Class and Homework for 12/7/09

Classwork

The Astronomy projects were collected in class today.  As I collected the projects, students worked on answering two MCAS prompts that are related to our present unit of study.

Homework

Complete the MCAS prompts

Study for tomorrow’s unit test on Astronomy

 Help Sessions

All students are encouraged to attend my help session next Wednesday.

Notes

The notes for the Astronomy unit have been placed on the “Student Shared Drive” in the school’s computer system, but there are no notes for the engineering project

Projects

The “In a Galaxy Far, Far Away” project in due today, December 7th.

Upcoming Test

The test for the Astronomy unit is tomorrow, December 8th.

Class and Homework for 12/4/09

Classwork

As a way of reviewing for our upcoming Astronomy test, we played Astronomy Jeopardy in today’s classes.

Homework

Complete the “In a Galaxy Far, Far Away” Astronomy project

Begin studying for Tuesday’s unit test on Astronomy

 Help Sessions

All students are encouraged to attend my help session next Wednesday.

Notes

The notes for the Astronomy unit have been placed on the “Student Shared Drive” in the school’s computer system, but there are no notes for the engineering project

Projects

The “In a Galaxy Far, Far Away” project in due on December 7th.

Upcoming Test

The test for the Astronomy unit has been scheduled for Tuesday, December 8th.

Class and Homework for 12/3/09

Classwork

To gain a further understanding as to how optical telescopes function, students built simple refracting telescopes for the “Modeling a Telescope” lab today in class.

Homework

Complete the telescope lab

 Help Sessions

All students are encouraged to attend my help session next Wednesday.

Notes

The notes for the Astronomy unit have been placed on the “Student Shared Drive” in the school’s computer system, but there are no notes for the engineering project

Projects

The “In a Galaxy Far, Far Away” project in due on December 7th.

Upcoming Test

The test for the Astronomy unit has been scheduled for Tuesday, December 8th.

Class and Homework for 12/2/09

Classwork

To gain a further understanding as to how optical telescopes function, we examined how light behaves in class today.  Notes, handouts, and physical representations of different types of mirrors and lenses were used to reinforce the lesson.      

Homework

Complete the worksheet “Reflection in a Spoon” (1 page)

 

Help Sessions

All students are encouraged to attend my help session next Wednesday.

Notes

The notes for the Astronomy unit have been placed on the “Student Shared Drive” in the school’s computer system, but there are no notes for the engineering project

Projects

The “In a Galaxy Far, Far Away” project in due on December 7th.

Upcoming Test

The test for the Astronomy unit has been scheduled for Tuesday, December 8th.

Classwork

Students worked on part of a unit review in class today.

Homework

Finish the review (counts as a quiz)  

Help Sessions

All students are encouraged to attend my help session next Wednesday.

Notes

The notes for the Astronomy unit have been placed on the “Student Shared Drive” in the school’s computer system, but there are no notes for the engineering project

Projects

The “In a Galaxy Far, Far Away” project in due on December 7th.

Upcoming Test

The test for the Astronomy unit has been scheduled for Tuesday, December 8th.

Class and Homework for 12/1/09

Classwork

To gain a further understanding as to how optical telescopes function, we examined how light behaves in class today.  Notes, handouts, and physical representations of different types of mirrors and lenses were used to reinforce the lesson.      

Homework

Complete the worksheet “Reflection in a Spoon” (1 page)

 

Help Sessions

All students are encouraged to attend my help session next Wednesday.

Notes

The notes for the Astronomy unit have been placed on the “Student Shared Drive” in the school’s computer system, but there are no notes for the engineering project

Projects

The “In a Galaxy Far, Far Away” project in due on December 7th.

Upcoming Test

The test for the Astronomy unit has been scheduled for Tuesday, December 8th.

Class and Homework for 11/30/09

Classwork

Today in class we discussed how telescopes function and compared the two types of optical telescopes; reflecting and refracting.      

Homework

1) Read pages 32 to 39 in the book

2) Answer questions 1 & 2

 

Help Sessions

All students are encouraged to attend my help session next Wednesday.

Notes

The notes for the Astronomy unit have been placed on the “Student Shared Drive” in the school’s computer system, but there are no notes for the engineering project

Projects

The “In a Galaxy Far, Far Away” project in due on December 7th.

Upcoming Test

The test for the Astronomy unit has been scheduled for Tuesday, December 8th.

Class and Homework for 11/25/09

Classwork

Constellations were discussed in today’s class.      

Homework

1) Observing Circumpolar Constellations wkst (2 sides)

2)Spectacular NIght Sky wkst (2 sides)

 

Help Sessions

All students are encouraged to attend my help session next Wednesday.

Notes

The notes for the Astronomy unit have been placed on the “Student Shared Drive” in the school’s computer system, but there are no notes for the engineering project

Projects

The “In a Galaxy Far, Far Away” project in due on December 7th.

Upcoming Test

The test for the Astronomy unit has been sceduled for Tuesday, December 8th.

Class and Homework for 11/24/09

Classwork

In today’s class we began talking about the evolution of stars.  Notes were given and a short video clip was shown.      

Homework

1)Read pages 78 to 85 in the textbook.

2)Answer questions 1 -3.

3) Complete the “Evolution of Stars” worksheet (2 sides).

 

Help Sessions

Due to the Thanksgiving holiday there will be no afternoon class or help sessions this Wednesday.  All students are encouraged to attend my help sessions next Wednesday.

Notes

The notes for the Astronomy unit have been placed on the “Student Shared Drive” in the school’s computer system, but there are no notes for the engineering project

Projects

The “In a Galaxy Far, Far Away” project in due on December 7th.

Class and Homework for 11/23/09

Classwork

In today’s class we began finished talking about the main characteristics of stars and then used the H-R diagram to show how a star’s brightness in related to its surface temperature.      

Homework

Complete the “H-R Diagram” worksheet (2 sides).

 

Help Sessions

There will be no help session this Wednesday due to the early dismissal for the Thanksgiving Holiday.  Students needing help or who need to complete missing assignments should plan to attend my help session net Wednesday.

Notes

The notes for the Astronomy unit have been placed on the “Student Shared Drive” in the school’s computer system, but there are no notes for the engineering project

Projects

The “In a Galaxy Far, Far Away” project in due on December 7th.

Class and Homework for 11/20/09

Classwork

In today’s class we began talking about the main characteristics of stars.  Notes were given and a short video clip was shown.      

Homework

1)Read pages 64 to 73 in the textbook.

2)Answer questions 1 -3.

3) Complete the “Characteristics of Stars” worksheet (2 sides).

 

Help Sessions

All students are encouraged to attend my Wednesday help sessions.

Notes

The notes for the Astronomy unit have been placed on the “Student Shared Drive” in the school’s computer system, but there are no notes for the engineering project

Projects

The “In a Galaxy Far, Far Away” project in due on December 7th.