AMAZING! Northern Lights from ISS

Feather / Hammer Drop on the Moon

Hammer and Feather on Earth

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MOONKAM

Happy Vacationing Students,

Our first images of the moon are coming back.  If you need more codes let me know at jsneideman@tarbut.com

Photo ID	52673
School	tarbutv1
Time Taken (UTC)	2012/096/11:38:13
Orbit	1274
Spacecraft	Ebb
Camera Direction	Backward
Lens (mm)	6.00
Altitude (km)	48
Frame Width (km)	0.00
Frame Height (km)	48.23
Nadir	61.54° S, 61.71° W
Center	58.5° S, 62.89° W

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Rubric for Rover Project

Awards for

• Fastest Acceleration (3 trials average)
• Furthest Distance Traveled (3 trials average)
• Top Average Speed (3 trials average)
• Vote for Best Design

8^th grade NASA ROVER DESIGN CHALLENGE RUBRIC

PHASE  I.  DESIGN PHASE	Pts		CRITERIA
Mission statements	20		·         Statement of purpose ·         Goals of mission are clear and accurate ·         List and explanation of scientific instruments to be used
Work log /Blog**	20		You keep track of your daily accomplishments, learning, and individual work done – signed off by team leader and/or teacher (photo log on team blog is evidence of work done)
Design of rover	30		·         List of materials included ·         3 views of your design (top, side, oblique) ·         Labeled parts ·         Design includes logo ·         Includes scientific instruments ·         TO SCALE**
Slogan/Logo	20		·         Creative, appropriate, relevant, colorful and DIGITAL – ·         Emailed to Mr. S          jsneideman@tarbut.com ·         Included on your blog ·         Theme song **
Kindergarten Project 1	20		·         You have something prepared for your kindergarten team members to work on when you present the topic.  (coloring which will be included on the final project)
PHASE II. BUILDING PHASE
Building (daily grade)		20		Points will be taken off of the entire team members are idle.  Needs to be evidence of progress daily.
Finished design resembles design		20		The percent similarity of your prebuilding design and your finished project.
Finished project		50		·         Solidly built – not falling apart ·         creativity ·         Moves down a hill by the force of gravity and or with a push ·
Presentation to the board		50		·         3-5 minute presentation ·         Clearly demonstrates knowledge about
Kindergarten Project 2		20		TBA

PHASE III. EXPERIMENTING PHASE
Newton’s Law Lab	50	TBA
Lab Report	50	Complete lab report : Includes all sections from lab rubric
Finished **Blog of Progress	50	TBD
Kindergarten Project 3	20	Presentation
Other

Study Guide Chapter 19

Study Guide Test on Chapter 19.

Understand the phases of the moon.

Understand the H-R diagram

Understand the temp/color/composition of stars

Understand the difference between galaxy types

Understand the big dipper is like a clock and how to read that clock.

Know how to use a star tracker.

Explain the life cycle of a star depending on its starting mass.

Know galaxy worksheet - basics of galaxies and black holes and super galaxies

Understand the meaning of each variable in the Drake equation.  F sub capital L?

Essay: Explain the cuases of the seasons in detail.  Give examples using the Poles and Tropic Lines.

Spectrum Apparent magnitude Absolute magnitude Light-year Parallax H-R diagram Main sequence White dwarf Red giant Supernova Neutron star Pulsar Black hole Galaxy Spiral galaxy Elliptical galaxy Irregular galaxy Nebula Open cluster Globular cluster Quasar Gibbous Crescent Waxing Waning Solstice Equinox Aphelion Perihelion Angular Heigth of the Sun

Honors:

·         Math using speed of light and scientific notatio

·         Math calculating the distance and time to travel to certain stars or size and distance between galaxies calculated.

·         Use the Drake equation given certain variables

·        What is Dark Matter and Dark Energy?

Do Now: Stars Spectra

What does the surface color of a star tell us? Explain in detail. Then explain what is an absorption spectra.

Sources of continuous, emission, and absorption spectra

Sources of continuous, emission, and absorption spectra

http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr162/lect/light/absorption.html
Thus, emission spectra are produced by thin gases in which the atoms do not experience many collisions (because of the low density). The emission lines correspond to photons of discrete energies that are emitted when excited atomic states in the gas make transitions back to lower-lying levels.

A continuum spectrum results when the gas pressures are higher. Generally, solids, liquids, or dense gases emit light at all wavelengths when heated.

An absorption spectrum occurs when light passes through a cold, dilute gas and atoms in the gas absorb at characteristic frequencies; since the re-emitted light is unlikely to be emitted in the same direction as the absorbed photon, this gives rise to dark lines (absence of light) in the spectrum.