January 15-19

No School Monday. We are starting a project this Tuesday that will be due in about 3 weeks.


Tuesday 1-16-07
Activity: Introduce “Aliens” project. Video: "Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy."
Homework: Project due in 3 weeks
Websites:
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/blast/

http://www.nasa.gov/

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/solar_system/

http://video.movies.go.com/hitchhikersguide/global/index_main.html?countryID=us&section=&datastr=&

Wednesday 1-17-07
Activity: Finish video from Monday.
Homework: moon phases puzzle

Thursday 1-18-07
Activity: Demonstration on seasons, moon phases, and eclipses.
Homework: moon phases and eclipses worksheet
Websites:
VERY COOL SITE: http://www.forgefx.com/casestudies/prenticehall/ph/eclipse/eclipses.htm

http://janus.astro.umd.edu/astro/seasons/frame.html

http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/time/eclipses.html

http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/vphase.html

http://aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/docs/moon_phases.html


Friday 1-19-07
Activity: Mr. Lepes will teach a lesson and do a demonstration modeling the formation of our solar system.
Homework: SG 19-1
Websites:
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/our_solar_system/formation.html

http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/information/solarsystem/formation.html

http://www.marxist.com/science/bigbang.html