Term 1 Homework - 2009/2010
(Note: All assignments are due in the following class unless otherwise specified.)
Message to students of America, "Use your thinking caps!"
Mr. Pod's Homework:
Tuesday, December 1st is: "Black Hole Day!" - even Mr. Pod promises to wear black today!!!
Due Friday 11/20 - Read "Star Child " about Black Holes
Due Thursday 11/19 - Study Kaiter's webpage "Atoms & Elements" and "Atom Animation" and Review for Quiz
Due Wednesday 11/18 - Review Kaiter's webpage "Atoms & Elements"and "Atom Animation"
Due Tuesday 11/17 - Surf Kaiter's webpage "Atoms & Elements"and "Atom Animation"
Due Monday 11/16 - Review "Birth of Elements" sheet
Due Friday 11/13 - Read "Birth of Elements" sheet
Due Thursday 11/12 - Noteform p. 136-140 "Lives of Stars"
Big Bang Rename Contest Winners 2009 - 2010:
1st place: (by Sam E.)
(C.H.I.P. - Cosmic Hypothesis Intergalactic Pow)
2nd place: (by Jack M.)
Bob
3rd place: (by Nick M. and Jennifer B.)
The Silent Start
The Not So Big, Not So Loud Bang!
Runners Up:
Date: 00/00/0000
The Exploding Raisin
The Grapefruit Of Life
R.E.E. - Rapid Expansion Event
S.A.M.E. - Super Awesome Mega Explosion
S.U.E.T. - The Sudden Universal Expansion Theory
The Rapid Expansion and Spontaneous Combustion at the Beginning of Time and Space
TRY IT - " SURF" THE THREE VERY INTERESTING LINKS BELOW...
Click here: Give Thanks / Global Village / The Foods We Eat
"Before you finish eating breakfast in the morning,
you've depended on half the world."
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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Thursday, November 26 - Happy Thanksgiving. Give thanks.
Wednesday, November 25 - HALF DAY TODAY. Maroon and Gold Day!!!!!!
MONDAY NOV. 23rd - EVENING SKY SHOW:
When the sun sets tonight, go outside and look south.
Jupiter and the Moon are gathered together in the constellation Capricornus only a few degrees apart.
Catch them if you can before the sky fades to black.
A Jupiter-Moon conjunction framed by twilight-blue is a very pretty sight.
CHALLENGE QUESTION: What is "Formalhaut?"
Find Formalhaut below.
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What does spaghetti have to do with Black Holes???
Was Sir Isaac Newton really "bonked" on the head with an apple?
How can the "Bowling Ball of Science" and "Fire Blanket"
be used to demonstrate Einstein's gravity?
Click here: Newton's Gravity / Einstein's Gravity
Click here: The Life Cycle of a Star / Atoms & Elements / Human Star / Black Holes
C.Q. - Concord Quality:
Consider others. Do the right thing. Be helpful and kind.
Science in the News...
FIREBALLS AND METEORS:
As forecasters predicted, the Leonid meteor shower peaked during the late hours of Nov. 17th, favoring sky watchers in Asia with an outburst of 100+ meteors per hour.
Just as the outburst was dying down, an even bigger event took place over the western USA.
Something hit Earth's atmosphere and exploded with an energy equivalent of 0.5 to 1 kiloton of TNT.
Witnesses in Colorado, Utah, Idaho and elsewhere say the fireball "turned night into day" and "shook the ground" when it exploded just after midnight Mountain Standard Time.
Researchers who are analyzing infrasound recordings of the blast say the fireball was not a Leonid.
It was probably a small asteroid, now scattered in fragments across the countryside.
Efforts are underway to measure the trajectory of the asteroid and guide meteorite recovery efforts.
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Click here: Spaceweather / Astronomy Picture of the Day
Above: Autumn Season Sky Chart of the Constellations
Above: The Winter Sky (Look for these after the December winter solstice.)
Click here: Constellation Web Page / 12 Zodiac Signs and 88 Constellations
Above: Winter Circle (note star color):
Capella is yellow. Aldebaran is orange. Betelgeuse is red. Rigel is blue. Sirius is blue-white.
Click here: Einstein and Time Paradoxes
Christopher!
Newborns sleep a lot!
Zzzzzzzzzzzz!
