8th Grade Earth Science Assignment Sheet #27         April 24, 2007

 

Verse of the Week

Lift up your eyes on high

And see who has created these stars,

The One who leads forth their host by number,

He calls them all by name;

Because of the greatness of His might and the strength of His power,

Not one of them is missing.                                                                            Isaiah 40:26

 

Tuesday, April 24, 2007

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

q      Demonstration: Eclipses

 

Wednesday, April 25, 2007

q      Review: notes from class, vocabulary, reading

q      Quiz #1: “Earth, Moon and Sun”                                                (due Thursday, 4/26)

 

Thursday, April 26, 2007

q      Discussion: The Solar System and Inner Planets
(see Astronomy Notes – Unit 2 – Inner Planets)

q      Worksheet: Chart of the Planets

q      Experiment: Sunspots, part I

 

Friday, April 27, 2007

q      Reading: “33.5 The Planets – Outer Planets”, Conceptual Physical Science, pp. 806-9

q      Reading: “33.6 The Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud”, Conceptual Physical Science, pp. 809

q      Reading: “33.7 Asteroids, Meteors and Comets”, Conceptual Physical Science, pp. 810-11

 

Monday, May 1, 2007

q      Reading: Astronomy and Space, pp. 28-41

 

Today’s Astronomical Events

 

Object

Magnitude

Rises

Transit

Sets

Sun

-26.9

6:21 am

1:06 pm

7:51 pm

Moon

(Waxing Gibbous)

-12.1
(58%)

12:49 pm

8:06 pm

3:16 am (Wed 4/25)

Mercury

-1.2

6:04 am

12:33 pm

7:03 pm

Venus

-4.1

8:25 am

3:51 pm

11:17 pm

Mars

1.0

4:22 am

10:02 am

3:41 pm

Jupiter

-2.4

11:19 pm

4:08 am (Wed 4/18)

8:58 am (Wed 4/18)

Saturn

0.3

1:26 pm

8:21 pm

3:15 am (Wed 4/18)