lab. Electromagnetic Spectrum: What’s the Use? Please substitute this assignment for drawing the EM Spectrum in Part 3, #1 of Light: The Astronomer’s Friend 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 Hand out Red Shift, Blue Shift, both sides. Big Bang Theory show Doppler Effect Video	Due Wednesday, 4/10/13 (Periods 3 and 5) or Thursday, 4/11/13 (Periods 2 and 6): Red Shift, Blue Shift, both sides
Wednesday, 4/10/13 (Periods 3 and 5) or Thursday, 4/11/13 (Periods 2 and 6): Light: The Astronomer’s Friend Use the KSU Spectroscopy Site and the Internet Investigation Links to find the identity of the spectra in the lab. Electromagnetic Spectrum: What’s the Use? Please substitute this assignment for drawing the EM Spectrum in Part 3, #1 of Light: The Astronomer’s Friend 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 Go over Red Shift, Blue Shift, both sides Big Bang Theory show Doppler Effect Video	Due Friday, 4/12/13: Read Section 28.2, pages 617-624. Answer Section 28.2 Questions Online.
Friday, 4/12/13: Guest speaker from JPL and the Climate Reality Project . He will speak about climate change in the auditorium.	Due Monday, 4/15/13: 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 10, 2013.

Third Quarter: January 28, 2013 to March 29, 2013

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Week #9: March 25, 2013 to March 29, 2013

Classwork	Homework
Monday, 3/25/13: Go over Section 26.1 homework Solar Observations with Spaceweather.com website. Secrets of the Sun video and questions Einstein and the Power of Tiny Things: Nuclear fusion	Due Tuesday, 3/26/13: Review Section 26.1 for test about the Sun as a Star. Study Slides 1-15 and 55-72 of the Chapter 26.1 Sun PowerPoint accessed at the PowerPoint Presentations Link. It is highly recommended that you read recent NY Times Article On the Watch for a Solar Storm in preparation for this test. It is also highly recommended that you review the Secrets of the Sun video and questions and Internet Investigation on Solar Cycles and Star Life Cycle and the Ultraviolet Index and the Electromagnetic Spectrum and Einstein and the Power of Tiny Things: Nuclear fusion in preparation for this test.
Tuesday, 3/26/13: Solar Observations with Spaceweather.com website. Turn in Solar Observations. Collect Secrets of the Sun video questions Test on Section 26.1: The Sun as a Star.	Due Wednesday, 3/27/13 (Periods 3 and 5) or Thursday, 3/28/13 (Periods 2 and 6): Read Section 28.1, pages 612-615. Answer Section 28.1 Questions Online.
Wednesday, 3/27/13 (Periods 3 and 5) or Thursday, 3/28/13 (Periods 2 and 6): Light: The Astronomer’s Friend Use the KSU Spectroscopy Site and the Internet Investigation Links to find the identity of the spectra in the lab. Electromagnetic Spectrum: What’s the Use? Please substitute this assignment for drawing the EM Spectrum in Part 3, #1 of Light: The Astronomer’s Friend 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 Hand out Red Shift, Blue Shift, both sides.	Due Friday, 3/29/13: No homework!
Friday, 3/29/13: End of 3^rd Quarter. All makeup work due by 3 PM today! Guest speaker from Cal State Los Angeles. He will speak about the Moon.	Due Monday, 4/8/13: 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 10, 2013.

Week #8: March 18, 2013 to March 22, 2013 (Reverse Block Schedule this Week)

Classwork	Homework
Monday, 3/18/13: Introduction to Stars Star Size Comparison Happy Solar Week! Start Solar Observations with Spaceweather.com website. Give out magic beads Solar telescope observations	Due Tuesday, 3/19/13 (Periods 2 and 6) or Wednesday, 3/20/13 (Periods 3 and 5): Extra Credit Opportunity on 3/16/13 from 2-3 PM at La Canada Library or 3/18/13 from 3-4 PM here at La Canada High School’s IRC. Write at least ½ page telling me what you learned about remote sensing of climate change and a woman’s place in the sciences. Take notes and get those notes signed by the presenter. You must attach the notes you take to your essay!
Tuesday, 3/19/13 (Periods 2 and 6) or Wednesday, 3/20/13 (Periods 3 and 5): Solar Observations with Spaceweather.com website. Read Recent NY Times Article On the Watch for a Solar Storm Massive coronal mass ejection video 1 and video 2 on 4/16/12 at 10:45 AM PDT. We saw this last year through the H-alpha telescope! How do magic beads work? Ultraviolet Index and the Sun Electromagnetic Spectrum Internet Investigation on Solar Cycles and Star Life Cycle Secrets of the Sun video and questions: start	Due Thursday, 3/21/13: Read Section 26.1, pages 572 to 576. Answer Section 26.1 Questions Online.
Thursday, 3/21/13: Solar Observations with Spaceweather.com website. Go over 26.1 homework Secrets of the Sun video and questions	Due Friday, 3/22/13: Come help out at Open House Thursday night for extra credit! You need to commit to staying for at least a one hour shift from either 6:30 to 7:30 or 7:30 to 8:30.
Friday, 3/22/13: Solar Observations with Spaceweather.com website. Secrets of the Sun video and questions Einstein and the Power of Tiny Things: Nuclear fusion	Due Monday, 3/25/13: 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 10, 2013.

