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Unit #2: The Solar
System!What’s out there?
9/29/2014 Monday Warm Up:
How was your weekend? Go over Test Make your weekly Warm Up chart (pg 66)
Activity: Solar System Pre-Test You will NOT be graded on this. Don’t worry! It’s just to see how much you already know
Let’s Talk: What is the Universe? What is in it?
Vocabulary Foldable! (pg 67) Universe
Solar System
Star
Galaxy
Sun
Planet
Universe clip Big Bang Theory Intro and Sing-A-Long
VOCABULARY QUIZ ON FRIDAY!
Universe
All things that exist in space!
Planets, stars, solar systems and galaxies!
Galaxy
A VERY LARGE group of stars and planets
We live in the Milky Way Galaxy!
Solar System
The sun and the bodies that move in orbit around it
Star
A ball of burning gas in space that gives off light
Sun
Any star that is the CENTER of a system of planets
OUR Sun is at the CENTER of our solar system
Planet
A large body that does not give off light
3 things make a planet
1. A planet must orbit a sun
2. It must have enough MASS for it’s own gravity to shape it into a sphere
3. Must be massive enough to form it’s own orbit
Solar System Vocabulary Video
http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/solar-system/universe.htm
The Big Bang Theory Sing-A-Long
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhTSfOZUNLo
9/30/2014 Tuesday Warm Up:
Turn to a partner and review your Foldable Vocabulary I will be coming around to check your Foldables for participation points (6
points)
Activity: Big Bang Sing-A-Long Foldable Vocabulary
The Big Bang - clip Comets Moons Asteroids – clip
Book reading and questions pg 690 – 694. Self Check questions #1-5. DUE TOMORROW.
The Big Bang
The EVENT from which the Universe began expanding.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NilPobb_r1k
Comets
Flying chunk of rock and ice with a tail
Moons
Also called a satellite. A chunk of rock rotating around a planet.
Asteroids
Chunks of rocks that come from the outer regions of space into the Earth’s atmosphere
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Agdvt9M3NJA
Get a book from the front left corner of the classroom!
Read pg. 690 – 694
Answer questions 1-5 for the Section 1 Review under ‘Self Check’ Due tomorrow! Posted on Weebly if you don’t finish in class!
10/1/2014 Wednesday Warm Up:
Log into your Chromebook Username: [email protected] Password: Student2014
Make sure the ‘S’ in student is Upper Case!
Activity: Solar System Internet Investigation Flashcards!
Go to my website and click the link! www.mshallearthscience.weebly.com http://www.history.com/interactives/interactive-universe
Homework: Finish Solar System Internet Investigation
10/2/2014 Thursday
Warm Up: Go over ALL vocabulary with a partner Have your Solar System Investigation out for me to check!
Finished Cut and pasted Pictures drawn
Activity: Go over book questions from Tuesday! GO OUTSIDE!
How big IS the Solar System?
10/3/2014 T.G.I.F.
Warm Up: Study for 5 minutes with a partner. Quiz each other!
Activity: Vocabulary Quiz (15 minutes) Expanding Universe Balloon exercise The Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey
Guided Notes – Due Monday (we will finish video on Monday)
