Astronomy


 * HEXTER 4**


 * __Monday 1-5-15 - non - student day__**

overview, review Disco, generalities
 * __Tuesday 1-6-15__**

students will login to chromebooks with your @lpsk12.org account
 * __Wednesday 1-7-15 (LATE START)__**
 * open up Drive
 * create folder with Name
 * share folder with Brett (bboyles@lps.k12.co.us)
 * within folder, create a folder titled Astronomy
 * within that folder create folder titled Hexter 4
 * within that folder start a document titled "article reviews"
 * go to this site, read the article titled, How Did We Find the Distance to the Sun
 * read the article, then write a summary of the article, making sure to answer the questions Who? What? Where? When? Why? and How? in your summary
 * do not copy and paste from the article other than names or places
 * you will use this document for all of the articles for this hexter, use the "page break" to separate the articles on your document

first you should open up [|this article from NASA], read and then respond on your doc you created yeserday (do a Page Break in the document, and put today's date on the new page), then we will start watching an episode of The Universe (Season 1, Spaceship Earth), complete with a set of questions to answer and turn in (when we finish the episode)
 * __Thursday 1-8-15__**

firstly I would like you to read this article about Asteroid Impacts forming Life on Earth, do an article review on your document, then we will continue watching the Universe episode we started yesterday
 * __Friday 1-9-15__**

today you will firstly go to this article, read it and then add to your document for Article Reviews Then we will finish the video Universe, Spaceship Earth
 * __Monday 1-12-15__**


 * __Tuesday 1-13-15__**

firstly go [|here and read this article] and do your article review on your shared doc, the review should be no less than 3 sentences, answering the WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, WHY, and HOW questions, in your own words, ALSO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE SHARED YOUR FILES/DOCUMENTS WITH ME so I can give you credit for your work, then we continue going through The Universe, Secrets of the Sun (W/questions and discussion)

today we will continue watching Secrets of the Sun
 * __Wednesday 1-14-15 (LATE START)__**

__Thursday 1-15-15__ firstly, go to this article and read it, respond in your shared document, then we will finish Secrets of the Sun and we will begin talking about the Moon

__Friday 1-16-15__ begin watching Apollo 13 w/questions and discussion

//Monday 1-19-15 MLK JR Day - No School//

continue watching and discussing Apollo 13
 * __Tuesday 1-20-15__**

__//**Wednesday 1-21-15 (LATE START)**//__ finish watching Apollo 13 with discussion and questions

today you will have time to get caught up on the article reviews
 * __Thursday 1-22-15__**

first you will read this article on[| a Moon mining company], write an article response in your shared document, then we begin the Universe: The Day the Moon Was Gone with questions/discussion
 * __Friday 1-23-15__**

today we will watch the Universe: The Day the Moon Was Gone, with questions
 * __Monday 1-26-15__**

first read this [|article about the near flyby of the asteroid], write an article response in you document, then we will finish up the episode of the Universe that we started yesterday. ...
 * __Tuesday 1-27-15__**

today we will continue watching From the Earth to the Moon, the episode The Spider
 * __Wednesday 1-28-15 (LATE START)__**

today we will watch the MythBusters episode on Lunar Landing Myths
 * __Thursday 1-29-15__**

today I will be showing you my Space Camp pictures and videos
 * __Friday 1-30-15__**

first I would like you to read this article on Crowdfunding Astronomy, and then I would like you to play the Lunar Lander Simulator, here is another sim link,, and yet another link to another lunar lander sim (old school Atari)
 * __Monday 2-2-15__**