Week #7: March 4, 2013 to March 8, 2013 (Reverse Block Schedule this Week and no School on Friday!)

Classwork	Homework
Monday, 3/11/13: Extra Credit Opportunity on 3/16/13 from 2-3 PM at La Canada Library or 3/18/13 from 3-4 PM here at La Canada High School’s IRC. Write at least ½ page telling me what you learned about remote sensing of climate change and a woman’s place in the sciences. Take notes and get those notes signed by the presenter. You must attach the notes you take to your essay! Comet PanSTARRS can be seen this month! SpaceWeather.com has some great images! Turn in Internet Investigation on terrestrial planet surface processes and Jovian planet processes Making a Comet Instructions and Demo! Finish Solar System Scale Start Starry Night Activity on Asteroids and Comets	Due Tuesday, 3/12/13 (Periods 2 and 6) or Wednesday, 3/13/13 (Periods 3 and 5): Read Section 27.4, pages 602-605. Answer Section 27.4 Questions Online. Due next Tuesday.
Tuesday, 3/12/13 (Periods 2 and 6) or Wednesday, 3/13/13 (Periods 3 and 5): Go over 27.4 HW Russian Chelyabinsk Meteor on February 15, 2013 Starry Night Activity on Asteroids and Comets: This must be done on a classroom computer. See Traeger for assignment. Internet Investigation on Asteroid Impacts Review for Chapter 27 Test on Solar System	Due Thursday, 3/14/13: Review for Chapter 27 Test on Solar System
Thursday, 3/14/13: Chapter 27 Test: Solar System	Due Monday, 3/18/13: Extra Credit Opportunity on 3/16/13 from 2-3 PM at La Canada Library or 3/18/13 from 3-4 PM here at La Canada High School’s IRC. Write at least ½ page telling me what you learned about remote sensing of climate change and a woman’s place in the sciences. Take notes and get those notes signed by the presenter. You must attach the notes you take to your essay!

Week #6: March 4, 2013 to March 8, 2013 (Reverse Block Schedule this Week)

Classwork	Homework
Monday, 3/4/13: Finish Finding the Goldilocks Zone: Where Else Does Life Exist in the Solar System? Project and Internet Investigation links and Example 1 and Example 2. Internet Investigation on terrestrial planet surface processes and Jovian planet processes: when done with project. This will be due on Thursday.	Due Tuesday, 3/5/13 (Periods 2 and 6) or Wednesday, 3/6/13 (Periods 3 and 5): No homework except for Finding the Goldilocks Zone: Where Else Does Life Exist in the Solar System? Project and Internet Investigation links and Example 1 and Example 2. This project will not be due until Friday, 3/8/13 for those people who need the extra time.
Tuesday, 3/5/13 (Periods 2 and 6) or Wednesday, 3/6/13 (Periods 3 and 5): Go over 27.3 HW Solar System Scale Excel Spreadsheet for doing Math on Solar System Scale	Due Thursday, 3/7/13: Internet Investigation on terrestrial planet surface processes and Jovian planet processes
Thursday, 3/7/13: Saturn video and questions Briny Breath of Enceladus video	Due Friday, 3/8/13: Internet Investigation on terrestrial planet surface processes and Jovian planet processes Finding the Goldilocks Zone: Where Else Does Life Exist in the Solar System? Project and Internet Investigation links and Example 1 and Example 2. This project will not be due until Friday, 3/8/13 for those people who need the extra time.
Friday, 3/8/13: Go over/collect Internet Investigation on terrestrial planet surface processes and Jovian planet processes Finish Solar System Scale Next Week Outer Planets video and questions	Due Monday, 3/11/13: Have a nice weekend! Read Section 27.4, pages 602-605. Answer Section 27.4 Questions Online. Due next Tuesday.

