My Science Homework

Today was again run on a block schedule and a late start (9:30am) for finals - periods 5-7.  The finals are being graded today and PowerGrade updates will be complete by 4:00pm today.  The grades for the final exam as well as final Fall Semester grades will be posted by that time.
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Today was run on a block schedule with finals for periods 1-4.  All finals were graded today and the grades have been updated online and are available in the hallway outside of Room 20.  If you have any questions, please let me know ASAP. 
We will begin the new semester with the History of Astronomy presentations […]

Today’s class started with a discussion about our probabilities of a white Christmas.  As you can see by the above map, our historical odds (averaged over the 30-year period from 1970-2000) are between 11 and 25%.  I would currently place our odds on the high end of that range, as it does appear as though […]

After spending a few minutes at the start of class finalizing their project with their partner, students then worked to organize their study resources for the final exam.  Students spent the bulk of the class period getting resources together and tackling the short answer questions on the Final Exam Study Guide.
For an outline of the […]

Students continued gathering resources and researching their assigned topic for the History of Astronomy project in class today.  Most groups have completed their notes and are now on to the project construction phase.  Students were reminded that if they are completing a poster or a PowerPoint, they should do their best to keep the information […]

After discussing the ice storm and its impact on our schedule, we continued working on the research project.  We have bumepd the presentations for this project until AFTER BREAK.  That means we will continue to use in-class time to research and construct the project, but will not present the project to the class until January.
We […]

Today is another snow day.  Be sure to check back on previous posts for more information about the end-of-semester astronomy project and the final exam study guide.

No class today - refer to previous posts for links to useful information about upcoming projects and the final exam.  We’ll adjust our schedule as necessary when we return to class.

Will the upcoming ice storm be as crippling to our area as some forecasts indicate? Today we took time in class to analyze the current weather setup and also discuss how freezing rain forms. We then discussed the forecast, as well as the impact that 1-2 snow days would have on our project timeline (we’ll […]

After briefly discussing light pollution in class today, students tackled a quiz on the introductory astronomy concepts that we’ve covered over the last week and a half of class.  These concepts included how to read sky maps, the electromagnetic spectrum, and constellations.
We then completed the Astrolabe Post Lab - an exercise designed to allow students […]