Mr. Ledoux

Last week- no bus notes Thursday and Friday, Final Exam Thursday (use study guide from last weeks' blog)

Monday: Finished Energy Resources project

May 11-15

Additional Information Final Exam is on Thursday, May 21 Download Final Exam Study Guide ... Please make sure you have paid the 1dollar for report card mailings

Monday: Stars HR Diagram and Activity

Tuesday: Finsihed Stars H-R Diagram and Planet Size Activity (turned in now)

Wednesday: Pg 587 Questions 3,7,8... Returned and reviewed Solar System Quiz (for classwork grade)... Notes on Stars- composition, distance, and black holes

Thursday: Collected textbooks... Began Energy Resources project

May 4-8

I am out sick right now. Quiz postponed until I return. Any assessment given during my absence will count towards a classwork grade, not a quiz grade. FINAL EXAM ON THURSDAY, MAY 21

April 27- May 1: Sun, meteors, asteroids, and comets

Monday: Bill Nye Sun video... Sun notes (only the first few slides) Download Sun

Tuesday: SOLAR SYSTEM QUIZ TUESDAY, MAY 5 (on planet, asteroids, comets, meteors, Sun)... Useful Chapter Sections in the book include: 20-1 through 20-2, 21-1 through 21-3 and 21-5... Read pg 618-623 questions 9 and 10, and jigsaw group work on these pages...

Wednesday: Pg 623, Questions 1,2,3,5,6... Finished Sun notes... Draw Sun and label and describe each of the following: layers, what happens in layer, temperature and thickness (if taught), prominences, sunspots, solar wind, and solar flares

Thursday: Finish coloring diagram... Enchanted Learning Astronomy Take notes on Download Solar System Study Guide 

Friday:

CRCT Week: April 20-24

Reminder: CRCTs begin tomorrow. All students are to bring a book to read everyday this week.

Monday: Pg 653, Questions 1, 3, 4... Planet spacing answers review (from Friday's activity)... Energy video... Pg 659, Q 1, 3, 6, 8... Turned in questions and Planet Details Chart

Tuesday: Fossil Fuels video and pros and cons notes about this energy resource...  Download InnerSpace  Notes on Inner Planets have added details for anyone who is interested, but the key facts about each planet are what was needed for Planet Details chart from last week's blog... Just check this out Download Universal Perspective

Wednesday: Nuclear energy video and pros and cons notes about this energy resource

Thursday: Bill Bye Planets video... Inner planets notes (on returned Planet Details Chart)

Friday: Natural Resources video... Outer planets notes Download OuterSpace

April 13-17

Monday: Moon penny activity...  Solar System Webquest ... Review for quiz

Tuesday: Quiz on Climate, Astronomy, Earth, and Moon (Materials include: Download Earth, Moon, Sun Study Guide 2009 key , Chapter 19-4 the Moon, 17-1 climate, 18-1 astronomy)

Wednesday: Big Bang notes- Download Astronomy Big Bang part A ... HOMEWORK Read pages 600-603 and complete Questions 1-5. Always use complete sentences.

Thursday: Solar System formation notes Download Formation Solar

Friday: Returned Quizzes... Solar System distance activity (turned in for grade)... HOMEWORK due Monday Download Planet Details

March 30- April 3: Quiz postponed until Tuesday, April 14

Quiz on Tuesday, April 14: Material is Earth, Sun, Moon/ Astronomy Introduction

Materials include: Download Earth-moon-sun-study-guide-2009 , Chapter 19-4 the Moon, 17-1 climate, 18-1 astronomy

Monday: Finished Hours of Daylight graph... Notes on Download Earth ... then finish the Graph: Questions at the end of the power point

Tuesday & Wednesday:   1 Birthday Moon    2 Solar Eclipse    3 Lunar Eclipse    4 NASA Eclipses Use this site for information on upcoming eclipses. Maybe you can even travel to see one in person.

Thursday: Read about Galileo... Earth, Moon, Sun lab with flashlight, tennis ball, and golf ball. We modeled a day, night, eclipses and phases of the moon

Friday: Bill Nye Moon video... CRCT practice... Will turn in Earth, Moon, Sun lab write up on Monday when we return... Have a good Spring Break, study some, use the study guide to help (except for climate questions)

March 23-27: We begin Climate, Seasons, and Earth, Sun, and Moon

Download Astronomy Unit Standards

Monday: pg 525, questions 3,4,5,7,8... pg 544, questions 2,6,9,10,12... Season's Lab part 1 Download Earth the first few slides contain the questions

Tuesday: Pg 544 Questions 16,19,24,25... Return Meterology Test and make test corrections... Read pg 554-557... Draw Ptolemaic and Copernicus's models of the our solar system

Wednesday: Wrote down learning goals ... Season's lab part 2... Bill Nye's Greatest Discoveries Astronomy

Thursday: List the 4 main factors of climate... Finshed Bill Nye video... Season's Lab part 3 (we are now finished and all questions should be answered)... Pg 557, questions 2,4,5... Read pages 558-563... Notes on season's, Earth and Sun, tilt, axis, revolution, etc... Returned adopt a city rubric... Parents, please remind your child to get a copy of the Meterology Test should you want a copy at home

Friday:

March 16-20: 2 Test grades this week as we conclude Meteorology

Test on Chapter 15 and 16 on Thursday, March 19: Study Session Wed. @ 8:30

Monday: Finished and turned in Adopt-a-City project (Test grade #1)

Tuesday: Worksheets on Fronts and 16-4... Video on Tornadoes

Wednesday: Reviewed answers to Fronts and 16-4 worksheets... Video on Hurricanes... Reviewed atmosphere key points

Thursday: Meteorology Test

Friday: Read pg 518-525, questions 3,4,5... CRCT Coach book pg 28-33

March 9-13

Monday: Questions 7,8,13 pg 495, then reviewed answers to 1,2,3,4,5,7,8, and 13... Extreme weather video... Read pg 496-503

Tuesday: Page 503 Questions 1,2,4,6... Convection Lab (finished in class)... Download Cloud Watching assignment should be finished

Wednesday:

*We are in the computer lab for 2 days. During this time Adopt-a-City data must be collected Download Adopt-a-city-weather-log-2009 today. If you forget the packet at home here are the packet directions and rubric Download Adopt a City 2009 . Useful sources of data - wunderground and  The Weather Channel . We will have new assignments tomorrow, so data collection must be finished today. If finished have fun with this site NOAA Hurricane Paths .

Thursday:  Notes on Tornados and Hurricanes using  Weather Wiz Kids. Here is good template to follow Download Organizer Hurricane Tornado  ... Now fill out this chart Download Hurricane Tracker 2 using NOAA Hurricane Paths ...

Weather Test (Chapter 15 and 16) next Thursday, March 19- This is not due but it sure can help Download Meteorology Study Guide 2009

Friday: Worked on Adopt-a-City project which will be finished and turned in during class on Monday