Give Mr. Hyatt money Scale Scale Description 4 Through independent work beyond what was taught in class, students could (examples include, but are not limited to): research current and past earth and sun conditions. investigate causes and possible solutions for global climate change. compare and contrast the patterns in the organization and distribution of matter in the sun, earth, moon system. compare and contrast different solar events and their impact on earth. 3 understand how the motions of the sun, stars and planets as observed from Earth relate to the motions of the Earth and other planets in space. understand how the movement and position of Earth influences life on Earth. be able to differentiate between astronomy and astrology. 2 determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other astronomy specific words and phrases relating to the Earth, Sun and Moon illustrate the patterns of distribution of matter in the sun, earth, moon system. list the physical properties of the Earth, Sun and Moon. describe the key parts of the Earth, Sun and Moon System 1 show the patterns of distribution of matter in the sun, earth, moon system. select from a list the physical properties of the sun, earth and moon. list the key parts of the structure of earth, sun and moon.

Bell Work 11-9 What this video and tell me what it makes you think, feel, or wonder.

Test Make-up If you missed a test last week, you need to come before or after school to take it. You don’t want a 0%

Field Trip In order to go, we need chaperones We need parents to become ADDitions volunteers Have your parents go to the “class information” page of our website and read the letter 

SUN – Top of right side questions: What is fusion and how is it a factor for the life on earth? What is the sun responsible for in our solar system?

The Planets relative to each other

The Planets relative to the sun

The Sun is located on one of the arms of our Milky Way Galaxy ARE WE THE CENTER OF ANYTHING?

Pick 2 facts to record The Sun’s diameter is 109 times greater than that of Earth Over 1 million Earths would fit inside the Sun’s volume The average distance between the Earth and the Sun is called an Astronomical Unit (AU) - it is about150 million kilometers It would take 11,780 Earths lined up side to side to bridge the gap between Earth and Sun (or 107 Suns) Image Credit: SOHO/NASA/ESA

The Sun is an average sized star. It looks very big from earth because it is so close to us! 1.39 Million km in diameter Why do we study the sun? Sun is very important to earth – without its heat and light, we would not be able to survive! Gives us the Seasons Its gravity keeps us, and the other planets, in orbit It is the nearest star to us! We study it to learn about other stars. It provides earth with A LOT of energy! Changes in solar activity or surface features effect our climate, atmosphere, weather & power transmissions!

Sun is “relatively” stationary, at the center of our Solar System The Milky Way revolves as a whole, but relative to earth the sun is stationary! It does rotate around itself. The center latitudes take 25 days to rotate, while areas near the poles take 35 days to rotate.

Uses nuclear fusion in its core to generate heat and light to allow itself to resist the crushing weight of its own mass Sun is made of 73% Hydrogen, 25% Helium and 2 % other elements. Those other elements consist of 70 different elements! Some of these elements are….. Oxygen, Carbon, Nitrogen, Silicon, Magnesium, Neon, Iron, Sulfur

The sun is surrounded by a large magnetic field, which causes most of the activity and features on the sun. Because of the uneven rotation of the sun, every 11 years the suns magnetic field flips. This means the solar cycle is 22 years, because it takes that long for the magnetic field to flip-flop back to where it began!

On August 1, 2010, almost the entire Earth- facing side of the sun erupted in a tumult of activity. This image from the Solar Dynamics Observatory of the news-making solar event on August 1 shows the C3-class solar flare (white area on upper left), a solar tsunami (wave-like structure, upper right), multiple filaments of magnetism lifting off the stellar surface, large- scale shaking of the solar corona, radio bursts, a coronal mass ejection and more. This multi-wavelength extreme ultraviolet snapshot from the Solar Dynamics Observatory shows the sun's northern hemisphere in mid- eruption. Different colors in the image represent different gas temperatures. As of August 21, Earth's magnetic field was still reverberating from the solar flare impact on August 3, 2010, which sparked aurorae as far south as Wisconsin and Iowa in the United States. Analysts predicted a second solar flare following behind the first flare that could re-energize the fading geomagnetic storm and spark a new round of Northern Lights.

If you don’t know what Convection, Radiation and Conduction are and how they relate to heat, go to this website. (link is on our webpage)this website.

Homework: Due Tomorrow You need to look up the following information about each layer of the sun: A.Size B.What it’s made of C.Temperature D.One other fact These are the layers: 1.Core 2.Radiation Zone 3.Convection Zone 4.Photosphere 5.Chromosphere 6.Corona

Sun features – write these down, then talk with your neighbor and try to figure out what each one of them is Prominence/filament Flare Granule Sunspot Spicule Coronal Mass Ejections Magnetic Field 2:001:591:581:571:561:551:541:531:521:511:501:491:481:471:461:451:441:431:421:411:401:391:381:371:361:351:341:331:321:311:301:291:281:271:261:251:241:231:221:211:201:191:181:171:161:151:141:131:121:111:101:091:081:071:061:051:041:031:021:011:000:590:580:570:560:550:540:530:520:510:500:490:480:470:460:450:440:430:420:410:400:390:380:370:360:350:340:330:320:310:300:290:280:270:260:250:240:230:220:210:200:190:180:170:160:150:140:130:120:110:100:090:080:070:060:050:040:030:020:01End2:00

The gravitational force of the sun helps to keep all of the planets in the solar system in the correct orbit. The energy from the sun sustains life on earth. The sun contains 98% of all the mass in our solar system The sun is not solid, liquid or gas, it is plasma. Plasma is similar to gas, except the gas is ionized (charged). Again, Pick two facts to write down