Friday, September 20, 2013

Week of September 23, 2013

Monday-
Highlight important boxes on rocket timeline.
Rocket terms-
video of how rockets work:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1TuxJRszVo

Begin designing rockets
groups- brainstorm- build

distance and accuracy

Tuesday-
BUILD

Wednesday- Launch, redesign, relaunch- analysis
Piece of lined paper- What design worked best.  Why?  What was the difference between the two designs and how did it change the flight?

Thursday- flight analysis due & quizzes back
Friday- finish going over quizzes
http://www.solarsystemscope.com/ 
http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/
http://www.superteachertools.com/jeopardy/usergames/Mar201009/game1267748798.php
Sometime after testing?????:
gravity-
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/videos/physics/gravity.html
gravity slide show
http://www.slideshare.net/MMoiraWhitehouse/gravity-for-elementary-and-middle-students 
Calculate your weight on the planets- use ipads!!!!!!!!ummm or not :(
MOON- feather and hammer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eTw35ZD1Ig
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C5_dOEyAfk


 Gravity NASA eclips
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/nasaeclips/search.html?terms=%22Our%20World%3A%20Gravity%20in%20Space%22&category=0000&disp=grid

moon gravity:
http://btc.montana.edu/ceres/html/Weight/weight1.htm#exploration
gravity of planets simulator:
http://lasp.colorado.edu/education/outerplanets/orbit_simulator/
your weight on other planets
http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/weight/

http://www.williamsclass.com/EighthScienceWork/Gravity.htm

Writing assignment- what is gravity and how does it influence our solar system?
Monday- escape velocity lab

Tuesday-
Elliptical orbits-
eccentricity of moon, earth orbits
http://kaffee.50webs.com/Science/activities/Astro/Activity-Ellipses.Orbits.htm
http://www.mathopenref.com/ellipseeccentricity.html

Travel to the MOON

Moon facts
rocket?
TPS?

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