__**Tuesday 2-3-15**__ continue watching "in the shadow of the moon"

continue watching "in the shadow of the moon"
 * __Wednesday 2-4-15 (LATE START)__**

read [|this article about Hubble Telescope's longevity,] do an article review on your doc, then we will finish up the video "in the shadow of the moon"
 * __Thursday 2-5-15__**

activity - survival on the Moon
 * __Friday 2-6-15__**

start watching The Universe: Science Fact Science Fiction
 * __Monday 2-9-15__**

first read this article on [|Scientists Predictions on Earth-Like Planets], then we will continue watching Science Fiction, Science Fact
 * __Tuesday 2-10-15__**

watch episode of Futurama that deals with the grandfather paradox
 * __Wednesday 2-11-15 (LATE START)__**

first read this article on [|Scientists Predictions on Earth-Like Planets], write and article review the you will read this article on NASAs new deep space probe, and write another article review //**TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO MAKE SURE ALL OF YOUR ARTICLE REVIEWS ARE DONE AND SHARED WITH ME!!!!**//
 * __Thursday 2-12-15__**

Friday 2-13-15 - Adventure Day - Hexter Transition Day END OF HEXTER 4

__**HEXTER 5**__

//Monday 2-16-15 PRESIDENTS DAY - NO SCHOOL//

firstly I need you to create a new folder in your main Astronomy folder in Google Drive, label/name the new folder Hexter 5, then create a new document in that folder for your Article Reviews for this hexter, then we will start with this article on CNN, about the potential Mars manned mission in the future, read it and respond in your new document (make sure you write in complete sentences, using capital letters to start the sentence, and punctuation at the end of the sentence, and make sure your review answers the questions, Who? What? Where? When ? Why? and How?, and the less you write the lower your grade )
 * __Tuesday 2-17-15__**


 * __Wednesday 2-18-15 (LATE START)__**

today I would like you to go to the Mars One site, and explore each of the headings and subheadings, on your document for article reviews list the 8 headings and a short description (2 to 4 complete sentences) of what is contained in each

__Thursday 2-19-15__ first we will watch CNN story on Mars One, then we will continue to watch the Universe episode on Mars.

__Friday 2-20-15__ begin watching Mission to Mars

__Monday 2-23-15__ we will continue watching Mission to Mars

__Tuesday 2-24-15__ we will finish watching Mission to Mars

__Wednesday 2-25-15 (LATE START)__ today we will start a new episode of The Universe ; Mars: the New Evidence we will be writing our own questions and answers from the video, we will pause the video and talk about the questions as we write them

__Thursday 2-26-15__ today we will continue watching Mars: The New Evidence; and we will keep writing and answering questions to go along with the video

__Friday 2-27-15__ today you will reading more about the NASA Mars missions, Past, Current, and Future. I want you to use the new document you already created and make an entry for this. For //Past Missions//, pick 3 of the missions listed, name them and write a brief summary of them (in your own words, DO NOT COPY/PASTE), For //Current Missions//, pick 3 and do the same as above, For //Future Missions//, list the 2 that are on the website, then also include the Mars: One mission from the site we already looked at last week, include a brief description of these as well

THEN, I want you to go to this site, choose 2 of the entries into this contest, one from the winning 3, and one from the other 3; then I want you to look through their model and descriptions. On your document, I want you to compare and contrast the two you chose, stating specifically the things that they have in common/share, and then specifically listing the things that set each one apart from the other, how they differ.

today we will finish up the Mars: the New Evidence video/questions
 * __Monday 3-2-15__**

today we continue with the video Crash Landing on Mars
 * __Tuesday 3-3-15__**

today you will go to this site and read this article on the composition of the Sun, write an article review on your shared document, then go to this site and read this article on a simulation of a Mars mission here on Earth, and then write an article review for it as well
 * __Wednesday 3-4-15 (LATE START)__**

//Thursday 3-5-15 Parent Teacher Conferences - no school// //Friday 3-6-15 Comp Day - no school//

Monday 3-9-15 first read this article on the Blue Mars, write article response in your shared document, then we will finish the Crash Landing on Mars video

Tuesday 3-10-15 today we will finish Mars: Crash Landing on Mars - the Universe

Wednesday 3-11-15 (LATE START) today you will first read this article about the booster rocket test today, write your article review in your shared file, then read this article about purple/bluish rocks on Mars, then write an article response to this too ...

