Moon Observation and Homework.

You will use the following websites to research the topics listed. Only do the one topic you are assigned. You are assigned a topic based on your last name. Follow the order, so you get credit for doing the right portion of the homework.
You will research the topic on these sites. You will gather infroamtion about your topic, and then present your findings to your class mates. There is a minimum of three paragraphs for this assignment.
THIS IS DUE FRIDAY!
If your last name is A-F your topic is Collision of Galaxies
• http://oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/pr/97/34/af1.html
• http://www.prime-radiant.com/Colliding_Galaxies.html
• http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/astronomy/big_banger_990921.html

If your last name is G-M, your topic is the Changes in Stars
• http://btc.montana.edu/ceres/html/starsbackground.htm
• http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/stars/lifecycle/
• http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/teachers/lifecycles/LC_main_p2.html
• http://www.imsa.edu/edu/astro/astrostudents/96_97_2/t06p1/
• http://www.d78st.com/life.html

If your last name is N-Z your topic is Black Holes
• http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Cyberia/NumRel/LIGO.html
• http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/gr/public/bh_intro.html
• http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/know_l2/black_holes.html
• http://www.eclipse.net/~cmmiller/BH/blkbh.html

For the month of May, you will be observing the moon. The entire project is posted below. Please take time to read it over and start to develop your hypothesis and work plan now, so you are not scrambling in June for data.
This is due on June 3rd, 2008
Moon Observations #1
Moon Observations #2

Your View

Tonight I want you to think of how the universe was "created". You can bring in any beliefs that you may have, but you must back them up with some information. You can not simply say... giant Teddy Bear walked into the darkness and threw out marshmallows, and that is what we live on. Besides that being absolutely ludicrous, there is nothing you can use to support a statement like that.
Your description should be a minimum of three paragraphs long. Remember, as you prepare to enter 9th grade, your paragraphs should be longer than three sentences, and your paper should have some "flow" to it.

Solid Waste Reduction

We are going to try to reduce our solid waste production for the next week and hopefully for a long time after. To do that, I need you to keep track of what you throw away, and what you keep.
1. What do you think you can do without? What do you think you can save during the day?
2. What are some changes you would have to make to your day?
3. What types of changes can you not make?
4. What items would you need to reduce your solid waste output?

We will start back to the "regularly scheduled program" next week. That means that you will have to bring in your current books and I will give you solar system books. All books must be returned by Wednesday.

Climate Homework

Tonight this is your homework. Click on this link and complete the questions. If you dont have a printer, you can just answer the questions on a seperate sheet of paper.

Welcome Back

This is the last week of the third quarter. I have been updating grades. I will do more on that during this week. If you are missing something, or you see an error in your grades. Make sure you let me know with enough time to fix it.

I feel that I didn't get to see you guys all week! Two classes this week does not cut it. In the next two weeks or so, we are going to cover some information about Global Climate Change. We hear about it in the media and all over the place, but it seems that many people do not know what it is at all. I think with some research, discussion and a cool project or two, we will hopefully gain a better understanding of the idea of Climate Change. Lets keep an open mind, and look at the facts.