Date



JANUARY 2010 Mr. McCracken ~ Ms. Wittenburg Periods 1,2,3,4,7
Jan 4	Mon			Classroom
Jan 5 CV 1-1	Tue	Our view of the Universe Assignment: Back of cover, read letter, Page 3 (top half) diagram of night sky	Apparent vs. Real, Website orientation, syllabus	Planetarium
Jan 6 CV 1-2	Wed	Celestial Motions / Celestial Sphere Assignment: Page 4, Questions 1,2,3,4 Construct the Dipper clock, bring in Thursday for class	Our view of the night sky Comparing our view with other locations on Earth Daily Motion - Rotation	Planetarium
Jan 7 CV 1-3	Thur	Celestial Motions: Effect on observations	Daily Motion: Causes some constellations to be "Circumpolar" / Tour of circumpolar constellations	Planetarium
Jan 8 CV 1-4	Fri	Celestial Motions: Effect on observations	Annual Motion: Rotation Seasonal Constellations	Planetarium
Date	Day	Class	Topic / Discussion	Meet
Jan 11 CV 1-5	Mon	Celestial Motions Assignment: Page 5, Read and complete Questions	Planetary Motion: Wandering Stars	Planetarium
Jan 12 CV 1-6	Tue	Zodiac Constellations Assignment: Worksheet 3 in back of packet #1,2,3,4	Ecliptic Path: Apparent path of the Sun, Moon and wandering stars	Planetarium
Jan 13 CV 1-7	Wed	Famous Astronomers Assignment: Finish Famous Faces worksheet	Who figured it all out? Students guest speak for famous astronomers	Planetarium
Jan 14	Thur			Classroom
Jan 15	Fri			Classroom
Date	Day	Class	Topic / Discussion	Meet
Jan 18	Mon			School Closed
Jan 19	Tue			Parent Conferences
Jan 20 CV 2-2	Wed	The Night Sky Assignment: Definitions for Zenith, Meridian and Horizon	Star Maps	Planetarium
Jan 21 CV 2-3	Thur	More Than Meets the Eye	Comparative views of Naked eye, binoculars, telescopes and astrophotography	Planetarium
Jan 22 CV 2-4	Fri	The Night Sky	All Star Sky Search	McCracken-Planetarium Whittenburg-Classroom
Date	Day	Class	Topic / Discussion	Meet
Jan 25 CV 2-4	Mon	The Night Sky	All Star Sky Search	Whittenburg-Planetarium McCracken-Classroom
Jan 26	Tue			Classroom
Jan 27	Wed			School Closed
Jan 28	Thur			Classroom
Jan 29 CV 2-5	Fri	Tools of Exploration Assignment: Locate Mars in night sky. Download star map at: skymaps.com & check out www.skyviewcafe.com	Binoculars Telescopes Web Resources Observatories	Planetarium
Date	Day	Class	Topic / Discussion	Meet
Feb 1 CV2-5	Thur	Lunar Odyssey	Trip to the Moon	Planetarium
Feb 2 CV3-1	Fri	Lunar Review	Mare, Craters and Rays	Planetarium
Feb 3 CV3-1	Wed	The Milky Way	Constellations of the Milky Way	Planetarium
Feb 4 CV3-2	Thur	The Milky Way	Parts of our Galaxy, views of other galaxies, our place in space.	Planetarium
Feb 5 CV3-3	Fri	Observers Log	Final Activity	Planetarium





















GRADE 6 SCIENCE CLASSES Mr. Corcoran ~ Mr. Haley Periods 1,2,3,4,5 (2009)
Date	Day	Class	Topic / Discussion	Meet
Dec 4 2009 CV 1-1	Fri	Our view of the Universe Assignment: Back of cover, read letter, Page 3 (top half) diagram of night sky	Apparent vs. Real, Website orientation, syllabus	Planetarium
Date	Day	Class	Topic / Discussion	Meet
Dec 7	Mon			Classroom
Dec 8 CV 1-2	Tue	Celestial Motions / Celestial Sphere Assignment: Page 4, Questions 1,2,3,4	Our view of the night sky Comparing our view with other locations on Earth Daily Motion - Rotation	Planetarium
Dec 9 CV 1-3	Wed	Celestial Motions: Effect on observations Construct the Dipper clock, bring in Friday for class use	Daily Motion: Causes some constellations to be "Circumpolar" / Tour of circumpolar constellations	Planetarium
Dec 10	Thur			Classroom
Dec 11 CV 1-4	Fri	Celestial Motions: Effect on observations	Annual Motion: Rotation Seasonal Constellations	Planetarium
Date	Day	Class	Topic / Discussion	Meet
Dec 14 CV 1-5	Mon	Celestial Motions Assignment: Page 6, Question # 1,a,b,c,e,f	Planetary Motion: Wandering Stars	Planetarium
Dec 15 CV 1-6	Tue	Zodiac Constellations Assignment: Worksheet 2 in back of packet -- Complete March, April and May sights	Ecliptic Path: Apparent path of the Sun, Moon and wandering stars	Planetarium
Dec 16 CV 1-7	Wed	Famous Astronomers Assignment: Finish Famous Faces worksheet	Who figured it all out? Students guest speak for famous astronomers	Planetarium
Dec 17	Thur	Tis' the Season	Laskey 2,3,4,6,7 Wittenberg 2,3,4,7	Planetarium
Dec 18	Fri	Tis' the Season	Purnell 2,3,4,5 / Roberts 2,3,4,5,7	Planetarium

Last Updated 1/11/09