Thursday 3-12-15

Friday 3-13-15

Monday 3-16-15 Jupiter: The Gas Giant Tuesday 3-17-15 PARCC TESTING Wednesday 3-18-15 (LATE START) PARCC TESTING Thursday 3-19-15 Start video The Europa Report Friday 3-20-15 Finish The Europa Report

Monday 3-23-15 SPRING BREAK Tuesday 3-24-15 SPRING BREAK Wednesday 3-25-15 SPRING BREAK Thursday 3-26-15 SPRING BREAK Friday 3-27-15 SPRING BREAK

Monday 3-30-15 Tuesday 3-31-15 Wednesday 4-1-15 (LATE START) Thursday 4-2-15 Friday 4-3-15

Monday 4-6-15

Tuesday 4-7-15 Wednesday 4-8-15 (LATE START) read this article on Mars missions in the 2030s, write an article summary, then

read this article on the abundance of water in the solar system and universe, and write an article review,

Thursday 4-9-15 Friday 4-10-15 END OF HEXTER 5

HEXTER 6

Monday 4-13-15 Tuesday 4-14-15 Wednesday 4-15-15 (LATE START) Thursday 4-16-15 Friday 4-17-15

Monday 4-20-15 Tuesday 4-21-15 Wednesday 4-22-15 (LATE START) Diversity Day Thursday 4-23-15 take student survey, then we begin a TEDTalks Space Trek viewing, with sheet to fill out Friday 4-24-15 Today you will go to this site to read about the Hubble Telescope, then I want you to write in your document about the Hubble Telescope, include the following information:
 * 1) Deep Field
 * 2) Jupiter
 * 3) Bigger Telescope?
 * 4) Gum 29
 * 5) What about the original mirror?
 * 6) When was the Hubble Telescope launched?

Monday 4-27-15 today you will go here and read about a giant cosmic tsunami, write an article review in your doc, make sure you include information about:
 * 1) Sausage cluster
 * 2) the "comatose" galaxies (what happened?)
 * 3) how far away was this event?
 * 4) what telescope did they use to observe it?

then we will continue watching either The Universe: Gravity, or the TEDTalks Space Trek

Wednesday 4-29-15 (LATE START) Thursday 4-30-15 today you will go to this site, read about the the Super Earths discovered orbiting around a star, write about the article in your document, then we will either continue the Universe : Gravity, or The Universe: UFO The Real Deal
 * __//Tuesday 4-28-15 ACT TESTING//__**

Friday 5-1-15 today you will be watching BBC's documentary Space Men, and answering questions

Monday 5-4-15 today you will finish watching Space Men, and answering the questions

Tuesday 5-5-15

Today we will introduce the Final Project
 * __Wednesday 5-6-15 (LATE START)__**

FINAL PROJECT: for this project you will chose one topic to do some research on, build a presentation on, and then present it to the class Ideas for topics:
 * gravity
 * black holes
 * galaxies
 * space travel
 * colonization of other planets
 * NASA
 * history of manned space exploration
 * planets
 * one of our solar system planets
 * newly discovered planets
 * other (get approval )

You must get information from no less than 3 legitimate sources. You must chose a medium for presenting this information: You will have a week to work on this.
 * Google Slides (not powerpoint)
 * Prezi
 * make a video and upload it to Youtube, etc. ...
 * other (must get approval)

Thursday 5-7-15 PARCC TESTING (short schedule after)

Friday 5-8-15 PARCC TESTING ( senior grad practice after)

Monday 5-11-15 Tuesday 5-12-15 Wednesday 5-13-15 (LATE START) Thursday 5-14-15 Friday 5-15-15 Senior Picnic/Talent Show

Monday 5-18-15 Tuesday 5-19-15 OHS Graduation Wednesday 5-20-15 (LATE START) Thursday 5-21-15 Friday 5-22-15 NON STUDENT DAY