Unit 3 - The Solar System

9/5 - Introduction to Unit

• Unit Overview
• Unit Organizer
• Unit Vocabulary
• Complete Planetarium Assignment using Neave.com
• HW - Ck-12 - Gravity in the Solar System

9/6 - How to objects move around the Sun

• Minilab: How do planets form? p79
• Diagram & Notes: Nebular Cloud Model
• Notes: Distances in the Solar System

9/7 Friday

• Notes: Orbits in the Solar System
• Minilab: Pluto's Orbit p77

9/10 - Monday

• Discussion: Gravity in the Solar System
• W/S - Mass on other planets
• Simulation: Click HERE

9/11 Tuesday

• Lab w/ GoDirect Sensors - Creating weightless environments with bicep curls.
• Simulation: Click HERE

9/12 Wednesday - Finish Tuesday's work

• Lab w/ GoDirect Sensors - Creating weightless environments with bicep curls.
• Simulation: Click HERE

9/13 Thursday -

• Gravity Force Simulation - Click HERE for a link.

9/14 Friday -

• Discussion review of key concepts
• Observations of suns angle compared to earlier in year
• Conclusions

9/17 - Monday: To Scale Model of the Solar System Project

• directions to project
• Click HERE for a link to the solar system scale. We are using 140mm for the size of the Sun.

HW - Work on Background Research

9/18 - Tuesday: To Scale Model of the Solar System Project

• work time on project Infographic

HW - Work on Background Research

9/18-Wednesday - To Scale Model of the Solar System

• work time on infographic
• Make clay model

9/19 - Thursday - Last work day on the project

9/20 - Friday - Outside making the To-Scale Model & turning in all work

9/24 - Monday - Webquest - Telescopes

9/25 - Tuesday -

• Discussion: Telescopes
• Webquest - Telescopes

9/26 - Wednesday -

• Kahoot Review
• Vocabulary Practice
• Organize Composition books