Tues., Apr. 2, 2013

 Objectives: E
Announcements: Need scores for Kepler's Law assignments
Opening Data:  July 20, 1969  "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind"
Life and presidency of John F. Kennedy
Speech at Rice University
Apollo 13: The Movie

Fri., Mar. 22, 2013

Objectives: Explain Einstien's contributions
to physics in his early years.

Announcements: Need scores for
Kepler's Laws assignments
Opening Data:  Life of Einstein

Thurs., Mar. 21, 2013

Objectives: How is energy created
from fission or fusion?
Announcements: Need scores for:
Kepler's Laws assignments
Opening Data:  Speed o' light,
c = 3 x 10⁸ m/s

7 times around the earth in a second

1.5 seconds to travel to the moon

8 minutes to the sun  

Where does all the energy come from

in nuclear interactions?  

4.3 x 10¹² g lost by the sun each second through nuclear fusion 

Wed., Mar. 20. 1013

Objectives: Determine relationships between
the paeriod of revolution of a planet, the distance
at which it orbit's it's star. 
Announcements: 

Opening Data:  Fission
Last Day:
Kepler's Second & Third Laws 
Handout 

Tues., Mar. 19, 2013

Objectives: Determine relationships between
the period of revolution of a planet, the distance
at which it orbit's it's star. 
Announcements: 
 Opening Data:  Fusion

Finish: Kepler's Second & Third Laws 
Handout 

Mon., Mar. 18, 2013

Objectives: Determine relationships between
the period of revolution of a planet, the distance
at which it orbit's it's star. 
Announcements: 

Opening Data:  The Sun (diagraming)
Kepler's Second & Third Laws 
Handout 

Thurs., Mar. 14, 2013

Objectives: Determine relationships between
the period of revolution of a planet, the distance
at which it orbit's it's star. 
Announcements: I need all assignments graded
Opening Data:  Dwarf Planets
Finish Kepler's First Law Activity
Instructions/Questions 
Kepler's Second & Third Laws 
Handout 

Wed., Mar. 13, 2013

Objectives: Determine relationships between
the period of revolution of a planet, the distance
at which it orbit's it's star. 
Announcements: GRADING!
Opening Data:  Structure of Solar System
Finish Kepler's First Law Activity
Instructions 
Kepler's Second & Third Laws 
Handout 

Tues., Mar. 12, 2013

Objectives: Determine relationships regarding
the revolution of a planet about it's star. 
Announcements: GRADING!
Opening Data:  Structure of Solar System
Kepler's First Law Activity:Instructions 

Mon., Mar. 11, 2013

Objectives: Determine relationships regarding
the revolution of a planet about it's star. 
Announcements: GRADING!
Opening Data:  Structure of Solar System
Ellipses & Eccentricity 
Get a Kepler Board & work
on Kepler's First Law Activity:
Instructions 

Fri., Mar. 8, 2013

Objectives: Determine how "round"
the orbit of a planet is
Announcements: GRADING!
Opening Data:  Solar System, Kuiper Belt, Oort Cloud

Ellipses & Eccentricity 
Get a Kepler Board & work
on Kepler's First Law Activity:
Instructions 

Thurs., Mar. 7, 2013

Objectives: Determine how "round"
the orbit of a planet is
Announcements: GRADING!
Opening Data:  Comet PanSTARRS visible
in the northern skies
Show me: Answers to Planet Data questions
Ellipses & Eccentricity

Data
Questions

Wed., Mar. 6, 2013

Objectives: Discover & Analyze data
for the planets
Announcements: GRADING!
Opening Data:  The size of things
Planet Data & Questions must be finshed today
Data
Questions