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Curiosity pre-launch viewing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdNJjP4SQg8&feature=related

 NASA animation of Mars Curiosity landing

Mars Science Laboratory NASA JPL

NASA

Journal Moon

Periods 1,5,9- Due Wednesday, February 18th 

Periods 2,7,8- Due Thursday, February 19th

Journal Moon

Imagine that no one on Earth used a calendar.  You need to develop a new calendar to make sense of the chaos. For your new calendar development you need to include the following: 1- describe the system you would use to organize days/months/years (for example our calendar organizes time based on the Earth’s rotation and revolution), 2-how and when would the different season occur, and 3- how time would be established (night and day). 

OR

There are parts of the Earth (Arctic and Antarctic Circle-Iceland, Sweden, Russia, NW Canada, etc) that experience “Midnight Sun” (sun never falls below the horizon- 24 hours sunlight) and “Polar Night” ( sun does not rise). 
Would you rather live through the “Midnight Sun” or “Polar Night” for 6 months? 

Essential Questions

How has technology expanded our knowledge of the universe?

What predictable patterns occur as a results of the interaction between the Earth, Sun, and Moon?

Why do inner and outer planets vary based on specific characteristics observed through NASA, scientists, and early civilization

Why is our calendar driven by Earth's rotation, revolution, and phases of the moon?