Final Draft Due Tomorrow

Be ready to turn it in first thing :)
Then, we will work on math concepts that you need to review.

Argument Paper

Please make sure to complete your rough draft for at least 2 of the 4 body paragraphs.

Moon Paper Concept Map

Tonight, you need to complete your moon paper concept map that we started in class. We will begin writing our Argument Papers tomorrow. You should have three pieces of evidence or facts to support your reasoning in each paragraph.

Main Idea: The moon looks different over time because...
Paragraph 1: We see the phases of the moon in the order that we do because...
Paragraph 2: We only see eclipses once in a while because...
Paragraph 3: We only see one side of the moon because...
Paragraph 4: The moon rises and sets at different times each day because...

Some vocabulary and/or facts that you might include in your concept map:
- period of rotation (Earth- approx 24 hours; moon- approx 28 days)
- period of revolution (Earth- approx 365 days; moon- approx 28 days)
- angle of inclination (There is a 5 degree angle of inclination between the Earth and the moon when the moon is in the full (5 degrees above the bisecting line) and new (5 degrees below the bisecting line) moon phases)
- bisecting line, equatorial line
- node
- perspective (as in "From our perspective on Earth, we see... )
- eclipse
- phase (new, full, first quarter, third quarter)
- rotational direction (counter clockwise or clockwise as viewed from the North pole of the Earth)
- orbital direction (counter clockwise or clockwise as viewed from the North pole of the Earth)

Quiz Tomorrow!

Tonight for HW, please write AND solve a ratio or proportion word problem.

Here's some practice with ratios and proportions.

Get your writing mind ready, you will be beginning your argument paper tomorrow in class.

Proportion Practice and The Height of the Moon's Features

Tonight for HW make sure to complete the proportion problems if they were assigned to you. In addition, please read The Height of the Moon's Features and answer the questions using proportions.

Mountains on the MOON

Please remind your parents that there will be a Jekyll Island Informational meeting will be FEBRUARY 2 AT 7PM IN THE MEDIA CENTER.
Tonight for HW, complete the word problems about the moon that should be glued into your EARTH journal.
1) The tallest mountain on the Earth is Mt. Everest which is 8848m tall. K2, which is 8611m tall, is also in the Himalayan mountains and considered a sister mountain to Mt. Everest. The tallest mountain (although not the highest point) on the moon is Mons Huygens at 4.7km tall. If Mons Huygens is the moon’s Mt. Everest, which lunar mountain is closest to the Moon’s K2, Mons Hadley at 4.6km tall or Mt. Bradley at 4.2km tall? Show your work

2) The highest point on the moon is on the far side (the side we don’t see). It is 6500m higher than Mons Huygens. Is the highest point on the moon higher than Mt. Everest? Show your work

To learn more about mountains on the moon, please check out this link.

More Practice Problems for Metric Conversion

Expand Vocabulary

This week's words are:
rotation
revolution
orbit
phase
eclipse

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