Give Mr. Hyatt money ScaleScale 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 What is the difference between a Solar Flare and a Coronal Mass Ejection?

 Front of shirt: design and/or phrase, colored illustration of the concept Bottom of page: summary (answer the questions from the beginning of yesterday) of notes and your t-shirt. At least 3-4 sentences.  Back of shirt: one or two line phrase using the concept

What information about the sun can we gather from sunspots?

Galileo’s Observations

Sunspot in UV light

Prominences (coronal loops) solar flares coronal mass ejections

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coronal loops (prominences)

coronal mass ejections

Read the Plastic papers to yourself, and answer the 4 questions as a group (2 from each paper.)

22 years video

A solar cycle: a montage of ten years' worth of images, demonstrating the variation in solar activity during a sunspot cycle, from after August 30, 1991, to September 6, 2001.

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