Astronomy (Period 2) Assignments

Attached you will find your Fall Final Study Guide for our Astronomy Final Exam.  You may write any notes on both sides you want to bring with you to the test.  You may NOT use any other paper other than this Study Guide.  You may NOT type your notes on another paper.  You may ONLY use THIS guide.

 

Bring to use on your final, turn it in and earn two extra points on your final test score.

 

Bring something to read or study after you turn in the test and earn another two extra points on your final test score.

Astronomy & the Scientific Method Writing Assignment.

(1) In your own mind, WHAT is the scientific method?

(NOTE:  Use these terms to help you organize your thoughts:  

• Question
• Observations - Collect data
• Hypothesis
• Experiment/Test/Model
• Conclusion
• Communication

(2)  Using what you’ve learned in Astronomy, how did Galileo use the scientific method to discover the moons of Jupiter?  How did the technology of the day help him make - and communicate - this discovery?

Attached as well is the Primary Document Source for Galileo for your reference

Here is our google slides presentation for Temperature Conversion:

 

 

Now that you've learned how Galileo used the scientific method to ascertain that Jupiter had moons, let's look at his story in a different way!  Attached is the template for a comic book/ storyboard/ graphic novel page.  If Galileo had communicated his process for discovering the Galilean Moons of Jupiter, what do you think it would look like?  NOTE:  Each cell will have an illustration plus at LEAST one line of text in it.  Read the instructions at the top of this document for more information.

Also attached is our google slides presentation of comic book pages to give you ideas of what it could/ should look like.

Galileo & The Moons of Jupiter

 

Here are the two documents you will need to complete your classroom/homework assignment.  Carefully read the article, "Galileo Discovers the Moons of Jupiter," and answer the questions on the Document Analysis Worksheet.  Turn in the Document Analysis Worksheet to me, and keep the Primary Source document for the next assignment!

 

Here is our most recent presentation for notes:

 

Notebook Check!!!!

 

Six of you per class will be handing in your notebooks today for a Class Average score.  Make sure it's pretty!

Here is the Prezi Link for our notes for History of Astronomy IV - Brahe & Kepler

 

Historical Astronomers Timeline Graph!

 

In your notebook (activity #37, #38 for P/1), make a chart for the following Contributors to Astronomy:  Aristarchus, Aristotle, Copernicus, Eratosthenes, Eudoxus, Ptolemy, Pythagoras, Ptolemy, William of Occam.  LIST THEM IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER.  THIS ORDER IS ALPHABETICAL.

 

The headings of the chart columns should be:

 

Name/ Year of Birth/ Birth Place or Place of Residence/ Contribution

Here is the link to our latest presentation:  History of Astronomy III - Ptolemy and Copernicus

 

Here is the Prezi Url for our notes today:  History of Astronomy Part II

 

 

Please note that these notes are available online ONLY.  I am not able to print out a copy for our classroom notebook.

Create a glossary in your Science Notebook for the attached file of Night Sky Vocabulary terms.  This will be Activity #30 in your notebook!  Use your notes, the textbook or the internet for term definition.

 

If you use the internet for the terms, make sure to use the astronomy-appropriate description or definition, NOT the general description.  For example, "zenith" can be either "

Here is the Prezi for our cornell notes:  History of Astronomy I - Astronomy "BC"

 

 

PLEASE NOTE:  This presentation is only available online!  There is no paper copy available.

1. Sky Vocabulary Word Web
2. 1. Cut apart the “blocks” of terms on your Sky Vocabulary half-sheet
3. 2. Arrange them in ways to show how they are related.  Play with them!
4. 3. When you are satisfied with your arrangements, glue them down, and use arrows or groups to show how they are related.
6. NOTE: The Sky Vocabulary block can be printed out from the assignment description before this one. 

Remember to find a weight for your astrolabe, and bring it to school with you!

Here are our Google Slide presentation/notes for Conjuction, Opposition and Elongation of Planets.

Here are our Google Slides notes on Asterisms.

Notebook Check #2  

Please turn in your astronomy notebook for an overnight check.  I will be checking work from 9/2/2016 through 9/30/2016.  Make sure all your papers are glued in and edges are trimmed if your notebook is smaller than 9 X 11".

 

Remember!  Notes taken in the classroom REQUIRE a title, date and summary.  Cornell-Style left-hand questions will give you extra credit.  

If you had trouble adding a line graph to your Google Sheets project, here is a detailed instruction sheet to help out.

Here is our reading, "Words Ya Gotta Know."  Remember to complete the assignment at the beginning of the article.  (In the paper copy I gave out in class, the assignment directions are at the end of the article.)

NEEDED!  Bring a cardboard box from home so we can make our Protractors!  Cereal boxes are perfect.  No corregated cardboard, please - it's too hard to cut.

Here are our Friday notes, "Along the Ecliptic."

Here are the notes we took on Thursday, 9/15/16 - Where is it in the Night Sky?

Here is the Google Slides presentation for Wednesday's notes:  The Night Sky and the Celestial Sphere.

Click on the google slides file below for your assignment.

Here are the documents you need for your Science Notebook:

 

Double check on the last assignment for the correct order of the pages for your Table of Contents.

 

NOTE:  Your Syllabus will be linked to a separate assignment!

NOTE:  "Costa's Levels of Questions: Science" in not available as a downloadable file.

NOTE:  "NGSS-ESS1 Earth's Place in the Universe" is not avaiable as a separate downloadable file.

NOTE:  The "NB Calendar" is for ALL months.  You only need to print out the "August/September" page.

 

 

 

 

 

Bring your textbook to class!!! I want to see your name in it, and on the spine!

Extra Credit for having it covered.

 

 

Make sure:

1.  All pages are securely glued into your spiral-ring notebook.

2.  All daily notes have a DATE, TITLE, & SUMMARY!!!  (Extra credit for following Cornell Notes style with cues, clues & questions in the lefthand column.)

3.  All QOTDs have been answered.  If you were absent, write "absent" under the date.

4.  All QOTDs have a date.

 

Here are notes from today, "light years:  big numbers, cont'd"

Here is the Google Slides presentation for our notes today, "Big Numbers."

Here is your syllabus for Astronomy 2016-2017.

 

Have you and your parent or guardian sign the third page, tear off the required section, turn that section into me and glue the rest into your Science Notebook, Roman Numeral IX-XI.

Activity #3:  CNotes - What is Astronomy?

Here is the list for the reference pages of our Science Notebook...

 

Page Title Page Number

Title Page I

Grade Sheets (blue) II-III

Teaching Page (white) IV

Table of Contents (you make) V-VIII

Astronomy Syllabus (color varies) IX-XI

Cornell-Style Class Notes (pink) XII

Learning Log Information (green) XIII

The Three-Story Intellect (salmon) XIV

Costa’s  Questions- Science (salmon) XV

NGSS: Earth's Place in the Universe (buff) (XVII-XVIII)

August/September calendar (green) 1

Weekly Journal 8/29-9/2/2016 (blue) 2

Textbook Scavenger Hunt worksheet is due on marked date.

 

Astronomy version is attached below.  

Earth Science version must be picked up from our classroom.

Bring your textbook to class!  We're recording your indentificaction numbers and adding your name & period to the spine.  

Bring your spiral ring notebook to class so we can set up your interactive science notebook.  

 

Remember, 9 x 11" STRONGLY preferred.  One notebook dedicated to the class STRONGLY preferred.