Unit 2 - The Earth-Sun-Moon System

8/23 - Thursday - Introduction to the Unit

• Unit Overview
• Unit Organizer
• Unit Vocabulary
• Simulation of the Sun-Earth-Moon System - Click HERE for a link. Click HERE for analysis questions.

HW - Ck-12 Earth's Rotations - Due Monday 8/27

- Ck-12 - Earth's Revolutions - Due Monday 8/27

8/24 - Friday - Earth's Rotations

• Minlab - Timezones
• Create Sundials - initial observations:

HW - Ck-12 Earth's Rotations - Due Monday 8/27

- Ck-12 - Earth's Revolutions - Due Monday 8/27

8/27 - Monday -

• Notes: Recreate p. 47 in your notebook.
• Class Investigation: Modeling the Seasons

HW - Ck-12 Earth's Rotations - Due today

- Ck-12 - Earth's Revolutions - Due today

8/28 - Tuesday

• Notes: The Moon - Statistics & Formation - p53, 56-57 of textbook
  • p53 - record facts from the table
  • p56-57 - Read the section on the Moon's Formation, summarize information on the formation of the Moon.
• Notes: Eclipses: Diagrams and Notes - p63-64 of textbook
  • p63 - Lunar Eclipse - Draw the diagram of the eclipse
  • p64 - Solar Eclipse - Draw the diagram of the eclipse
• Click HERE for Computer modeling of eclipses

8/29 - Wednesday -

• Notes: Moon phases - p. 61
• Class Activity - Lunar Phases Dance
• Click HERE for a Computer modeling of Lunar Phases.

8/30 - Thursday

• Cell phone app - watching the stars (Sky View - Free)
  • Click HERE for a copy of the worksheet.

8/31 - Friday - Test: The Sun-Earth-Moon System

- Science Notebook Check

9/4 - Tuesday - Test Corrections & Test Retake