HOMEWORK AGENDA
May 22 (Thursday)
- Complete Ch. 19-21 Activities and workbook pages -collect today; Collect warm-ups
- Warm-up: Earth is the most dense planet in the solar system.
- HW: none :) - We are almost there!!!
May 21 (Wednesday)
- Continue with Ch. 19-21 Activities
- Warm-up: For a space vehicle to escape Earth's gravitational pull, it must move at least ___ miles per second.
- HW: Warm-ups will be collected Thursday; Space activities will be collected Thursday
May 20 (Tuesday)
- SSR; Ch. 19-21 activities (due Thursday)
- Warm-up: none - SSR
- HW: Grab Bag will be tomorrow!!! Bring Palmer Dollars; Warm-ups due Thursday (7 entries)
May 19 (Monday)
- Ch. 19-21 Activities - due Thursday!!!; Collect books
- Warm-up: A new star is born in our galaxy every ___ days.
- HW: Grab Bag will be Wed. - Bring Palmer Dollars; Warm-ups due Thursday with 7 entries; Ch. 19-21 Activities - due THURSDAY!!
May 16 (Friday)
- Present projects through a gallery walk; 2 things you learned and what was the "WOW" of the project; activities for Ch. 19-21
- Warm-up: How many stars are in the constellations of the little dipper and big dipper?
- HW: Bring Palmer Dollars on Wed.; collect books on Monday
May 15 (Thursday)
- Post - Test; last day to work on Projects; activities for Ch. 19-21
- Warm-up: A cosmic year is the amount of time it takes the SUn to revolve around the center of the Milky Way, about 225 million years.
- HW: complete projects - We share tomorrow!!!
May 14 (Wednesday)
- Video on STARS/sun with video questions; article on International Space Station with questions
- Warm-up: Earth orbits the sun at an average speed of 18.51 miles/sec or about 67000 miles/hr
- HW: Projects due Friday; post-test - Thursday
May 13 (Tuesday)
- SSR; Project work; Ch. 19-21 Activities
- Warm-up: none - SSR
- HW: Projects due 5/16; Post - test is Thursday
May 12 (Monday)
- Work on Projects (due Friday); Introduction to Ch. 19-21 Activities - begin working on these
- Warm-up #1: The one place where a flag flies all day, never goes up or comes down, and does not get saluted is _____.
- HW: Projects are due Friday; Post -test will be Thursday
May 9 (Friday)
- Complete research/work on projects in Lab/Classroom
- Warm-up: none due to Lab times
- HW: I am still looking for some progress reports that have not been returned!!!!! Research Project on Space topic is due 5/16 (FRIDAY!!!)
May 8 (Thursday)
- FIELD DAY - no classes today
- HW: Research Projects on Space Topics will be due 5/16 (Friday)
May 7 (Wednesday)
- Research your topic/prepare your project in Lab 1 today
- Warm-up: none - in Lab 1
- HW: Project is due 5/16
May 6 (Tuesday)
- Warm-ups due today (10 entries); Research your Space topic
- Warm-up #10: How many named constellations are there? Prediction?____ Answer ___
- HW: Research Projects are due 5/16
May 5 (Monday)
- Project Information; The Universe Video and questions
- Warm-up: #8 How hot is the surface of the sun? Prediction:____ Answer:____ The most common element in the universe is _____.
- HW: Progress reports; Movie Permission (for 4th period); Make a choice on a topic for your project
May 2 (Friday)
- Collect Progress reports; discuss project topics; Flight Lab
- Warm-up: How hot is the surface of the sun? Prediction: _______; Answer: _______
- HW: Movie permission slip for 4th period - "October Sky"; Progress reports need to be signed and returned; Choose topic for project
May 1 (Thursday)
- Collect Progress reports; Complete presentations, notes and grading, Inner/Outer Planet Puzzle; Solar System Matching; explain the next project
- Warm-up: How old is the universe? My hypothesis:_________; answer: __________
- HW: Progress reports signed; Movie Permission slip for 4th period; Choose a topic for your project
April 30 (Wednesday)
- Space Project Presentations/notes; partner grades; solar system puzzles
- Warm-up: When this planet was first discovered, Herschel thought it was a comet. What planet is it?
- HW: Progress report signed; 4th period get Movie Permission slip signed
April 29 (Tuesday)
- Continue with Space Project Presentations/notes
- Warm-up: The brightest planet in our sky can be seen without the help of a telescope. It has a retrograde rotation. The planet is ____.
- HW: none - CRCT testing is complete. Bring Palmer Dollars for GRAB BAG tomorrow.
April 28 (Monday)
- Space Project Presentations
- Warm-up: Why would scientists have difficulty making observations of Mercury?
- HW: Bring Palmer Dollars on Wednesday - GRAB BAG!!
April 25 (Friday)
- Space Project Presentations
- Warm-up: Last day of CRCT Practices before Science CRCT on MONDAY!!!!
- HW: none due to CRCT testing
