1. Lesson notes Smartboard Jeopardy L. Harvey Almarode Instructor L. Harvey Almarode Instructor Memorial Hall 3625D MSC 6907 Harrisonburg, VA 22807 540-568-4550 almarolh@jmu.edu almarolh.googlepages.com The Solar System (Grade 3) With Special Thanks to:

2. Lesson Notes Directions for using this Smartboard Jeopardy template. Double click on the Category names to edit and change. Edit each of the Question pages with the Question and Answer. You must move the purple reveal box to enter the correct response, then move the reveal box over the answer until it is covered. After all questions are entered Save As... and give it another name. This helps preserve the template. The blank purple button in the center of the Jeopardy board is an Infinite Cloner and is used to place over the question button when you return to the Jeopardy Board. This shows that this button has been chosen and can not be chosen again. The white cells are for the score keeper to keep score of the teams. Drag the numbers to the cell to change score. Drag the white rectangle to the cell to delete score. Jeopardy Board

3. Planets Tides Seasons To the Moon and Back Spaced Out 100 200300 400 500 100 200300 400 500 100 200300 400 500 100 200300 400 500 100 200300 400 500 Team 1 ScoreTeam 2 Score Jeopardy

4. This planet is closest to the sun. It has no moon, and it's surface is rocky, with many craters. Jeopardy Board What is Mercury? move to reveal Planets - 100

5. What are The Inner Planets? Jeopardy Board The four planets closest to the sun are in this group. move to reveal Planets - 200

6. What are Gas Giants? Jeopardy Board This is the term for the outer four planets. move to reveal Planets - 300

7. Planets- 400 This planet is the hottest planet and has a thick atmosphere made mostly of carbon dioxide. Jeopardy Board What is Venus? move to reveal

8. Planets - 500 These planets are smaller, rocky, have few moons, and revolve quicker around the Sun. Jeopardy Board What are the Inner Planets? move to reveal

9. Tides - 100 This is the cause of tides. Jeopardy Board What is the gravitational pull of the moon? move to reveal

10. Tides - 200 The Spring Tides occur during these two moon phases. Jeopardy Board What is the New and Full Moon? move to reveal

11. Tides - 300 The Neap Tides occur during these two moon phases. Jeopardy Board What is the First and Third Quarter Moons? move to reveal

12. Tides - 400 The side facing the moon and the opposite side of the Earth experience these. Jeopardy Board What are High Tides? move to reveal

13. Tides - 500 These are the rise and fall of Earth's waters. Jeopardy Board What are Tides? move to reveal

14. To Infinity and Beyond! - 100 The Earth’s orbit around the sun is NOT a perfect circle. It is this shape. Jeopardy Board What is an ellipse? move to reveal

15. To Infinity and Beyond! - 200 Earth’s axis is tilted at this degree. Jeopardy Board What is 23.5° ? move to reveal

16. To Infinity and Beyond! - 300 These are known as the shortest and longest days of the year and occur on June and Dec. 21st. Jeopardy Board What is a Solstice? move to reveal

17. To Infinity and Beyond! - 400 These occur twice a year when the daytime hours equal the nighttime hours. Jeopardy Board What is an Equinox? move to reveal

18. To Infinity and Beyond! - 500 Explain why the northern hemisphere has winter even though it's closest to the sun at that time. Jeopardy Board During the winter, the Sun's rays hit the Earth at an extreme angle, and the days are very short. move to reveal

19. To the Moon and Back - 100 These are different shapes the moon seems to have in the sky. Jeopardy Board What are phases? move to reveal

20. To the Moon and Back - 200 Jeopardy Board What is a solar eclipse? move to reveal This happens when the moon moves between the Earth and the sun; the moon's shadow falls on Earth.

21. To the Moon and Back - 300 This happens when Earth's shadow falls on the moon. Jeopardy Board What is a lunar eclipse? move to reveal

22. To the Moon and Back - 400 It takes the moon this long to revolve around Earth. Jeopardy Board What is 27.3 days? move to reveal

23. To the Moon and Back - 500 This is not a phase of the moon: n ew full crescent eclipse Jeopardy Board What is eclipse? move to reveal

24. Spaced Out - 100 This is an imaginary line that goes through the North Pole and South Pole. Jeopardy Board What is Earth's axis? move to reveal

25. Spaced Out - 200 This is the spinning of an object on its axis. Jeopardy Board What is rotation? move to reveal

26. Spaced Out - 300 Earth circles the sun; this is the movement of one object around another. Jeopardy Board What is revolution? move to reveal

27. Spaced Out - 400 This is the reason for the seasons. Jeopardy Board What is the tilt of the Earth's axis? move to reveal

28. Spaced Out - 500 The meaning of this word is "Sun Stands Still". Jeopardy Board What is a Solstice? move to reveal