Unit+1+-+Astronomy+-+Week+1+-+8-26-13+to+8-30-13

Students Introduced to Project || Students may do research and/or work on presentation || Students may do research and/or work on presentation Evening Online Quiz || Students may do research and/or work on presentation || Final Multi-Media Presentation Due ||
 * Day || Lesson ||
 * Monday || SR.EXOSPHERE.08A-Asteroids.doc
 * Tuesday || SR.EXOSPHERE.08B-Craters.doc
 * Wednesday || SR.EXOSPHERE.08C-The Torino Scale.doc
 * Thursday || SR.EXOSPHERE.08D-Crater study surprise
 * Friday || SR.EXOSPHERE.PBL-Killer Asteroid.doc



There are 5 worksheets, a quiz, and a Multi-Media Presentation. Total: 100 pts.
Each of the worksheets are worth 10 points each. The quiz is worth 15 points The presentation consists of research on Asteroids, Comets, Meteors, or a combination that interests the student. It must be presented in a format that will help create engagement using a form of multi-media presentation. It is worth 35 points. The rubric for the presentation is provided:

Once the presentations are collected, it will be the job of each student to post their work to this wiki on the page marked Class Presentations!

 * Multimedia Project : Asteroids, Comets, or Meteors ||
 * Teacher Name: Mr. Schuman ||  ||   ||   ||
 * CATEGORY || 7 points || 5 points || 3 points || 1point ||
 * Presentation || Well-rehearsed with smooth delivery that holds audience attention. || Rehearsed with fairly smooth delivery that holds audience attention most of the time. || Delivery not smooth, but able to maintain interest of the audience most of the time. || Delivery not smooth and audience attention often lost. ||
 * Sources || Source information collected for all graphics, facts and quotes. All documented in desired format. || Source information collected for all graphics, facts and quotes. Most documented in desired format. || Source information collected for graphics, facts and quotes, but not documented in desired format. || Very little or no source information was collected. ||
 * Content || Covers topic in-depth with details and examples. Subject knowledge is excellent. || Includes essential knowledge about the topic. Subject knowledge appears to be good. || Includes essential information about the topic but there are 1-2 factual errors. || Content is minimal OR there are several factual errors. ||
 * Organization || Content is well organized using headings or bulleted lists to group related material. || Uses headings or bulleted lists to organize, but the overall organization of topics appears flawed. || Content is logically organized for the most part. || There was no clear or logical organizational structure, just lots of facts. ||
 * Originality || Product shows a large amount of original thought. Ideas are creative and inventive. || Product shows some original thought. Work shows new ideas and insights. || Uses other people\'s ideas (giving them credit), but there is little evidence of original thinking. || Uses other people\'s ideas, but does not give them credit. ||
 * In keeping with the Universal Design of Learning (UDL), it must be noted that students must provide a written text for all students to follow the presentation. **
 * Presentation || Well-rehearsed with smooth delivery that holds audience attention. || Rehearsed with fairly smooth delivery that holds audience attention most of the time. || Delivery not smooth, but able to maintain interest of the audience most of the time. || Delivery not smooth and audience attention often lost. ||
 * Sources || Source information collected for all graphics, facts and quotes. All documented in desired format. || Source information collected for all graphics, facts and quotes. Most documented in desired format. || Source information collected for graphics, facts and quotes, but not documented in desired format. || Very little or no source information was collected. ||
 * Content || Covers topic in-depth with details and examples. Subject knowledge is excellent. || Includes essential knowledge about the topic. Subject knowledge appears to be good. || Includes essential information about the topic but there are 1-2 factual errors. || Content is minimal OR there are several factual errors. ||
 * Organization || Content is well organized using headings or bulleted lists to group related material. || Uses headings or bulleted lists to organize, but the overall organization of topics appears flawed. || Content is logically organized for the most part. || There was no clear or logical organizational structure, just lots of facts. ||
 * Originality || Product shows a large amount of original thought. Ideas are creative and inventive. || Product shows some original thought. Work shows new ideas and insights. || Uses other people\'s ideas (giving them credit), but there is little evidence of original thinking. || Uses other people\'s ideas, but does not give them credit. ||
 * In keeping with the Universal Design of Learning (UDL), it must be noted that students must provide a written text for all students to follow the presentation. **

=** Essential Notes About the Minor **=
 * Solar System Objects **

Most are irregular in shape and are heavily cratered. Some are double objects or have small moons orbiting them. A few have signs of ancient geological activities. Can be classified in different ways, including color, spectra, and albedo (reflecting ability). Most lie in a belt between Jupiter and Mars
 * Notes about asteroids: **

Current theories are that asteroids are pieces of planetesimals that could not form into a planet because of Jupiter’s gravity.

Trojan Asteroids – Asteroids very close to Jupiter Near-Earth Objects – Asteroids and similar objects relatively near the Earth (1.3 AU)

Ceres – Largest asteroid (900 km in diameter) Vesta- 2nd largest asteroid (530 km in diameter) Ganymed – Largest near-Earth asteroid (32 km in diameter) Eros – 2nd largest near-Earth asteroid (11 km in diameter)

**Notes about comets:** Nucleus – Composed of ice and rock Coma – The cloud of gas and dust around the nucleus Very long elliptical orbits around Sun As the comet comes closer to the Sun, the ice vaporizes leaving a trail of ice or dust particles – the tail. The tail always points away from the Sun.

**Notes about craters:** Barringer Meteorite Crater: - 1 mile in diameter - from an object 90 meters in diameter - near Flagstaff, Arizona

Chicxulub: - 180 km in diameter - from an object 10 to 14 km in diameter - near the northern Yucatan region of Mexico - Thought to be the cause of extinction of dinosaurs 65 million years ago

Earth vs. Moon

Why does Moon have more craters than Earth? - No erosion on Moon to "erase" craters, as on Earth

Meteors: - "Shooting Stars" - Seen as a bright streak in atmosphere - Friction causes it to burn in atmosphere - Earth pulls it down
 * Notes about meteoroids, meteors, and meteorites:**

Meteoroids: - Meteors that are passing through space - Not yet touching any object, including Earth

Meteorites: -Meteors that have landed on a planet, including Earth -Create craters