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Week #18: May 11, 2015 to May
15, 2015 (No Block Schedule this Week)
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 5/11/15:
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Due Tuesday,
5/12/15:
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Tuesday,
5/12/15:
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Due Wednesday,
5/13/15:
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Wednesday,
5/13/15:
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Due Thursday,
5/14/15:
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Thursday,
5/14/15:
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Due Friday,
5/15/15:
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Friday, 5/15/15:
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Due Monday,
5/18/15:
- Have a nice weekend!
- Test on Chapter 28.2, 28.3, 28.4: Stars,
Galaxies, Universe next Tuesday, 5/18/15. Study
Guide to Download.
- Extra Credit
Possibility: Up to 45 points for doing a good job! Go to the Griffith Observatory and take
a digital camera along with a note book. Admission is FREE, unless you
want to do the planetarium show. 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! The Foucault Pendulum does NOT count as one of your 5 required
exhibits. This extra credit opportunity will be in effect until
May 19, 2015. LAST WEEKEND!
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Week #17: May 4, 2015 to May
8, 2015
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 5/4/15:
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Due Tuesday, 5/5/15:
- Review Chapter
Section 28.1, Slides 1-45 of Chapter 28
PowerPoint and Light:
The Astronomer’s Friend, andElectromagnetic
Spectrum: What’s the Use?, Electromagnetic
Spectrum, Mystery
Spectra, and Red Shift, Blue Shift for quiz Monday.
- Light:
The Astronomer’s Friend, and Electromagnetic
Spectrum: What’s the Use?, Electromagnetic
Spectrum, Mystery
Spectra, and Red Shift, Blue Shift will all get turned in on Tuesday.
- Here is a more
understandable list of what is due to me tomorrow and what you
should be studying for the quiz.
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Tuesday, 5/5/15:
- Turn in Light:
The Astronomer’s Friend, and Electromagnetic
Spectrum: What’s the Use?, Electromagnetic
Spectrum, Mystery
Spectra, and Red Shift, Blue Shift
- Quiz on Chapter
Section 28.1 Slides 1-45 of Chapter 28
PowerPoint and Light:
The Astronomer’s Friend, and Electromagnetic
Spectrum: What’s the Use?, Electromagnetic
Spectrum, Mystery
Spectra, and Red Shift, Blue Shift
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Due Wednesday,
5/6/15 (P. 3 and P. 5) or Thursday, 5/7/15 (P. 4) Block Day:
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Wednesday,
5/6/15 (P. 3 and P. 5) or Thursday, 5/7/15 (P. 4) Block Day:
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Due Friday,
5/8/15:
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Friday, 5/8/15:
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Due Monday,
5/11/15:
- Have a nice weekend!
- Extra Credit
Possibility: Up to 45 points for doing a good job! Go to the Griffith Observatory and take
a digital camera along with a note book. Admission is FREE, unless you
want to do the planetarium show. 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! The Foucault Pendulum does NOT count as one of your 5 required
exhibits. This extra credit opportunity will be in effect until
May 19, 2015.
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Week #16: April 27, 2015 to
May 1, 2015 (Block Schedule 1, 3, 5 Mon
& Wed and 2, 4, 6 Tue & Thu this Week!)
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 4/27/15
(P.3 & 5) or Tuesday, 4/28/15 (P. 4) Block Schedule:
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Due Wednesday,
4/29/15 (P.3 &5) or Thursday, 4/30/15 (P.4) Block Schedule:
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Wednesday,
4/29/15 (P.3 &5) or Thursday, 4/30/15 (P.4) Block Schedule:
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Due Friday,
5/1/15:
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Friday, 5/1/15:
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Due Monday,
5/4/15:
- Have a nice weekend!
- Extra Credit
Possibility: Up to 45 points for doing a good job! Go to the Griffith Observatory and
take a digital camera along with a note book. Admission is FREE, unless
you want to do the planetarium show. 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! The Foucault Pendulum does NOT count as one of your 5 required
exhibits. This extra credit opportunity will be in effect until
May 19, 2015.
