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Monday, November 29, 2004

Bode's Law; Major Project

We finish the Kepler's law Lab and pursue the Bode's law lab today.

Kepler's 3rd Law: Is P^2 = a^3?

Bode's Law: Create a mathematical model using Fathom and see how well it fits.

Major Project Proposals are due today.

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Tuesday, November 23, 2004

Finish ellipse lab

I'll tell you what I learned from where I've been, and we'll finish the ellipse lab together.

Discussion of new research projects available for major project.

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Friday, November 19, 2004

Ellipse Lab Part 1 due; begin Kepler's Laws lab

Turn in the Ellipse Lab.

Begin Kepler's Laws activity. You won't finish it. But if you get as far as the 2nd law, you're on schedule.

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Wednesday, November 17, 2004

Is Pluto a Planet?+ Ellipses

The assignment made in last class called "Is Pluto a Planet?" is due. Turn it in at the beginning of class.

The next assignment is to begin a lab called "Ellipses." Work on this lab today. If you finish it, continue on with "Kepler's Laws."

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Monday, November 15, 2004

Moon test

Moon test, closed notes.

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Wednesday, November 10, 2004

Tides and test review

We had a short lesson on tides, then students were directed to a practice test posted on the main class website.

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Monday, November 08, 2004

Moon practice test + finish crater lab

Finish the moon crater lab.

Note: each groups' results should be slightly different, so beware of wholesale copying of answers.

We will also provide a practice test for the moon unit.

The moon test will be closed notes and will cover the following topics:

Lunar surface features
Phases
Tides
Origin and composition of the moon
Eclipses
Time units based on motions of the moon
History of lunar exploration

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Sunday, November 07, 2004

Homework due; phases of the moon

Phases of the moon--lecture based on page 29 of the text.

Predicting phases.

Homework assigned earlier is due from the eclipse photo.

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Thursday, November 04, 2004

Begin crater lab

Begin HOU activity "Measuring Size: measuring diameter of craters and height of lunar mountains."

This activity takes more than a period.

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Monday, November 01, 2004

Eclipse of the Century

Eclipse of the century is a NOVA video. We did a puzzle about the movie contents.

We also assigned a problem from a photo of a lunar eclipse photo by Richard Hamilton.

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