1. March 23 and March 24

2.  Go to your assigned seat  Start reading the handout on asteroids, meteors and comets  Write 3 facts you learned about each  This will be checked today for a grade!  Anyone out our their seat will receive silent lunch!

3. NOTES:  Astronomical Unit (AU)=  The Earth’s average distance from the sun  Approximately 93 million miles away

4.  We will take notes. I will pass out the sheet and complete the front together as a group We will take notes. I will pass out the sheet and complete the front together as a group  The back will be a quiz that you will take on your own. The back will be a quiz that you will take on your own.

5. https://www.youtube.com/wa tch?v=kAJHVII3_-0  Front we will do together.  Pay attention this will help you with the questions on the back

6.  Add entry to table of contents  Call it “Brain Pop Solar System Worksheet”  Finish for homework !

7.  4 Terrestrial Planets: inner planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars  4 Gas Giants: outer planets  Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune

8.  What things surprised you during your research on the 8 planets?  Let’s look at each category on the sheet and quickly talk about what they mean.  1-What planet is the largest? (diameter)  2-What planet has the most moons? (# moons)  3-What planet is closest to the Sun? (location)  4-Which planet has the largest mountain? (key fact)  5Which planet has clouds of ammonia? (key fact)

9.  6 Which is the windiest planet with winds up to 1,200 mph (key facts)  7-Which of the terrestrial planets is the largest? (diameter)  8-Which of the gas giants is the smallest? (diameter)  9-Which planet has the longest days? (length of a day)  10 Which planet is cold on one side and hot on the other? (key fact)  11 Which planet can sustain life?

10.  The Sun and 8 Planets  Multiple moons  Asteroids, Meteors and Comets  Dust, gases and empty space.  Today we look at asteroids, meteors, and comets.

11.  What is an asteroid?  What is a comet?  What is a Meteorite?  Let’s look and see

12.  We are reading instead of taking notes on this. Be respectful and quiet  When I call your name make sure you are ready to read.  Hold onto this article and staple or glue into notebook at end of class. This will replace what notes we would have taken.

14.  Asteroids: chunks of rock left over from when the planets formed  Largest of the solar system bodies  Most common in the ASTEROID BELT (located between Mars and Jupiter)

15.  https://www.brainpop.com/science/space/a steroids/ https://www.brainpop.com/science/space/a steroids/

16. Comets: asteroid-like objects covered in dust, ice, gases, and metals that develop a fuzzy, cloud-like shell called a coma  when they orbit close to the sun, the ice instantly melts, creating a long, visible tail (sometimes called a dirty snowball)  Form far away from the Sun

18.  https://www.brainpop.com/science/space/c omets/ https://www.brainpop.com/science/space/c omets/

19.  Meteoroid:  Large pieces from an asteroid or comet  Most burn up and never reach Earth

20.  Meteor:  A meteoroid that burns up as it passes through our atmosphere.  Creates a flash of light, known as ‘shooting stars’  Smallest of the solar system bodies

21.  Meteorite:  A meteoroid that does not burn up as it travels through the Earth’s atmosphere  It lands and crashes onto the Earth.

22.  http://www.youtube.com/w atch?v=dpmXyJrs7iU http://www.youtube.com/w atch?v=dpmXyJrs7iU  VIDEO IN RUSSIA

23. Directions: 1. Each statement gives you a hint for which one it is. 2. The words can be used more than once. 3. Use your notes to help you fill in the blanks

24.  You will work on the following activities for the remainder of class….  Brain Pop worksheet (both sides)  “I am” activity  I will pass the 2 staplers around so make sure you staple your solar system handout into your notebook

25.  Be sure to pay close attention

26.  You will be assigned either  1-Comet  2-Asteroid  3-Meteor  4-Meteorite

27.  At least 4 facts in your poster and a drawing of your

28.  Mr. Parr Solar System http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH61v 4_eVNA

29.  Follow along as I project the information onto the whiteboard

30.  Bill Nye and the distance between the planets Bill Nye and the distance between the planets  http://www.youtube.com/watc h?v=97Ob0xR0Ut8 http://www.youtube.com/watc h?v=97Ob0xR0Ut8

31.  EARTH SCIENCE: SOLAR SYSTEM  Intro of Solar System  Planets of Solar System