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Week #15: April 20, 2015 to
April 24, 2015 (Block Schedule 1, 3, 5
Mon & Wed and 2, 4, 6 Tue & Thu this Week!)
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 4/20/15
(P.3 & 5) or Tuesday, 4/21/15 (P. 4) Block Schedule:
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Due Wednesday,
4/22/15 (P.3 &5) or Thursday, 4/23/15 (P.4) Block Schedule:
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Wednesday,
4/22/15 (P.3 &5) or Thursday, 4/23/15 (P.4) Block Schedule:
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Due Friday,
4/24/15:
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Friday, 4/24/15:
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Due Monday,
4/27/15 (P. 3&5) or Tuesday, 4/28/15 (P. 4):
- We are on block CAASPP
testing schedule next week with block schedules each day. 1, 3, 5 on
Monday and Wednesday and 2, 4, and 6 Tuesday and Thursday. Friday will be
regular schedule. This will be the case for the next week.
- Have a nice weekend!
- Extra Credit
Possibility: Up to 45 points for doing a good job! Go to the Griffith Observatory and
take a digital camera along with a note book. Admission is FREE, unless
you want to do the planetarium show. 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! The Foucault Pendulum does NOT count as one of your 5 required
exhibits. This extra credit opportunity will be in effect until
May 19, 2015.
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Week #14: April 13, 2015 to
April 17, 2015 (Block Schedule 1, 3, 5
Mon & Wed and 2, 4, 6 Tue & Thu this Week!)
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 4/13/15
(P.3 & 5) or Tuesday, 4/14/15 (P. 4) Block Schedule:
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Due Wednesday,
4/15/15 (P.3 &5) or Thursday, 4/16/15 (P.4) Block Schedule:
- No homework, but juniors will need to make up
material missed in class. See classwork schedule.
- Extra Credit Opportunity! Watch “Alien
Planets Revealed” online. Take pic or screen shot any scene from the
video to prove you watched it and insert this image in to your typed write-up
summary of what you learned from the video. 15 points EC. Extended to
being due block day Wednesday or Thursday this week.
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Wednesday,
4/15/15 (P.3 &5) or Thursday, 4/16/15 (P.4) Block Schedule:
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Due Friday,
4/17/15:
- No
homework, but juniors will need to make up material missed in class. See
classwork schedule.
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Friday, 4/17/15:
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Due Monday, 4/20/15
(P.3 & 5) or Tuesday, 4/21/15 (P.4):
- We are on block CAASPP
testing schedule next week with block schedules each day. 1, 3, 5 on
Monday and Wednesday and 2, 4, and 6 Tuesday and Thursday. Friday will
be regular schedule. This will be the case for the next two weeks.
- 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 thePowerPoint 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.
- Have a nice weekend!
- Extra Credit
Possibility: Up to 45 points for doing a good job! Go to the Griffith Observatory and
take a digital camera along with a note book. Admission is FREE, unless
you want to do the planetarium show. 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! The Foucault Pendulum does NOT count as one of your 5 required
exhibits. This extra credit opportunity will be in effect until
May 19, 2015.
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Week #13: April 6, 2015 to
April 10, 2015 (NO Block Schedule this Week!)
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 4/6/15:
- Recruit for help at Open House on Thursday, 4/9/15.
Sign up for a display of a lab or activity from this year that you want
to show off.
- Hand Out UV Beads
- Start Sunspot Observation Logs with Spaceweather.com website
- Solar Observations using solar telescopes
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Due Tuesday,
4/7/15:
- No homework!
- Extra Credit Opportunity! Watch “Alien
Planets Revealed” online. Take pic or screen shot any scene from the
video to prove you watched it and insert this image in to your typed
write-up summary of what you learned from the video. 15 points EC. Due
by Friday, 4/10/15.
