4th+Quarter+Astronomy

Monday 3-7-11 Tuesday 3-8-11 Wednesday 3-9-11 - CSAP - Sophomores Only Thursday 3-10-11 - CSAP - Sophomores Only Friday 3-11-11 - CSAP - Sophomores Only

=__Monday 3-14-11__= read this article on Enceladus, respond in discussion, then

the research topic for this week is Jupiter and Saturn

Using the following websites, Nine Planets NASA Jupiter Page SolarViews - Jupiter Space.com Aerospaceguide

You need to look up the following information and prepare a presentation on the two planets:

Jupiter
 * basic data (diameter, mass, distance from Sun, composition, hours per day, days per year)
 * moons
 * Io, Callisto, Ganymede, Europa (why are they significant? find details about each one, how were they named?)
 * other moons (basic data)
 * Great Red Spot
 * rings

Saturn
 * basic data (diameter, mass, distance from Sun, composition, hours per day, days per year)
 * rings (theories about how the rings got there, number of rings, composition of rings)
 * moons (how many, sizes)
 * Titan (size, Huygens probe)
 * Enceladus (Cassini explorer, size)

For this project, you must use either: Prezi Glogster (digital poster site) - let me know if you wish to do this, and I will create an account for you Animoto
 * Go here for a page with some great examples of prezi design

PROJECT IS DUE FRIDAY 3-18-11

YOU WILL BE EXPECTED TO //PRESENT// YOUR PROJECT TO THE CLASS, THIS WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL GRADE. IF YOU USE WORDS THAT YOU CANNOT PRONOUNCE OR THAT YOU DO NOT KNOW THE MEANING OF, YOU WILL LOSE POINTS. YOUR PROJECT SHOULD BE IN YOUR OWN WORDS!!!!!

__Tuesday 3-15-11__
read this about the full moon, then read this article on new Hubble findings, respond in discussion, then continue to work on projects

__Wednesday 3-16-11__
read this article on planets' orbits, respond in discussion, then keep working on projects

__Thursday 3-17-11__
no article today, last day in class to work on projects no computers will be available in class on Friday

Friday 3-18-11

Monday 3-21-11 - SPRING BREAK Tuesday 3-22-11 - SPRING BREAK Wednesday 3-23-11 - SPRING BREAK Thursday 3-24-11 - SPRING BREAK Friday 3-25-11 - SPRING BREAK

__Monday 3-28-11__
first we will watch the projects that were due before break, then

__Tuesday 3-29-11__
here is an interesting article about the Soviet space agency's failures, complete with an audio recording, read and respond

This week you will be doing research on the next planet in line, Unranus (insert giggle here ...) You will be again using Prezi to build the project,

Here are the items you need to look up and present,
 * basic data about Uranus,
 * Size
 * distance from Sun
 * length of day in hours
 * length of year in Earth days
 * Composition (Core, Inner Mantle, Outer Mantle)
 * Magnetic Field (strength, similarities and differences to Earth's)
 * Rings of Uranus - details about them
 * Moons of Uranus
 * how many
 * sizes
 * "Classical Moons of Uranus" (Titania, Oberon, Umbriel, Ariel, and Miranda)
 * basic data about them (size, structure, etc.)

You will have Today, Wednesday, and Thursday to complete this project.

__Wednesday 3-30-11__
read this article on Uranus' rings, respond in discussion, then continue to work on project

__Thursday 3-31-11__
no article today, last day to work on project in class, NO COMPUTERS WILL BE OUT TOMORROW!!! projects turned in after class starts tomorrow will be counted LATE, and will lose points

Friday 4-1-11

__Monday 4-4-11__
first, read this article on a student-built dust counter on its way to Pluto, respond in discussion, then

This week you will be researching the rest of our solar system. (Neptune, Pluto, Kuiper Belt, and the Ort Cloud)

__NEPTUNE__

 * basic data on planet
 * size
 * day length, year length
 * composition
 * rings
 * Voayger's flyby of the planet

__PLUTO__

 * basic data on dwarf planet
 * size
 * day length
 * year length
 * orbit
 * moon

__Kuiper Belt__

 * basic data
 * size
 * distance from Sun (leading edge and furthest edge)
 * objects of significance (Eris, etc.)

