Play-Doh Review

Mr. Swafford!
Students explaining Earth's place in the cosmos.

 Today we finished class with the students seeking to answer our big questions for this nine weeks: "What big ideas guide human understanding about the origin and structure of the universe, Earth's place in the cosmos, and observable motions and patterns in the sky?"

Earth & Space Review Probes

Use the review probes to help you increase your performance on the exam. 

Rotation

Planets

Eclipses

Seasons

Tides

Force on Objects

Light

Enrichment Project Group 1

What is Parallax?

Lab today used the scientific method testing a project to view parallax.

Here are two links to help you learn more:

Stellar Parallax

Astroprof's Page: The first parallax Measurements

Water Cycle Song!

Objective: It is time to show your creative side along with your knowledge of the water cycle terminology.

Vocabulary: 

1. Transpiration

2. Percolation

3. Aquifer

4. Evaporation

5. Condensation

6. Precipitation

7. Runoff

9. Groundwater

Student Example:

Blog Poll: How often do people ask to look at your work?

How often do people ask to look at your work?

1. Never (3) 14%

2. Sometimes (12) 57%

3. All the time (6) 28%

Poll two week long with 21 respondents. 

Taken durning the last two weeks of November 2008

Great Space Pictures From LIFE Mag.

Students check out these pictures.

 1960s Apollo space source:life - Google Image Search 

If you would like credit for work you do. Take these pictures and put them into a PowerPoint or Google Documents Presenter (Free with a GMail account). Show the pictures in class. 

Mr. Swafford