8th Grade Earth Science Assignment Sheet #29           May 8, 2007

 

Verse of the Week

The heavens declare the glory of God;

the skies proclaim the work of his hands.

Day after day they pour forth speech;

night after night they display knowledge.

There is no speech or language

where their voice is not heard.

Their voice goes out into all the earth,

their words to the ends of the world.                                                             Psalm 19:1-4

 

Tuesday, May 8, 2007

q      Discussion: Dwarf Planets (see Astronomy Notes – Unit 2d)

q      Discussion: Asteroids, Comets and Meteoroids (see Astronomy Notes – Unit 2e)

q      Discussion: Bode’s Law

 

Wednesday, May 9, 2007

q      Reading: Astronomy and Space, pp. 38-41

q      Reading: notes from H.A. Rey “The Stars” (class handout)

 

Thursday, May 10, 2007

q      Discussion: Night Sky (see Astronomy Notes – Unit 3a)

q      Discussion: Stars, Galaxies and Constellations (see Astronomy Notes – Unit 3b)

q      Experiment: Planet Walk

 

Friday, May 11, 2007

q      Review for Solar System Quiz: notes from class, vocabulary, reading

q      Quiz #2: “Solar System”                                                            (due Tuesday, 5/15)

 

Monday, May 14, 2007

q      Reading: Conceptual Physical Science, pp. 815-832

 

Today’s Astronomical Events

 

Object

Magnitude

Rises

Transit

Sets

Sun

-26.9

6:05 am

1:04 pm

8:03 pm

Moon

(Waxing Gibbous)

-12.3
(67%)

1:18 am

6:08 am

10:57 am

Mercury

-1.7

6:23 am

1:31 pm

8:40 pm

Venus

-4.1

8:34 am

4:05 pm

11:36 pm

Mars

0.95

3:54 am

9:46 am

3:38 pm

Jupiter

-2.5

10:19 pm

3:09 am (Wed 5/9)

7:59 am (Wed 5/9)

Saturn

0.39

12:33 pm

7:27 pm

2:21 am (Wed 5/9)