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Tuesday, 4/7/15:
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Due Wednesday,
4/8/15:
- Read Section 26.1, pages 572 to 576. Answer
Section 26.1 Questions Online.
- Extra
Credit Opportunity! Watch “Alien
Planets Revealed” online. Take pic or screen shot any scene from the
video to prove you watched it and insert this image in to your typed
write-up summary of what you learned from the video. 15 points EC. Due by
Friday, 4/10/15.
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Wednesday,
4/8/15:
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Due Thursday,
4/9/15:
- Finish Post-Video Questions from Secrets of the Sun video and questions.
- Extra Credit Opportunity! Watch “Alien
Planets Revealed” online. Take pic or screen shot any scene from the
video to prove you watched it and insert this image in to your typed
write-up summary of what you learned from the video. 15 points EC.
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Thursday,
4/9/15:
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Due Friday,
4/10/15:
- HW TBA
- Extra Credit Opportunity! Watch “Alien
Planets Revealed” online. Take pic or screen shot any scene from the
video to prove you watched it and insert this image in to your typed
write-up summary of what you learned from the video. 15 points EC.
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Friday, 4/10/15:
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Due Monday,
4/13/15 (P. 3 & 5) or Tuesday, 4/14/15 (P. 4):
- We are on block CAASPP
testing schedule next week with block schedules each day. 1, 3, 5 on
Monday and Wednesday and 2, 4, and 6 Tuesday and Thursday. Friday will
be regular schedule. This will be the case for the next three weeks.
- Have a nice weekend!
- Extra Credit
Possibility: Up to 45 points for doing a good job! Go to the Griffith Observatory and
take a digital camera along with a note book. Admission is FREE, unless you
want to do the planetarium show. 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! The Foucault Pendulum does NOT count as one of your 5 required
exhibits. This extra credit opportunity will be in effect until
May 19, 2015.
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Week #12: March 30, 2015 to
April 3, 2015
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 3/30/15:
- Comet Orbits vs. Asteroid/Meteoroid Orbits: What’s
the Difference?
- Starry Night Activity on Asteroids and Comets: This
must be done on a classroom computer. See Traeger for assignment.
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Due Tuesday,
3/31/15:
- Phases, Eclipses, Tides Tests Corrections: Last
Chance!
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Tuesday,
3/31/15:
- Starry Night Activity on Asteroids and Comets: This
must be done on a classroom computer. See Traeger for assignment.
Finish, Go over, and turn in.
- Start Homework: Internet Investigation ES2708: What
Processes Shape Planetary Surfaces?
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Due Wednesday,
4/1/15 (P. 3 and P. 5) or Thursday, 4/2/15 (P. 4) Block Day:
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Wednesday,
4/1/15 (P. 3 and P. 5) or Thursday, 4/2/15 (P. 4) Block Day:
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Due Friday,
4/3/15:
- Review for test on Sections
25.1 and 27.4: Lunar Geology, Impact Cratering, Asteroids, and Comets!
See links to the left and this Study
Guide for assistance.
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Friday, 4/3/15:
- Test on Sections
25.1 and 27.4: Lunar Geology, Impact Cratering, Asteroids, and Comets!
See links to the left and this Study
Guide for assistance.
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Due Monday,
4/6/15:
- Have a nice weekend!
- Extra Credit
Possibility: Up to 45 points for doing a good job! Go to the Griffith Observatory and
take a digital camera along with a note book. Admission is FREE, unless
you want to do the planetarium show. 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! The Foucault Pendulum does NOT count as one of your 5 required
exhibits. This extra credit opportunity will be in effect until
May 19, 2015.
- Extra Credit Opportunity! Watch “Alien
Planets Revealed” online. Take pic or screen shot any scene from the
video to prove you watched it and insert this image in to your typed
write-up summary of what you learned from the video. 15 points EC. Due
by Friday, 4/10/15.
