Chervantis Lee
EDU 501
Dr. Kelleher
November 26, 2016
Three Ungraded Formative Assessments
Exit Slips
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Write one thing you learned today.
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Write one thing you found interesting.
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Write one thing you still have a question about.
Think Pair share
You will partner in groups of five. Each group will have a question that they have to answer. You will be given five minutes to answer question. You must select a spokesperson for your group to discuss what your groups come up with.
1. Now that Pluto is no longer included, how many planets are there left in the Solar System?
2. What is the smallest planet I the Solar System?
3. Triton is the largest moon of what planet?
4. What is the brightest planet in the bright sky?
5. Phobos and Deimos
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The moon has many phases and you will get to know them all. You will discover the connection between the moons’ phases and the relative positions of the moon, Earth, and sun. You will explore how the moon’s illuminated surface seems to grow and shrink over the course of a month. You will learn the difference between crescent and gibbous, and follow the moon’s journey from new moon to full moon and back again.
1. The word "waxing" can replace the first word of which phrase?
2. Which term describes the relationship between wax and wane?
3. Which hypothetical scenario would result in the moon not having different phases?
4. How much of the moon's bright side can you see during a new moon?
5. Which of the following phenomena never affects the moon's phase?
6. What can you logically conclude about the relationship between full moons and lunar eclipses?
7. Piloting a ship by moonlight is most difficult during which phase?
8. Without any other information, which of these terms best describes the moon in this image?
9. Place the following phases of the moon in the correct sequence: A)waxing crescent B) Waning gibbous C) Third quarter moon
10. How does the length of a lunar month compare to the average length of a month in a standard 365-day calendar?
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It takes a little more than 27 days for the Moon to complete one orbit. This can be seen with monthly observations; the Moon is always on the same side of the Earth but varies in its distance, position. This occurs because it takes less than a month for the Moon to complete one orbit.
... sticks. When the activity is done it leaves a hardened textured surface and you can see bits of yellow showing through. During this activity you can discuss the different shapes of the moon, where the moon light comes from and what the moon is made of.
The surface of the moon is scarred with millions of impact craters. There is no atmosphere on the moon to help protect it from bombardment from potential impactors (most objects from space burn up in the Earth's atmosphere). Also, there is no erosion (wind or water) and little geologic activity to wear away these craters, so they remain unchanged until another new impact changes it. These craters range in size up to many hundreds of kilometers, but the most enormous craters have been flooded by lava, and only parts of the outline are visible. The total area of the moon is 37 930 000 square kilometers.
Petruccio claims the moon is shining brightly in the middle of the day. Kate f...
New Moon or Dark Moon is when the Moon is directly between the Earth and the Sun and therefor hidden. This is a time of new beginnings and new undertakings. It usually last three and a half days. The Moon's un-illuminated side is facing the Earth. The Moon will not visible
The Formative Assessment consists of a tear out exercise for you to complete and submit as part of your Portfolio of Evidence. This activity has been designed around the specific outcomes of your unit standards, and will assist in showing areas where you may need more help, as well as where your strengths are. Upon completion of the test, submit this as your Formative Assessment.
In conclusion we have now learned all the phases of the moon, just as an astronomer would have done! The moon is not always in the same place in the sky each day/night. Sometimes we see the moon in the daytime. Sometimes we see the moon at night, and on special occasions we may not see the moon at all. This all depends on the pattern of changes observed, and the illuminated portion of the visible moon.
The reason the moon appears to change color is due to the reflection of visible light coming from the sun. Because the moon has no light of its own it relies on the reflected light of the sun to create moonlight and change color. The reflection of light coming from the sun cause’s the moon to appear as if it is changing color because as the sun’s light rays travel through
The moon is probably the most noticeable object outside of earth atmosphere besides the sun. There are a great number of facts about the moon. Most of these facts include size and distance of the moon compared to the Earth. Our moon's proper name is "Luna". Luna is 238,900 miles away from earth, and 27% smaller than earth. The moon is the most studied object outside of earths atmosphere. Luna is the only naturally made object that humans have set foot on besides earth.
In week 7 our seminar leader allocated us into smaller groups of six to work together, get together and to start preparing for the mock debate in week 9 and the debate in week 10. When we started to get alone with each other, it was seen that it is not going to be easy to achieve our goals, not just because in our group had a strong activist, reflector, theorist and pragmatist, but we also needed to face some solvable difficulties as our first meeting of the week was cancelled by problem like the lack of communication, miscommunication and the ability to listen to another.
The moon shows different phases as it moves along its orbit around the earth. Half the moon is always in sunlight, just as half the earth has day while the other half has night. The phases of the moon depend on how much of the sunlit half can be seen at any one time. In the new moon, the face is completely in shadow. About a week later, the moon is in first quarter, resembling a half-circle; another week later, the full moon shows its fully lighted surface; a week afterward, in its last quarter, the moon appears as a half-circle again. The entire cycle is repeated each lunar month, which is approximately 29.
The Moon, of course, has been known since prehistoric times. It is the second brightest object in the sky after the Sun. As the Moon orbits around the Earth once per month, the angle between the Earth, the Moon and the Sun changes; we see this as the cycle of the Moon's phases. The time between successive new moons is 29.5 days (709 hours), slightly different from the Moon's orbital period (measured against the stars) since the Earth moves a significant distance in its orbit around the Sun in that time.
Our solar system has eight planets, their moons and satellites, and they are all orbiting the Sun. The eight planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Pluto used to be the ninth planet but IAU changed the definition of planet and Pluto did not meet the standards so it is now a Dwarf planet.
These moon rocks that the astronauts collected were taken back to Earth for study. They revealed tons of information about the moon and how old it actually is. Moon rocks collected by Apollo astronauts from that 1st moon landing contain evidence that the moon's interior is bone dry, contrary to some more recent reports, say researchers. The conclusion is based on a new