Do you like my spikey hair?
Ms. Kaiter would like to announce the birth of:
Christopher Orion Kaiter
Born: November 8, 2009
Time: 4:48 a.m.
Weight: 8 pounds 0 ounces
Length: 20 inches
Ms. Kaiter and baby are healthy and happy.
The Guess the Baby's Birth Day Contest Winners are:
EMILY H. and SEAN K.
Congratulations: Emily guessed Nov. 8th at 5:17 a.m.
Congratulations: Sean guessed Nov. 8th at 4:18 a.m.
Click the links below as a source of review for the test:
Our Galactic Carousel / The Drake Equation / The Electromagnetic Spectrum
Infinity and Mobius / Draco the Galactic Dragon / The Big Bang / A Salt Universe
NOTE: Friday, November 6th will be Ms. Kaiter's last day at school. Welcome Mr. Pod on Monday.
See you again in February...Ms. Kaiter
Friday, November 6 - ASTRONOMY TEST today!!! No homework this weekend.
Look for "shooting stars" or "fireballs" this weekend during the annual Taurid Meteor Shower!!!
Thursday, November 5 - Study for tomorrow's test!!! Review all handouts and noteforms, then "surf" the web pages above. Review the Study Guide handout again.
Wednesday, November 4 - Read the Study Guide in preparation for the test on Friday.
THE DOPPLER EFFECT...SUBARU STYLE
TUESDAY IS SHADOW A STUDENT DAY
Tuesday, November 3 - Complete Noteform 4-5: The Expanding Universe.
Monday, November 2 - A) Read pages 148 - 152 (The Expanding Universe) in your Astronomy textbook.
B) Surf the "Big Bang and Cosmic Evolution" link below.
Surf 
the link below.
Click here: The Big Bang and Cosmic Evolution
Click here: Ghostly Green Auroras
Click here: Learn About Auroras - Paintings in the Sky
ASTEROID NEAR MISS:
On Nov. 6th, asteroid 2009 VA barely missed Earth when it flew just 14,000 km above the planet's surface. That's well inside the "Clarke Belt" of geosynchronous satellites. If it had hit, the ~6-meter wide space rock would have disintegrated in the atmosphere as a spectacular fireball, causing no significant damage to the ground. 2009 VA was discovered just 15 hours before closest approach by astronomers working at the Catalina Sky Survey.
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INDONESIAN ASTEROID:
Earlier last month in October, with no warning, a ~10-meter wide asteroid hit Earth's atmosphere above Indonesia and exploded. The break-up was so powerful, it triggered nuclear test ban sensors thousands of kilometers away. A just-released analysis of infrasound data shows that the asteroid detonated with an energy equivalent of about 50 kton of TNT, similar to a small atomic bomb. This significant impact has received relatively little attention in Western press.
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Friday, October 30 - Happy Halloween Tomorrow. Homework: After eating C6H12O6, please BRUSH your TEETH.
Thursday, October 29 - A) Read the handout entitled "Take the Universe with a Grain of Salt."
B) Surf the "Salt Universe" link below.
Surf the link below.
Click here: Salt Universe
Wednesday, October 28 - Draw your Mad-Lib Alien (IN COLOR PLEASE).
Tuesday, October 27 - Review the "Drake Equation" handout. Do the "Drake Interactive" Calculation.
CONGRATULATIONS to Helen W...for reciting the Element Song!!!
Monday, October 26 - A) Read the "Smashing Galaxies" and "Galactic Carousel" handouts.
B) Surf the "Drake Equation" and "Draco" links below.
Surf the links below.
Click here: The Drake Equation / Draco: the Galactic Dragon
Above: Subaru Logo - The Pleiades Star Cluster
Below: Barred-Spiral Milky Way Galaxy
Friday, October 23 - A) Complete Noteform 4-4: Star Systems and Galaxies.
B) Surf the three "Galaxy" links below.
Surf the links below.
Click here: Our Galactic Carousel
Click here: Galaxy Song (Clint Black) / Galaxy Song (Monty Python)
Thursday, October 22 - A) Read pages 141 - 145 (Star Systems and Galaxies) in your astronomy textbook.
B) Surf the "Infinity Symbol: Mobius Loop" link below.
Surf the link below.
