Transcript Sept 18 and 21

SEPTEMBER 18 AND 21 AGENDA
Learning target: I understand reflecting and refracting telescopes
Vocabulary: Reflecting vs refracting telescopes
Agenda:
1. International Observe the Moon Night Tomorrow at 7:45 rain
plans to meet in classroom -2. STEM Expo-next Wednesday
3. Let’s get organized! Some hints that will help.
4. Review of what you should know so far from Astronomy
5. Telescope jigsaw activity
6. Telescope notes
COOL NEWS
Cool Astronomy News: Today: While you may believe that we see the same face of
the moon every day (except when it’s a new moon, of course), the moon actually wobbles so
that sometimes we see more of it than other times. This is called libration.
Here is an animation of this over one year:
http://globalnews.ca/news/2139758/myth-busting-cool-things-about-ourmoon-you-probably-didnt-know-no-its-not-blue/
OK,
another aside because there are too many cool things out there:
In the English language, the first use that we have of blue moon is by Cardinal
Wolsey — Henry VIII's notorious adviser. Cardinal Wolsey writes about his
enemies who 'would have you believe the moon is blue.' Meaning something
is absurd, since the moon is not blue.
ORGANIZATION NOTES
Here are some tools to help you stay organized for Astronomy:
1. Use your lifelines to organize by days. Each day is a different topic so if you
start with your lifeline, then put your classwork and homework behind that
day’s lifeline the topic is all together.
2. At the end of a unit, take out that unit and put it all together in a file folder
in the back filing cabinet.
3. Use my website http://www.skitsap.wednet.edu//Domain/1233, which has
daily agendas and activities we do so that you can check what we did any day
and get copies of the work.
4. Check the board if you missed part of the daily lifeline, especially for what to
turn in each day.
WHAT SHOULD I KNOW SO FAR IN
ASTRONOMY
The phases of the moon
2. An idea of how you might tell time using
the phases of the moon
3. The two types of telescopes and how
they are used. (don’t worry if you are
understand focal length or how light is
reflected-this will come later)
1.
END OF CLASS
End of Class Question: What do you need to help you
understand and succeed in Astronomy? What kinds of
things can you do? What kinds of things can I do to
help?
TURN IN
• Today’s lifeline
• Homework notes from
Astronomy website
• Jigsaw activity