What: 30-35 Thoughtful questions encompassing the entire astronomy unitWhen: Tuesday, December 3, 2013Where: CascadeWhat should I do? Review, study, prepare a review sheet because good things happen to prepared students (like bonus or brief access to study sheets at beginning of quiz)
Who: 6-8 grade Science Students
Review terms for Astronomy
History-telescopes, heliocentric vs. geocentric theory, tools (gnomon, etc.) People: Galileo, Kepler, Copernicus, Brahe, Ptolemy, Newton, earth’s motions of revolution and rotation
Universe-expanding, vast, containing lots of different structures, mass only accounts for a tiny portion of its size. Dark matter is main component.
Stars and their ilk-black holes, novae, supernovae, quasars, stars (come in different sizes and colors,cycle through a life span)neutron stars,variable stars, binary systems, galaxy types, nebula
Sun-center of our solar system, located in Milky Way Spiral galaxy, runs on nuclear fusion at its core,has sunspots, solar flares, creates solar winds, composed of hydrogen and helium, source of life giving electromagnetic energy waves that create heat and light, also neutrinos
Planets (Earth, too)- order, gas giants, terrestrial planets, Jovian, which ones have moons, which ones have rings, inactive and active planets
Other Solar System Occupants- asteroids, meteors (ites, oids), comets, our moon
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