Videos watched this week
during class
NASA website
Mars Curiosity Rover Information  
Landing of Curiosity- Computer animation
Curiosity Rover Prototype Here on Earth 
Jupiter 
Saturn  


Review of Information from last week- 
 
 


Homework

Journal Moon

Period 1,5,9- due Wednesday, January 29th 

Journal Earth

Period 2,7,8- Due Thursday, January 23rd 

Copies of homework assignments 

Journal Earth 

Earth’s twin sister Venus makes a complete rotation every 8.2 months.  Predict four ways in which the Earth would change if a rotation on Earth changed from 24 hours to 8.2 months. 

OR

It is said that solstices and equinoxes start the various seasons (December 21, March 21, June 21, and September 22). Do you believe these dates officially start the various seasons? WHY or WHY NOT?  

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? Explain your choice!