Week #5: February 25, 2013 to March 1, 2013

Classwork	Homework
Monday, 2/25/13: Go over Section 27.1 homework Terrestrial versus Jovian: What is the difference? 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.	Due Tuesday, 2/26/13: Read Section 27.2, pages 594-598. Answer Section 27.2 Questions Online.
Tuesday, 2/26/13: Go over 27.2 HW Jupiter video and questions	Due Wednesday, 2/27/13 (Periods 3 and 5) or Thursday, 2/28/13 (Periods 2 and 6): Read Section 27.3, pages 599-601. Answer Section 27.3 Questions Online.
Wednesday, 2/27/13 (Periods 3 and 5) or Thursday, 2/28/13 (Periods 2 and 6): Go over 27.3 HW Finish Jupiter video and questions 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.	Due Friday, 3/1/13: Finish 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, 3/1/13: Finish Finding the Goldilocks Zone: Where Else Does Life Exist in the Solar System? Project and Internet Investigation links and Example 1 and Example 2. Internet Investigation on terrestrial planet surface processes and Jovian planet processes: when done with project	Due Monday, 3/4/13: Have a nice weekend!

Week #4: February 19, 2013 to February 22, 2013 (Traeger at NatureBridge Yosemite this week)

Classwork	Homework
Tuesday, 2/19/13: Video and Questions: History Channel’s The Universe: The Inner Planets Mercury and Venus	Due Wednesday, 2/20/13 (Periods 3 and 5) or Thursday, 2/21/13 (Periods 2 and 6): Read Section 27.1, pages 588-592. Answer Section 27.1 Questions Online.
Wednesday, 2/20/13 (Periods 3 and 5) or Thursday, 2/21/13 (Periods 2 and 6): NOVA: Is There Life on Mars? Video and 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, 2/22/13: Read Section 27.1, pages 588-592. Answer Section 27.1 Questions Online. (Same as Tuesday Night’s homework)
Friday, 2/22/13: 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, 2/25/13: Have a nice weekend!

Week #3: February 11, 2013 to February 13, 2013 (No Block this week due to shortened week)

Classwork	Homework
Monday, 2/11/13: Period 3: View the launch of the Landsat 8 Satellite continuing the USGS Landsat Program from Vandenberg Air Force Base on Spaceflight Now and/or NASA TV. Other classes will watch the highlights of the launch! Collect Analyzing Lunar Photos and Eclipses activity Go over 25.2 HW from last week Google Moon ® Internet Investigation and worksheet on lunar geology and the missions of Apollo: Did you turn this in? How Tides Work Tidal Bulge Simulation Tbone Tide Calculator The Pilgrim Tides	Due Tuesday, 2/12/13: 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. Complete Survey for Mrs. Lewsadder and Mr. Traeger concerning our combined lesson last week about Allegory of the Cave, Seasons, and Moon Phases.
Tuesday, 2/12/13: Go over 24.3 HW Finish The Pilgrim Tides Forces on the Tides worksheet.	Due Wednesday, 2/13/13: Review for test on sections 25.1, 25.2, and 24.3: The Moon, Phases, Eclipses, and Tides on Wednesday, 2/13/13. Finish The Pilgrim Tides and Forces on the Tides. I will go over the answers in class before the test and then you will turn it in. Chapter Section 25.1, 25.2, and 24.3 Online Homework Answers. If you haven’t done any of the homeworks for this unit, you will no longer be allowed to submit them to me late since I’m posting the answers now for you to look over before the test.
Wednesday, 2/13/13: Go over/Turn in The Pilgrim Tides stapled to Forces on the Tides worksheet Test on sections 25.1, 25.2, and 24.3: The Moon, Phases, Eclipses, and Tides	Due Tuesday, 2/19/13: Have a nice 5 day Presidents Day Weekend celebrating our past Presidents. Mr. Traeger will be gone next week at NatureBridge Yosemite. Mrs. Smither will be your substitute. Please treat her as you would treat me…with respect.

