Hope you had a chance to look at the Super Blood Moon Eclipse last night. We are going to be exploring Earth/Moon/Sun starting on Monday the 28th. In the meantime, we continue to work our way gradually towards Earth. We started with the Big Bang, moved to Scale Models, and this week, we are going to focus on individual planets and moons. Students will be creating travel brochures about a planetary object of their choosing.
Upcoming Due Dates:
Tuesday: Questions #11 and #13 from the Solar System Scale Model Lab should be in journals. (Not collecting, but students will need this later)
Thursday: Big Bang / Solar System Celebration Assessment! Some people call these “tests.” I prefer to call them “celebrations of learning.” In any event, students will have an assessment on Thursday. A few notes about this:
1) The assessment is open notebook. Students may use their journal (and only their journal) from class.
2) Here is a copy of the actual assessment. These are the exact questions that will be asked. No surprises.
3) If students need any help, I’m more than happy to work with them to help study. They should just email or talk to me and we can find a time.
Monday 1/28: Travel Brochures due at the beginning of class. (Hoping that most students will turn it in at the end of class on Friday.)
Thursday 1/31: Astronomy ADI to Planetarium at CU. Students need to pack lunch and wear warm clothes.
Have a fantastic week! Thank you for all your continued support. -JF
Ps. If time allows, I may introduce our LTP on Friday. Here’s the write-up fyi…