SCIENCEMarch 23 and March 24

WARM UP Go to your assigned seat Start reading the handout on asteroids,

meteors and comets Write 3 facts you learned about each This will be checked today for a grade!

Anyone out our their seat will receive silent lunch!

WRITE IN NOTEBOOK

NOTES: Astronomical Unit (AU)= The Earth’s average distance from the sun

Approximately 93 million miles away

BRAIN POP

We will take notes. I will pass out the sheet and complete the front together as a group

The back will be a quiz that you will take on your own.

VIDEO ON SOLAR SYSTEM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAJHVII3_-0 Front we will do together. Pay attention this will help you with the questions on the back

SOLAR SYSTEM WORKSHEET

Add entry to table of contents

Call it “Brain Pop Solar System Worksheet”

Finish for homework !

FROM YOUR SOLAR SYSTEM HANDOUT… I WILL PASS THESE OUT NOW

4 Terrestrial Planets: inner planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars

4 Gas Giants: outer planetsJupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune

LET’S TAKE OUT OUR SOLAR SYSTEM WORKSHEET What things surprised you during your

research on the 8 planets? Let’s look at each category on the sheet and

quickly talk about what they mean. 1-What planet is the largest? (diameter) 2-What planet has the most moons? (#

moons) 3-What planet is closest to the Sun?

(location) 4-Which planet has the largest mountain?

(key fact) 5Which planet has clouds of ammonia? (key

fact)

MORE QUESTIONS 6 Which is the windiest planet with

winds up to 1,200 mph (key facts) 7-Which of the terrestrial planets is the

largest? (diameter) 8-Which of the gas giants is the

smallest? (diameter) 9-Which planet has the longest days?

(length of a day) 10 Which planet is cold on one side and

hot on the other? (key fact) 11 Which planet can sustain life?

REMEMBER OUR DEFINITION OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM?

The Sun and 8 Planets Multiple moons Asteroids, Meteors and Comets

Dust, gases and empty space.

Today we look at asteroids, meteors, and comets.

FROM THE READING…

What is an asteroid? What is a comet? What is a Meteorite?

Let’s look and see

LET’S READ THE ARTICLE We are reading instead of taking notes on this. Be respectful and quiet

When I call your name make sure you are ready to read.

Hold onto this article and staple or glue into notebook at end of class. This will replace what notes we would have taken.

ASTEROIDS

THINK ABOUT THIS

Asteroids: chunks of rock left over from when the planets formed

Largest of the solar system bodies

Most common in the ASTEROID BELT (located between Mars and Jupiter)

BRAIN POP ASTEROIDS https://www.brainpop.com/science/spac

e/asteroids/

THINK ABOUT THIS (THIS WAS GOING TO BE NOTES!)

Comets: asteroid-like objects covered in dust, ice, gases, and metals that develop a fuzzy, cloud-like shell called a coma when they orbit close to the sun,

the ice instantly melts, creating a long, visible tail (sometimes called a dirty snowball)

Form far away from the Sun

HALEYS COMET

BRAIN POP COMETS https://www.brainpop.com/science/spac

e/comets/

THINK ABOUT THIS

Meteoroid: Large pieces from an asteroid or comet Most burn up and never reach Earth

THINK ABOUT THIS (THIS WAS GOING TO BE NOTES)

Meteor: A meteoroid that burns up as it passes through our atmosphere.

Creates a flash of light, known as ‘shooting stars’

Smallest of the solar system bodies

THINK ABOUT THIS (THIS WAS GOING TO BE NOTES)

Meteorite: A meteoroid that does not burn up

as it travels through the Earth’s atmosphere

It lands and crashes onto the Earth.

METEORITE ON EARTH

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpmXyJrs7iU

VIDEO IN RUSSIA

“I AM” HOMEWORK ACTIVITY

Directions: 1.Each statement gives you a hint for which one it is.

2.The words can be used more than once.

3.Use your notes to help you fill in the blanks

REST OF CLASS… You will work on the following activities

for the remainder of class…. Brain Pop worksheet (both sides) “I am” activity

I will pass the 2 staplers around so make sure you staple your solar system handout into your notebook

YOU WILL CREATE A POSTER TODAY Be sure to pay close attention

POSTER TIME

You will be assigned either

1-Comet 2-Asteroid 3-Meteor 4-Meteorite

YOU MUST INCLUDE: At least 4 facts in your poster and a

drawing of your

SOLAR SYSTEM SONG

Mr. Parr Solar System

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH61v4_eVNA

REVIEW SOLAR SYSTEM WORKSHEET Follow along as I project the information onto the whiteboard

BILL NYE THE SCIENCE GUY—5 MINUTES

Bill Nye and the distance between the planets

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97Ob0xR0Ut8

DISCOVERY ED VIDEO

EARTH SCIENCE: SOLAR SYSTEMIntro of Solar SystemPlanets of Solar System