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Week #11: March 23, 2015 to
March 27, 2015
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 3/23/15:
- Hand Back Phases, Eclipses, Tides Tests for
Corrections
- Finish and turn in Google Moon ® Internet Investigation and worksheet on lunar
geology and the missions of Apollo.
- Discuss and turn in Space Race Essays from before
break
- Work on Phases, Eclipses, Tides Test Corrections
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Due Tuesday,
3/24/15:
- See homework due
Wednesday, 3/25 or Thursday, 3/26
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Tuesday,
3/24/15:
- Traeger out for TDG
Training
- Deadly Comets and Meteors video and questions
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Due Wednesday,
3/25/15 (P. 3 and P. 5) or Thursday, 3/26/15 (P. 4) Block Day:
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Wednesday,
3/25/15 (P. 3 and P. 5) or Thursday, 3/26/15 (P. 4) Block Day:
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Due Friday,
3/27/15:
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Friday, 3/27/15:
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Due Monday,
3/30/15:
- Have a nice weekend!
- Extra Credit
Possibility: Up to 45 points for doing a good job! Go to the Griffith Observatory and
take a digital camera along with a note book. Admission is FREE, unless
you want to do the planetarium show. 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! The Foucault Pendulum does NOT count as one of your 5 required
exhibits. This extra credit opportunity will be in effect until
May 19, 2015.
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Week #10: March 9, 2015 to
March 13, 2015
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 3/9/15:
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Due Tuesday,
3/10/15:
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Tuesday,
3/10/15:
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Due Wednesday,
3/11/15 (P. 3 and P. 5) or Thursday, 3/12/15 (P. 4) Block Day:
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Wednesday,
3/11/15 (P. 3 and P. 5) or Thursday, 3/12/15 (P. 4) Block Day:
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Due Friday,
3/13/15:
- 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?
- 3rd Quarter Benchmark Assessment
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Friday, 3/13/15:
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Due Monday,
3/23/15:
- Have a nice Spring Break!
- Extra Credit
Possibility: Up to 45 points for doing a good job! Go to the Griffith Observatory and
take a digital camera along with a note book. Admission is FREE, unless
you want to do the planetarium show. 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! The Foucault Pendulum does NOT count as one of your 5 required
exhibits. This extra credit opportunity will be in effect until
May 19, 2015.
- Extra Credit
Possibility: Up
to 20 Points for Going. Go to the Pasadena
Lapidary Society Gem and Mineral Show Saturday, 3/14/15 or Sunday,
3/15/15 at the San Marino Masonic Center in San Marino. It’s FREE. Write
a small report of what you learned there WITH a picture proving you were
there. Email this to me or give me your write up when we return on
3/23/15.
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Week #9: March 2, 2015 to
March 6, 2015
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 3/2/15:
- 3rd Quarter Benchmark Assessment will be
on Friday, 3/13/15
- No Late
Start Schedule Tomorrow. Period 1 starts at 7:45.
- Eclipses: More Specifics
- What does a solar eclipse look like as Mars’ moon Phobos
goes in front of the Sun?
- Finish Lunar Picture Activity and staple to lunar
calendar before turning in.
- Starry Night Activity: Review of Phases and Eclipses
· More Eclipse and
Moon Phase Animations
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Due Tuesday,
3/3/15:
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Tuesday, 3/3/15:
- Starry Night Activity: Review of Phases and Eclipses
- Do Tides 24.3 homework
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Due Wednesday,
3/4/15 (P. 3 and P. 5) or Thursday, 3/5/15 (P. 4) Block Day:
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Wednesday,
3/4/15 (P. 3 and P. 5) or Thursday, 3/5/15 (P. 4) Block Day:
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Due Friday,
3/6/15:
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Friday, 3/6/15:
- Turn in Pilgrim Tides
- Test on Moon Phases, Eclipses, and Tides Sections
25.2 and 24.3
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Due Monday,
3/9/15:
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Week #8: February 23, 2015 to
February 27, 2015
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 2/23/15:
- Moon/Planet/Star Observations at Palm Crest
Elementary on Wednesday, 2/25/15 from 6:15 to 8:30 PM. Hand out
permission slips.
