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Planetary Astronomy 2014-2015
Unit 4 Schedule – The Planets
Class #
Date
27
11/11/14
28
11/13/14
29
11/17/14
Topics & Activities
Notes – Our Moon
Video Notes - 37 Formation of Planetary Systems
The Solar System’s Big Bang
Video: Origins: Earth Is Born
Notes - Resonances
Video: BBC The Planets: Moon
The Planets of Our Solar System PowerPoint
Solar System Travel Brochure
Solar System Research
Notes - Inner Planets
Water on Earth -
30
31
11/19/14
11/21/14
Assignment Due
http://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=80757&cl=79173&tid=5122
Liquid Water in the Solar System http://www.hpcf.upr.edu/~abel/phl/Liquid_Water.jpg
Video: Origins: How Life Began
Video: Origins: How Life Began (cont’d)
Notes - Outer Planets
How to Get to Mars – Spirit & Opportunity
http://www.youtube.com/embed/XRCIzZHpFtY?rel=0
Mars: Dead or Alive? Video & Questions
 Video Notes - 27
Our Moon,
Earth’s Nearest
Neighbor
 Video Notes – 28
Mercury and
Venus
 Video Notes – 29
Of Mars and
Martians
Happy Thanksgiving!
Solar System
Travel Brochure
 Video Notes – 30
Jupiter and Its
Amazing Moons
12/02/14
Mars: Dead or Alive? Video & Questions
Curiosity Landing on Mars:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/video/index.php?id=1001
Solar System Bingo
12/04/14
Notes - Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
Relative Sizes PowerPoint
Activity: Comparing Sizes in Our Solar System
Video: Bill Nye Video Comets & Meteors
Meteor Impacts
Meteor Impact Exercise
Video: Doomsday Asteroid
Meteor ALH840001
 Video Notes – 31
Magnificent
Saturn
12/08/14
Catastrophes That Changed The Planets – The
Universe (Season 6)
 Notes – 32
Uranus and
Neptune, The
Small Giants
35
12/10/14
Unit 4 Key Terms
Unit 4 Test Writing Prompts
Unit 4 – The Planets Jeopardy
36
12/12/14
Unit 4 Test
37
12/16/14
32
33
34
Days Until New Horizons Closest Approach -
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/newhorizons/main/#.UrD5_PRDua9
Where Is New Horizons Now -
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/mission/whereis_nh.php
Pluto, Its Moons and More http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto#Satellites
The Pluto Files
Crash Landing on Mars – The Universe (Season 6)
38
12/18/14
LN2 Demos
AMNH: The Known Universe - http://vimeo.com/19568852
Hubble Detects Water on Exoplanets: http://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/hubbletraces-subtle-signals-of-water-on-hazy-worlds/#.Up8j9sRDsxG