We were unable to finish the film yesterday so today is the conclusion of Jupiter. We also played a Kahoot game to check our knowledge of the solar system up to this point.
Jupiter is the largest planet of the solar system. Could it have been a star in formation? Today we watched The Universe: Jupiter.
Today we built the solar system using toilet paper to measure the distances. For those who wanted the riddle from 5th hour:
We shall revisit our own planet, the third rock from the sun, later this week. Today we are looking at Mars, the red planet. Planet information for the foldable is now available for download on the solar system page.
With Mr. Frenzel in the library mummifying chickens, the topic of the day was the planet Venus. Three sections of the planets foldable (Sun, Mercury, Venus) should be complete by this point.
Today we started our foldables about the planets and learned a little about our sun. An experiment to come in 5th hour!
Today we started our last unit of the trimester- the solar system. We watched Bill Nye's episode on the planets and created our own phrases to memorize the order of the planets.
Direct and indirect heat energy are the reasons for the seasons. To celebrate our conclusion to seasons, we are experimenting with the effects of a bed of nails and how direct/indirect relates to this phenomenon.
We finished our seasons unit with the last of the testing today. Scores were awesome!
Today we are finishing our seasons unit with a review from Bill Nye and taking our daylight quizzes. The end of the seasons unit testing is here!
Grades are fully accurate with all test scores having been entered. All papers were returned today, and we practiced graphing for next week's unit completion of the seasons.
Today we are testing our knowledge of direct and indirect sunlight and how those two concepts relate to the seasons on Earth.
Test tomorrow! We are reviewing concepts relating to seasons of the earth (tilt, direct/indirect sunlight, vocabulary).
A review of the concepts of Equinox and Solstice with a video. Test looking like Wednesday!
Today we reviewed our data from the lab and watched a video from Khan Academy on the seasons. Yawn... The seasons simulator was cool though! Here is the link to the simulator: http://astro.unl.edu/naap/motion1/animations/seasons_ecliptic.html
Today we are setting up globes with solar energy sensors to simulate the amount of direct sunlight in Utah and Argentina during the four seasons. Definitely anything but cool!
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