Click here: Infinity Symbol: Mobius Loop
"To Infinity and Beyond!" - Buzz Lightyear
Wednesday, October 21 - Complete Noteform 4-1: Telescopes.
Tuesday, October 20 - A) Complete Noteform 4-4: The Scale of the Universe.
B) Read pages 118 - 124 in your astronomy textbook. (Telescopes)
C) Surf the "Electromagnetic Spectrum and Telescopes" link below.
Click here: The Electromagnetic Spectrum and Telescopes
Surf the link above.
~:Cosmic Voyage:~
"Equipped with his five senses, man explores the universe and calls the adventure science."
- Edwin P. Hubble
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Click here: Simpson's Intro - Powers of Ten / Original Powers of Ten
Monday, October 19 - In your red astronomy textbook, read pages 146 - 147. (Scale of the Universe)
CONGRATULATIONS to SETH K. and BRYCE B.
for winning the 6th grade aerodynamics competition!!!
(and breaking the former school record)
Click here: Scientific Method
Click here: Exercise your Brain
Tuesday, October 13 through Friday, October 16 - No homework this week :-(
Monday, October 12 - NO SCHOOL today...Columbus Day.
Click here: Egg of Columbus
Friday, October 9 - Prepare for the AERODYNAMICS COMPETITION on Tuesday.
Thursday, October 8 - Analyze your data table to determine you best paper airplane design so far. Practice your launch technique.
Wednesday, October 7 - No homework.
Tuesday, October 6 - No homework.
Monday, October 5 - Bring in three (3) sheets of the same kind of paper to use in the aerodynamics experiment.
Friday, October 2 - No weekend homework.
Thursday, October 1 - Try making two (2) new paper airplane designs and bring them to school tomorrow.
Wednesday, September 30 - NO SCIENCE CLASS TODAY. Go directly to the LIBRARY for ORIENTATION. Do not pass go. Do not collect $200.
Tuesday, September 29 - " Surf " the Scientific Method link above. Learn how to fold a paper airplane.
Monday, September 28 - NO SCHOOL today. Yom Kippur.
Click here: Flying Cookie Paper
Friday, September 25 - No weekend homework. Get some R & R.
Thursday, September 24 - Write a paragraph describing one object from nature. Draw that object too as a pencil sketch with details.
Click here: Strobe Photography
Wedneday, September 23 - MERROWVISTA.
Tuesday, September 22 - MERROWVISTA.
Monday, September 21 - MERROWVISTA.
Hug a Tree - Make a Wish
If you go to Merrowvista...Hug a Tree...the "Wishing Tree!"
Friday, September 18 - QUIZ today on lab safety, lab equipment and the metric system.
Thursday, September 17 - STUDY for the quiz on lab safety, equipment and metric system.
Wednesday, September 16 - No homework.
Tuesday, September 15 - No homework.
Monday, September 14 - So sorry, there will be no homework tonight.
Click here: Measurement and the Metric System
Friday, September 11 - "Surf " Ms. Kaiter's website for 15 minutes.
Thursday, September 10 - In Appendix A, read pages 184-185.
Wednesday, September 9 - Complete "Textbook Scavenger Hunt" and have a parent/guardian sign the "Lab Safety Form."
Try " surfing " Ms. Kaiter's website.
Tuesday, September 8 - Complete "Scientific Summer" due tomorrow.
Monday, September 7 - Labor Day. No school today.
Friday, September 4 - Work on "Scientific Summer" due next Wed.
Thursday, September 3 - No School for 6th graders today.
Wednesday, September 2 - Fill out the "Student Information Sheet" and read "Earth Science News."
Click here: Back-to-School
I hope you had a super scientific summer vacation!
Click here: Spaceweather / Astronomy Picture of the Day / Science News for Kids
Summer Science Fun Fact: Tides
"Tides are the rising and falling of Earth's ocean surface
caused by the gravitational tidal forces
of the Moon and the Sun acting on the oceans."
Spring tides are the highest tides.
Neap tides are the lowest tides.
Carefully examine the images above.
What is the position of the sun, earth and moon
during the highest tides and the lowest tides?
What is the difference? Click here: Wiki Tides
Click here: Tide Predictor by Location
Click here: Previous Fun Facts A / Previous Fun Facts B
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