__Oort Cloud__

 * basic synopsis of what it is
 * size of it
 * what is in it?

Once again you will be using PREZI to complete this project! You will have through Thursday to complete this assignment!

__Tuesday 4-5-11__
read this article about the latest on the Mars rovers, respond in discussion, then continue working on project

__Wednesday 4-6-11__ PLC LATE START DAY!
no article today, just keep working on your projects!

__Thursday 4-7-11__
read this article on 2 stars dying and being reborn as 1, respond in discussion, then finish your project and embed it onto the wiki

Friday 4-8-11

__Monday 4-11-11__
first read this article on newly merged black holes, respond in discussion, then :

Tuesday 4-12-11 Wednesday 4-13-11 Thursday 4-14-11 Friday 4-15-11

__Monday 4-18-11__
read this article on the WISE satellite's data, respond in discussion, then

For this week you will be researching galaxies You must build a PREZI for this project.

Your prezi should include:
 * Name and describe the different types of galaxies.
 * Tell what is known about our own galaxy. (size, shape, age, composition)
 * Describe what we know about the Andromeda galaxy.
 * How many known galaxies are there?
 * How many stars (on average) are there in a galaxy?
 * Describe the movement of galaxies.
 * Describe the interaction of galaxies with each other.
 * Are most galaxies getting closer to us, staying about the same distance from us, or getting farther away from us? (how do we know?)
 * What is a galaxy cluster?

__Tuesday 4-19-11__
read this article about astronomers tuning in to radio auroras, respond in discussion then continue working on your project

__Thursday 4-21-11__
read this article about Saturn and Enceladus, respond in discussion, then FINISH your project, it is due tomorrow! NO COMPUTERS WILL BE OUT TOMORROW!!!!

Friday 4-22-11

__Monday 4-25-11__
read this article on the LHC's latest record, respond in discussion, then

This week you will be researching BLACK HOLES!!!! You do not have to use Prezi this week, you may choose the method of presentation, as long as it is not simply a document, digital or otherwise.

You only have Monday, Tuesday and Thursday to work in class on this. It is still due Friday before class starts.

The things to find out about Black Holes are:
 * How do astronomers know that black holes exist?
 * How do astronomers think black holes begin, how are they started/born?
 * What is the difference between a stellar-mass black hole, and a supermassive black hole?
 * What is the Schwartzschild radius in relation to black holes?
 * Compare the density of a black hole to the star that it sprang from?
 * Will our Sun ever become a black hole? If so, when? If not, why not?
 * If our Sun were replaced by a black hole of the same mass, what would happen to the Earth?

__Tuesday 4-26-11__
read this article about When Large Galaxies Stopped Growing, respond in discussion, then continue working on project.

Wednesday 4-27-11 ACT - Juniors ONLY!!!!

__Thursday 4-28-11__
read this article on the AMS, respond in discussion, then FINISH YOUR PROJECT!!!

Friday 4-29-11

Monday 5-2-11

__Tuesday 5-3-11__
today is a day to complete and turn in any missing assignments

Wednesday 5-4-11 PLC Late Start Day

Thursday 5-5-11 Friday 5-6-11 COMMENCEMENT PRACTICE - Graduating Seniors ONLY!!!

__Monday 5-9-11__
read this article on Comet Elenin, respond in discussion then work on any missing assignments

Tuesday 5-10-11 Wednesday 5-11-11 Thursday 5-12-11 Friday 5-13-11 SENIOR picnic - all students - celebration of the graduating seniors plus the annual massacre of the seniors by the staff at volleyball

Monday 5-16-11

__Tuesday 5-17-11__ FINALS (periods 1 and 2) click here to go to the page
GRADUATION - at Heritage High School @ 7pm Wednesday 5-18-11 FINALS (periods 3 and 4) Thursday 5-19-11 FINALS (period 5 and any online courses) Friday 5-20-11 FINALS - LAST DAY for all students