Wednesday, Sept 10, 2008 - Block 4A

Quiz on course expectations.

Introduce Astrogeniosity Unit

Students did Astrogeniosity pretest

Went over Content Objectives
Students will be able to:
Describe by acting out, the motions of the Moon and Earth
Give the planets in correct order from the Sun
Demonstrate the Right Hand Rule

Went over Language Objectives
Language Objectives are important because the more you talk about the subject, the better you understand it. The jokes you remember are not the jokes you hear but the jokes you tell. Moon joke.

Language Objectives:
Draw Pictures Showing Key Vocabulary Words

Went over vocabulary: year, month, day, season, orbit, rotate
Went over right hand rule and gave poem.

Students paired up and acted out poem.