Surface Area of Geometric Solids

Today, we began working on finding the surface area of geometric solids focusing on rectangular prisms and cylinders. For HW tonight, please find the SA of a rectangular prism with a length of 10 inches and height of 24 inches and a width of 12 inches.
Finding Surface Area

Comets, Asteroids, and Meteors- Geocentric vs. Heliocentric

Heliocentric- Andreas Cellarius 1660

Geocentric



Geocentric vs. Heliocentric- Click on next at the bottom to learn about Heliocentric

Comets, Asteroids, and Meteors

Extra Credit: Find and research a scientist that contributed to the heliocentric or geocentric model of the solar system. Post to the blog what you learn about their contribution.

Creature Feature and Expand Vocabulary

I am so impressed by the level of thought and detail that you put into your creature feature presentations and drawings. You demonstrated your knowledge of Mars and Venus.

Tonight for HW, please EXPAND VOCABULARY:
heliocentric
geocentric
comets
meteors
asteroids
volumes

Review of Planet Classification:
Remember, planets can be classified by size, location, or composition. Bonus: What did you notice about the three classifications today?

Creature Feature Presentations on Monday

Axis Tipping

For homework please, READ and RESPOND to the following article:
CNN Story on the Chile Earthquake

Remember, you need three paragraphs:
Issues (What's the main issue or idea in the article?)
Evidence (What facts support that main idea?)
You (How does this or could this affect your life?)

More information about:
MARS
VENUS

Faces, vertices, and edges, Oh My!

Please complete the half page that you glued into your Earth Journal today to practice with faces, vertices, and edges.
For more help on this, see the links below.

Geometric figures

Interactive Geometry
Thank you, Ella, for posting to the blog about the Earth's axis. To read more about this, please read below.
What happened to the Earth's axis?

Expand Vocabulary

Expand Vocabulary:
- period of rotation
- period of revolution
- relative size
- surface temperature
- atmosphere
- gravity
- surface area


Information on Saturn's Rings
Even more DETAILED information about the mission to Saturn
Monthly Hot or Not Question:
Why is Mercury #2 if it is closer to the sun?
Post your answers here.