Today we started Unit 10. Unit Ten is about space and astronomy. We started notes on distances in space.We talked about AUs and Light-years which I have mentioned already.We went a little more in depth, with parallax and discussed it a little more. We also talked about parsecs. After finishing notes we started our Scaled Solar System lab. We didn't have much time today so we just filled in the distances from each of the planets to the sun and the planet's diameters in a table. Eventually, we will construct a model of the solar system.
Tuesday or May 3, 2016 C.E.:
Today we did a Kahoot review quiz on our unit. I was in second in the beginning and then I kept my lead all the way until the last question. I read it wrong and then answered it wrong. It was really funny, though. We took just a little bit of notes about the Celestial Sphere and that there are constellations found on it. After that, we continued on our lab. We completed the distance tables in the lab and began to measure out all of the distances that will be in our model. Tomorrow we will complete the model.
Wednesday or May 4, 2016 C.E.:
Today we did a Kahoot again. It was really fun, but I didn't do as good as last time. Right off the bat I got the first question wrong. I thought it was a question related to quantum physics. I was wrong and so I lost. We also did a lot of notes. We mostly talked about orbit. We talked about Kepler's Three Laws of Planetary Motion. We also talked about how orbits are ellipses and that the object in the center is not actually in the center. We also finished our model. Earth was a peppercorn in the model. Jupiter was a racquetball. I also did all of the questions in the lab.
Thursday or May 5, 2016 C.E.:
Today we did a Star Wars themed Kahoot even though it is not May the Fourth anymore. The questions were so trivial that it was mostly guesswork. Too bad I am not good at guessing :). I reviewed my questions on my lab and turned it in. We also did just a bit of notes about rotation and satellites. There is no blog for Friday because Mrs. Giacomelli was not here.
Summary: This week was a fun week. The many Kahoots were quite entertaining. I can still improve the quality of the blog if I blog at the end of each day. This I will do.
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