December 16 - Inner Planets

Post date: Dec 16, 2013 4:07:00 PM

Keyword

  • Retrograde Rotation

Warm-up

  • What is Kepler's 3rd Law?

  • How does it apply to the Period of Revolution of the Inner Planets?

Objectives

    • Relate planetary orbit to Kepler's Laws and Newton's Law of Gravitation.

    • Compare the properties of objects in the solar system.

Due

  • Planet Cornucopia: Part 1 12/13

  • SS U2 L4 - The Terrestrial Planets 12/16

  • SS U2 L5 - The Gas Giant Planets 12/18

  • Planet Cornucopia: Part 2 12/18

  • SS U4 L2 -Tech. for Space Exploration 12/19

  • Planet Cornucopia Finished 12/20

  • Signed Portfolio for Solar System 12/20

  • Test: Astronomy in the Solar System 12/20

Period 2 - Advanced Science

Keywords

  • Solar Flare

  • Prominence

  • Sunspot

Warm-up

  • Describe step-by-step how a lava lamp works.

  • How does the motion in a lava lamp relate to the inner-workings of the sun?

Objectives

  • Describe how energy is produced and transported in the Sun.

  • Describe the kinds of energy and material that comes from the sun and moves through the solar system.

Due

  • Exploravision: Breakthroughs Section 12/16

  • SS U2L3 - The Sun 12/17

  • Slice of the Sun 12/17

  • SS U4 L2 -Tech. for Space Exploration 12/18

  • SS U2 L4 - The Terrestrial Planets 12/19

  • SS U2 L5 - The Gas Giants 12/20

  • Planet Cornucopia Finished 12/20

  • Signed Portfolio for Solar System 1/6/2014

  • Test: Astronomy in the Solar System 1/6/2014