- Lunar
Observations
- Starry Night
Activity: Planet Orbits: Finish
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Due Tuesday,
2/24/15:
- Get permission
slips signed for Astronomy night at Palm Crest Elementary on Wednesday,
2/25/15 from 6:15 to 8:30 PM.
- Lunar
Observations
- Review
for quiz on Kepler’s Laws, Orbits, Historical Astronomy section 26.2.
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Tuesday,
2/24/15:
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Due Wednesday,
2/25/15 (P. 3 and P. 5) or Thursday, 2/26/15 (P. 4) Block Day:
·
Lunar
Observations
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Read Section
25.2, pages 562-565. Answer
section 25.2 questions online.
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Wednesday,
2/25/15 (P. 3 and P. 5) or Thursday, 2/26/15 (P. 4) Block Day:
· More Eclipse and
Moon Phase Animations
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Due Friday,
2/27/15:
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Friday, 2/27/15:
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Due Monday,
3/2/15:
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Week #7: February 18, 2015 to
February 20, 2015
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Classwork
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Homework
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Wednesday,
2/18/15:
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Due Thursday,
2/19/15:
- Correct earthquake tests given back in class last
week. Last night to do this!
- Complete Gravity and Orbits Simulation.
Questions given out in class.
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Thursday,
2/19/15:
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Due Friday,
2/20/15:
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Friday, 2/20/15:
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Due Monday,
2/23/15:
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Week #6: February 9, 2015 to
February 12, 2015
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 2/9/15:
- District Panorama
Ed Surveys
- Announcement: Please come to Astronomy Institute
Tuesday from 3-4 PM. Dr. Majid will be talking about his research on
black holes, neutron stars, and pulsars. He would like to get students
involved in this research!
- Solar System Scale
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Due Tuesday,
2/10/15:
- Correct earthquake tests given back in class today.
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Tuesday,
2/10/15:
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Due Wednesday,
2/11/15 (P. 4) or Thursday, 2/12/15 (P. 3 and P. 5) Block Day:
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Wednesday,
2/11/15 (P. 4) or Thursday, 2/12/15 (P. 3 and P. 5) Block Day:
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Due Wednesday,
2/18/15:
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Week #5: February 2, 2015 to
February 6, 2015
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 2/2/15:
- Happy Groundhog
Day! Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow. This means 6 more weeks of
Winter!
- SMAP Launches!
- Intro. to Universe Graphic Organizer Activity and
Discussion
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Due Tuesday,
2/3/15:
- Watch this What is a Planet? Video.
Write a short summary describing how the International Astronomical
Union redefined the definition of a planet.
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Tuesday, 2/3/15:
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Due Wednesday,
2/4/15 (P. 4) or Thursday, 2/5/15 (P. 3 and P. 5) Block Day:
·
No Homework! J
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Dr. Javier Gago of Glendale College will be
here at 3 PM on Wednesday to talk about the summer marine biology program in
Baja California. See the Glendale
College Baja Program website to download forms and get more information
about the program.
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Wednesday,
2/4/15 (P. 4) or Thursday, 2/5/15 (P. 3 and P. 5) Block Day:
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Due Friday,
2/6/15:
- Manipulate the Scale
of Universe animation and answer
these questions based on it. You will be graded on this for accuracy
using Flubaroo. Do it carefully! You also MUST log in from your
mylcusd.net Google account. You also must be on a computer that has
Flash installed. Otherwise, you will have to click on the YouTube video
option for the animation.
