Accelerated Reading Time until 1:49
Physical Science April 21, 2017 Student Planner Place this in the proper place Tonight is the Lyrids meteor shower. Complete your Skymap assignment
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Essential Question: Saturn’s rings are made of what? Write your summary from Last Class’s notes on Last Class’s paper. Last class’s EQ was: Essential Question: Saturn’s rings are made of what?
Summary: We had a standard opening. We worked on notes and watched short videos on outer planets through (Uranus, Neptune, Pluto) I learned
Topic/Objective: Name: Astronomy Class/Period: Date: April 21, 2017 Essential Question: What is the last planet in our solar system?
Warm Up
Link Write the following in your warm up: Today’s warm up is the Solar System booklet
Homework Sky Map is due May 1
Today’s Work Grade planners & check notebooks Astronomy notes & videos Solar System booklet Collect vocab booklet, triad 5 ungraded notebooks, anything from triad 5 that was not graded.
Solar System booklet Draw the image in the space above the data collection. Find the data in your textbooks and record in correct space. This can be done as you come into class daily
Uranus (your-an-us) -Tipped on its side -Revolution- about 84 years -One pole is in darkness for half of a Uranus year -Thin rings -Rotation- about 17 hours -Made of hydrogen and methane gas -27 moons Video link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hIwD17Crko
Neptune - Atmosphere is similar to Uranus -Gives off heat which creates winds -Warm gas rises and cool gas sinks which sets up the wind patterns -Narrow rings -Rotation- about 16 hours -Revolution- about 164 years 13 moons
Dwarf planets Pluto -Too small and the orbital path is different from the other planets -Revolution-248 years -Very cold Video link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqX2YdnwtRc
Constellations I. What are constellations A. Manmade designs using stars as coordinates in the picture. 1. First catalogs of the stars date from 1830BC. 2. Modern names are from records written by Ptolemy about 100 AD.
3. Used in astrology (predicting the future), mythology. 4. Southern hemisphere has different constellations which were identified in the 1500-1600AD.
II. Modern use of constellations A. IAU (International Astronomical Union) divided the celestial sphere into 88 official constellations. 1. Allows area mapping of the sky 2. Continues use of Greek-Roman names Video link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXeEAQtC75g or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKXBtWHExwQ