8^th Grade Earth Science Assignment Sheet #26 April 17, 2007

Verse of the Week

Thus says the LORD,

Who gives the sun for light by day

And the fixed order of the moon and the stars for light by night,

Who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar;

The LORD of hosts is His name: Jeremiah 31:35 (NASB)

q Discussion: The Moon (see Astronomy Notes – Unit 1 – The Moon)

q Reading: “33.4 The Sun”, Conceptual Physical Science, pp. 800-1

q Exercises: Vocabulary – lookup and write out the definitions of the vocabulary words on “Astronomy Notes – Unit 1 – Sun”

q Discussion: The Sun (see Astronomy Notes – Unit 1 – The Sun)

q Review: notes from class, vocabulary, reading

q Quiz #1: “Earth, Moon and Sun”

q Field Trip (OPTIONAL): Foothill College Observatory Grand Re-opening 11am – 2pm (see handout)

q Reading: “33.5 The Planets – Inner Planets”, Conceptual Physical Science, pp. 803-6

q Reading: Astronomy and Space, pp. 12-13, 18-21, 26-27

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