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Friday, 2/6/15:
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Due Monday,
2/9/15:
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Week #4: January 26, 2015 to January
30, 2015
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 1/26/15:
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Due Tuesday,
1/27/15:
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Tuesday,
1/27/15:
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Due Wednesday,
1/28/15 (P. 4) or Thursday, 1/29/15 (P. 3 and P. 5) Block Day:
·
ES1001: How are Earthquakes Related to Plate
Tectonics? (Mandatory for Homework on Tuesday Night, 1/27/15)
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ES1003: Where was that Earthquake? (Extra
Credit, but worth your while!)
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Wednesday,
1/28/15 (P. 4) or Thursday, 1/29/15 (P. 3 and P. 5) Block Day:
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Due Friday,
1/30/15:
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Friday, 1/30/15:
- Test on Earthquakes and Tsunamis
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Due Monday,
2/2/15:
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Week #3: January 20, 2015 to
January 23, 2015
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Classwork
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Homework
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Tuesday,
1/20/15:
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Due Wednesday,
1/21/15 (P. 4) or Thursday, 1/22/15 (P. 3 and P. 5) Block Day:
- Read Section 10.2, pages 217-221. Complete Virtual
Earthquake Lab Online. Make sure that you follow all instructions
carefully and that you bring me a printout certificate showing you completed the
online lab! Email it to me if you cannot print it.
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Wednesday,
1/21/15 (P. 4) or Thursday, 1/22/15 (P. 3 and P. 5) Block Day:
- Quiz on Faults and Folds
- Earthquake Wave Notes, Demonstrations, and Dance
- Seismac Demonstrations,
seismometers, and reading seismograms
- Seismic Waves and Earthquake Plotting
- Earthquake
Early Warning System, Shakealert,
LA
Times Early Warning Story, CISN
Earthquake Early Warning, and Caltech
Early Warning System: How time travel difference between P and S and
Surface waves may save lives someday.
- Charles Richter Biography #1,
#2,
and #3
and Caltech
Seismo Lab History
- Richter
Scale Explanation
- ABC7 Live
Quake Cam and Castaic
Quake Cam using an older seismograph machine.
- Measuring the
Size of an Earthquake
- Moment
Magnitude Video from IRIS and Moment Magnitude Video from YouTube
for full screen.
- How are Earthquake
Magnitudes Measured?
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Due Friday,
1/23/15:
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Friday, 1/23/15:
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Due Monday,
1/26/15:
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Week #2: January 12, 2015 to
January 16, 2015
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 1/12/15:
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Due Tuesday,
1/13/15:
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Tuesday,
1/13/15:
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Due Wednesday,
1/14/15 (P. 4) or Thursday, 1/15/15 (P. 3 and P. 5) Block Day:
- Read article entitled “Earthquake Conversations”
handed out in class. Prepare a one page essay-form summary of the most
important points and what you learned. You must get this reading from me
in class.
- Get Arroyo Seco Field trip forms signed.
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Wednesday,
1/14/15 (P. 4) or Thursday, 1/15/15 (P. 3 and P. 5) Block Day:
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Due Friday,
1/16/15:
- Finish Arroyo
Seco Field Trip questions
- Read article entitled “Earthquake Conversations”
handed out in class. Prepare a one page essay-form summary of the most
important points and what you learned. You must get this reading from me
in class.
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Friday, 1/16/15:
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Due Tuesday,
1/20/15:
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Week #1: January 5, 2015 to
January 9, 2015
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 1/5/15:
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Due Tuesday,
1/6/15:
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Tuesday, 1/6/15:
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Due Wednesday,
1/7/15 (P. 4) or Thursday, 1/8/15 (P. 3 and P. 5) Block Day:
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Wednesday,
1/7/15 (P. 4) or Thursday, 1/8/15 (P. 3 and P. 5) Block Day:
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Due Friday,
1/9/15:
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Friday, 1/9/15:
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Due Monday,
1/12/15:
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