Week #2: February 4, 2013 to February 8, 2013

Classwork	Homework
Monday, 2/4/13: Go over 25.1 HW from last week Google Moon ® Internet Investigation and worksheet on lunar geology and the missions of Apollo	Due Tuesday, 2/5/13: Complete Weights on Other Worlds worksheet Review for Section 25.1 Quiz on Lunar Geology If not done: Read article and watch AT LEAST “The Space Race,” “Cold War,” “Apollo 11 Moonwalk Montage,” and “Satellites: Invention of War” videos from History of the Space Race link. Write an essay no shorter than ½ page in length in which you summarize the developments of the Space Race in leading up to Apollo Moon Missions. Answer the question: Would we have ever gone to the Moon had the Space Race with the USSR not occurred? Submit your essays on Google Forms Link. DO NOT WRITE THEM ON PAPER!
Tuesday, 2/5/13: Section 25.1 Quiz: Lunar Geology Go over Weights on Other Worlds worksheet Google Moon ® Internet Investigation and worksheet on lunar geology and the missions of Apollo: Finish	Due Wednesday, 2/6/13 (Periods 2 and 6) or Thursday, 2/7/13 (Periods 3 and 5): Finish Google Moon ® Internet Investigation and worksheet on lunar geology and the missions of Apollo
Wednesday, 2/6/13 (Periods 2 and 6) or Thursday, 2/7/13 (Periods 3 and 5): Combined lesson with Mrs. Lewsadder and The Allegory of the Cave and how perceptions with sound logic can lead to wrong answers about how the natural world around us works. A Private Universe is a good case study in wrong perceptions about the Earth’s seasons. Short Version of A Private Universe. 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 Apogee and Perigee Moon Illusion Rise and Set Times of the Moon USNO Moon Phases	Due Friday, 2/8/13: Finish Google Moon ® Internet Investigation and worksheet on lunar geology and the missions of Apollo Read Section 25.2, pages 562-565. Answer section 25.2 questions online.
Friday, 2/8/13: Go over/collect Google Moon ® Internet Investigation and worksheet on lunar geology and the missions of Apollo Finish Analyzing Lunar Photos and Eclipses. Go over eclipses	Due Monday, 2/11/13: Have a nice weekend! Finish Analyzing Lunar Photos and Eclipses if not done.

Week #1: January 28, 2013 to February 1, 2013

Classwork	Homework
Monday, 1/28/13: Classifying the Universe. Use the Interactive Universe Link to classify all the items in to the animation by how they relate to each other. Put this on a blank sheet of paper. It will be gone over and collected! 1^st Semester Grades Pass back 1^st semester work	Due Tuesday, 1/29/13: Read Section 25.1, pages 556-560. Answer Section 25.1 Questions Online.
Tuesday, 1/29/13: Go over 25.1 HW History Channel’s Universe Series Moon video and questions Hand out homework: Lunar crossword puzzle	Due Wednesday, 1/30/13 (Periods 2 and 6) or Thursday, 1/31/13 (Periods 3 and 5): Read Section 25.1, pages 556-560. Answer Section 25.1 Questions Online. Do lunar crossword puzzle
Wednesday, 1/30/13 (Periods 2 and 6) or Thursday, 1/31/13 (Periods 3 and 5): Go over/collect lunar crossword puzzle Lunar Samples from NASA’s Lunar and Meteorite Disk Program Finish History Channel’s Universe Series Moon video and questions Giant Impact Theory Introduction to the Moon and History of the Space Race Why go back to the Moon? Helium-3 Video Who will take us back to the Moon? It’s likely not NASA because of NASA’s Constellation Program Canceled. Private companies like XCOR, SpaceX, Scaled Composites, and Virgin Galactic based out of Mojave, CA will be the new pioneers of space flight. Start: Google Moon ® Internet Investigation and worksheet on lunar geology and the missions of Apollo.	Due Friday, 2/1/13: Read article and watch AT LEAST “The Space Race,” “Cold War,” “Apollo 11 Moonwalk Montage,” and “Satellites: Invention of War” videos from History of the Space Race link. Write an essay no shorter than ½ page in length in which you summarize the developments of the Space Race in leading up to Apollo Moon Missions. Answer the question: Would we have ever gone to the Moon had the Space Race with the USSR not occurred? Submit your essays on Google Forms Link. DO NOT WRITE THEM ON PAPER!
Friday, 2/1/13: Go over and discuss History of the Space Race Essays Google Moon ® Internet Investigation and worksheet on lunar geology and the missions of Apollo	Due Monday, 2/4/13: Have a SUPER weekend!

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