Friday, September 7, 2012

Week of Sept 10, 2012

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Monday & Tuesday:  
Finish scale of solar system
LOOK-
http://pages.umpi.edu/~nmms/solar/
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/science/space-sci/exploration/voyager-sci/
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/story/2012-06-18/voyager-solar-system/55743734/1

Find your weight on other planets.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/weight/

-scale videos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UT99yhzKYWQ&feature=fvst
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEheh1BH34Q
http://www.powersof10.com/ 
HOMEWORK: Read and highlight first two pages of science handout. ( front and back). Highlight important terms.
Wednesday:
Notes from internet readings:
& go over
Homework: Read/ highlight last page of reading. Review terms from today. Ask any questions tomorrow.
Worksheet: Use the following websites to answer the questions/ define the terms in
your notebook.



http://www.windows2universe.org/the_universe/Stars/exoplanets.html

Exoplanets are planets that orbit around around other Stars. 200 exoplanets have been discovered around distant stars. How do they detect exoplanets? What is the doppler shift ? What did Edwin Hubble provide evidence for with the red shift?





Thursday:
Homework due

Definition of other objects:
comets, meteor, meteoroid, meteorite, asteroid, Oort Cloud, Kuiper Belt,
 star


Friday:
finish work & go over if time
Scale videos from earlier in the week

STARTERS DUE



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