Science
Feb 28- Mar 4, 2022
WEEKLY EXPLORATIONS...
QUESTIONS:
What are some factors that make some stars brighter than others?
What are some factors that make some stars appear brighter than others?
What are some characteristics of our sun? How does our sun compare to other stars?
Discuss: Why is it important to study the sun?
How does our sun's absolute magnitude and apparent magnitude compare to that of other stars?
In-Class:
Monday
QUESTION:
What is the SUN? What are the SUN'S characteristics? How does the SUN compare to other stars?
Intro CER Assignment for This Week... Now, Let's collect EVIDENCE for our CER!
1. What do you KNOW about the sun? WKST- Take NOTES now & throughout class today...
2. Sun: From Earth & Close Up: Compare & Contrast
3. READ & complete work in our textbook: pg. Pg. 236-239 and do page 243
4. SUN: Read Article & do WKST on the back side - ***** make notations (underline and list question #) within the article of where you get your answers to the questions on the back side.
Assignment: Finish Sun Article & WKST on the back side (#1-9)
Tuesday
QUESTION:
What is the SUN? What are the SUN'S characteristics? How does the SUN compare to other stars?
1. Glue envelopes in Journal & update Table of Contents!
2. Go Over Sun Article & WKST Answers
3. Identify the SUN again on the Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram
4. Generation Genius Video & WKST: The Sun & Other Stars
5. Give the "End of Lesson" CER Writing Assignment.... the "lesson" purpose is to collect EVIDENCE for the CER that we can use to support our answer to the lesson's driving question. This evidence will come from articles, websites, our textbook, videos, and our two flashlight investigations. Students will type their paragraph into Google Classroom for grading.
Assignment(s):
Finish writing your rough draft paragraph you wrote for today about why the sun APPEARS BRIGHTER than all other stars.... (back side of Evidence WKST) Use your SENTENCE STARTERS in the back of your science journal to HELP you!
Wednesday.
QUESTION:
How does our sun's absolute magnitude and apparent magnitude compare to that of other stars?
1. CER Work Time... self evaluation, peer review & time to type.
Assignment(s):
Finish typing your FINAL draft paragraph IN GOOGLE CLASSROOM about why the sun APPEARS BRIGHTER than all other stars....
Thursday
QUESTION:
How does the Earth move? What is the different between a revolution and a rotation?
Friday
NO CLASS DUE TO INTEREST DAY
Planning Ahead:
Several writing assignments in the coming weeks.
No major tests/projects this week
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