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Special Guest Marty Gould, Owner of Beacon Aviation, Inc. will talk with us today about personal and professional aviation.

http://beaconaviationinc.com/

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TAKS Testing today

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1. complete the questions from The Sentinel reading – please turn in when finished

2. to help you warm up for tomorrow's TAKS test, please write a short sci-fi story using some of our key terms from our Earth-Sun-Moon unit (due at the end of class Friday)  (DO NOT work on it tonight….just get ready for your taks test…you will have Friday to finish it up)

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kick off: grade test

Question: What do you think of the recent Obama Administration cutbacks for the future moon missions?

1. Read and discuss The Sentinel by Arthur C Clarke

2. Answer the reading questions

3. begin Mysteries of the Moon study

  • How does the government explain all the anomalous NASA photos, video, transmissions, airbrushing, missing audio, astronaut reports, etc.
  • Understanding conspiracy theory – ask yourself: am I told all info?, are there things covered up?, is it genuine evidence?, is it disinformation?, is there a simple explanation?, 
  • How do we understand the historical narrative…was it their fiction or real experience?  What of all the anomalous stuff that does not fit into traditional historical theory?

- Give a critical analysis of the following popular media presentations / reports -

  • Moon Rising
  • UFO Ancient Aliens History Channel Documentary
  • Disclosure pt.1
  • Disclosure pt. 2
 
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Benchmark Testing today

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kick off: Earth Sun Moon quiz

District Test tomorrow

Review:

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kick off:

  • turn in Moon Calendar Lab
  • each student demos moon phases

Review seasons, rotation / revolution (videos)

1.
continue ppt lesson
Earth, Sun, and Moon ppt

2. How does the moon affect things on earth?

3. Video: Eclipses (from Priv.Plnt.) & solar and lunar eclipse worksheet

4. each student demos moon phases – lamp and ball

5. Moon cookie activity

6. video: moon phases (2min)


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kick off: turn in Moon Calendar lab

1. discuss solstices / equinoxes (draw this diagram in your journal)

2. begin Earth – Moon relationship lesson (Earth, Sun, and Moon ppt

3. discuss and demo moon phases

4. video clip – moon causing tides


HW: begin reading ch.2, work on ch.2 worksheet

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kick off:

  • Reflect on Rockin C trip: 1) what you learned, 2) how you felt

Unit question: Why do seasons occur? (explain in words and diagram)

1. begin Earth, Sun, and Moon ppt

2. class demo: Modeling the rotation / revolution / tilt of the earth (inflatable globe) around the sun (flood lights)

3. Moon Calendar Lab – take home (due Monday)

 (you can use the following site to help: http://stardate.org/nightsky/moon/)

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Rockin C Ropes Course Trip TODAY! (8:45 – 12:45)

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