1. Accelerated Reading
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2. Physical Science April 19, 2017 Student Planner
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Vocab test tomorrow - study. Vocab booklet due Friday. .

4. Essential Question: What is the name of the outer planets?
Write your summary from Last Class’s notes on Last Class’s paper. Last class’s EQ was:
Essential Question: What is the name of the outer planets?

5. Summary:
We had a standard opening. We worked on notes and watched short videos on each planet.

6. Astronomy Essential Question: Which planet has the most moons?
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April 19, 2017
Essential Question: Which planet has the most moons?

7. Warm Up

8. 1. Big Bang theory is a theory concerning WHAT?

9. 2. The most common element in the universe is WHAT?

10. 3. The only objects that produce natural light for more than 1-2 seconds are:

11. 4. Where are these located
4. Where are these located? Meteoroids are: Meteors are: Meteorites are:

12. Answers

13. 1. Big Bang theory is a theory concerning WHAT?

14. 1. Big Bang theory is a theory concerning WHAT
1. Big Bang theory is a theory concerning WHAT? Formation of the universe

15. 2. The most common element in the universe is WHAT?

16. 2. The most common element in the universe is WHAT? Hydrogen

17. 3. The only objects that produce natural light for more than 1-2 seconds are:

18. 3. The only objects that produce natural light for more than 1-2 seconds are: Stars

19. 4. Where are these located
4. Where are these located? Meteoroids are: Meteors are: Meteorites are:

20. 4. Where are these located
4. Where are these located? Meteoroids are: in space Meteors are: in our atmosphere Meteorites are: on Earth

21. Homework
Vocab test tomorrow. Sky to be clear this week, finish sky map

22. Today’s Work
Astronomy notes
Videos
Collect notebooks

23. 4. Mars
Last Inner planet
Thin atmosphere and further from the sun so it is a cold planet
Water is in solid form-ice
Largest volcanoes & 2 moons
Rotation is 24 hours and 37 minutes – Similar to the Earth.
Revolution takes 1 year, 322 days
Video link

24. Outer Planets – Gas Giants
Jupiter
-Largest planet
-Made of hydrogen and helium similar to the sun
-Great red spot is a large storm
-Thin ring around the planet
-Gives off heat
Video link

25. -Rotation- almost 10 hours
-Revolution- about 12 years
-62 moons (Planetary Satellites)
Video link

26. Saturn - 2nd largest planet
-Largest rings made of ice and particles
-Gives off heat
-Made of hydrogen and helium
-Least dense-floats in water
-Rotation- almost 11 hours
-Revolution- about 30 years
-33 moons (Planetary satellites)

27. Saturn – video link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS9D9CzwPQU

28. 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

29. 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

30. Dwarf planets
Pluto -Too small and the orbital path is different from the other planets
-Revolution-248 years
-Very cold
Video link

31. 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.

32. 3. Used in astrology (predicting the future), mythology.
4. Southern hemisphere has different constellations which were identified in the AD.

33. Constellations
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
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