Classwork:

Compare our planets that we made to scale in class...then...to OUTSIDE! ^_^

Challenge 1: Race Around the Planets and fill out the planet chart =)
Challenge 2: "Amazing Race" around our solar system
Award ceremony
Reflection & Discussion
See attached for info used to fill out the chart.
**Please see attached file for information that you used to fill out the charts today. I know in the midst of the competitive atmosphere, some of you did not pay attention to detail. Make sure the chart is filled out accurately so that you can do well on the quiz.
Some helpful hints on filling out the chart and studying for the quiz:
1. DO NOT memorize the numbers and figures (no one really cares, unless you want to go on Jeopardy ^_^). What I want you to know is, which planet is closest & furthest from the sun, where (in between which two planets) do you see the most gap in distance (which you SHOULD know from running around today)
2. Roughly compare each planet to Earth. Is it hotter or colder than Earth? (Super hot? a little hotter? Similar to Earth?) Instead of writing "10 hr 42 mins" for rotation, write- 1 day on this planet is shorter than a day on Earth by 1/2. This will help you remember it more.
3. Are there any planets with "weird" qualities? These, you MUST know. For example, Saturn is SUPER light, compare to its size. Therefore, your weight on Saturn is approximately the same, even though it is MUCH larger. Venus is SUPER hot, even though it is not as close to the Sun as Mercury. Jupiter has a storm in its red spot that has been there for 300 years. Uranus spins on its side, so it's poles are actually facing the sun.
4. Which planets wins the award for being the "most" of something? For example, you must know the smallest planet, the biggest planet, planet with hottest temperature, biggest rings, most moons, etc.

Classwork:
Make our planet according to scale (use graph paper)

work on planet postcard

Go over the work from yesterday
Watch video on How the Universe Begin
Start Solar Systems

Ms. Kwon absent

—Write to your teacher (Dear Ms. Kwon,)
What did you learn in  this class in the past few weeks that you did not know before? What did you find interesting? What do you wish you could learn more about? If you were to give how you feel about the “weather unit” a color, what color would it be and why?
**Anything else going on in your life that you would like to tell me about?**

Classwork: notes on stars (see attached)
independent reading: Galaxies
Group work: chart- galaxies

homework: none (finish the chart if not finished)

warm up: 1 . Wearing away of ancient Egypt’s Great Sphinx is an example of

2. The difference between weathering and erosion is that

classwork: finish notes on Astronomers
watch video on Big Bang
Discuss Big Bang Theory

Warm-up
 1.How are altitude, humidity and temperature related to air pressure?
 2.The name of any area where two types of air masses meet is called a ___________________
3.Define equinox
Classwork: review part 1
work on part 2 (review landbreeze & sea breeze; review coriolis effect)
homeow

Warm-up:
For multiple choice, write only the question and the correct answer.
1.Which factor is most important in decrease in hurricane’s strength? a. Rising hot air from the land
b. Sinking cool air from the land
c. Lack of warm, moist air over land
2.The sun’s energy is not a factor in producing a. Humidity of air
b. Air temperature
c. Motion of tides
3.What is the relative humidity of air at its dew point?
Classwork: Weather Review Part 1 (review fronts & weather instruments)
Homework: 1st and 5th period:

Warm up: 
1.Convert 27.5 km to meters
2.What are the 3 layers of the earth in the compound model?
3.How are igneous rocks formed?

Classwork: blizzard graph prediction & narratives

Homework: check edmodo (test contents)*****edmodo not working today. Please review the following & come with questions****
Unit test-weather
*wind (how is wind made; what affects wind; how is wind affected)
*weather instruments
*tropical storms
*severe weather
*seasons
*air mass/fronts
*precipitation (blizzards & graph)

  1.Pick up a handout from the front. PICK 1 CLOUD (each person in your group must have a different type of a cloud)-write this on top along with your name
2.Start your story by writing the first two sentences on your paper. Pass paper to the right. The next person, writes 1 sentence. Pass to  the right. Do this 3 complete rounds. Finish the story by writing the final 1 sentence on your own paper. (Story is 14 sentences total)- No talking! Don’t influence others to change the story-but you may use your notes
3.The story must be about: The life of a cloud from birth to its end. (You must tell me what must happen to make this cloud to be born: its altitude, composition, appearance & the weather that is associated with the cloud)
 4.When you are finished, please illustrate your story in the  box (the overall story as a picture).
5.Pick the best story out of the group & share! (It’s a group effort, so whichever one gets picked, you had a part in it!)
Homework: be thinking about the "mad scientist" story & the machine.