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Sunday, January 25, 2009

HEY KIDS! JUST SITTING HERE WORKING ON YOUR REPORT CARDS...HOPE YOU ARE ALL JUST SITTING THERE STUDYING FOR YOUR SKY SCIENCE UNIT EXAM MONDAY!!!! AND I ALSO HOPE SOME OF YOU ARE ALSO TAKING BREAKS FROM ALL YOUR STUDYING TO FINISH YOUR PLANET CARDS, REASONS FOR THE SEASONS PARAGRAPHS, AND SKY DETECTIVE FOLDERS TO HAND IN ON MONDAY!!!

HOMEWORK:

  • Math: work on your long division and division facts...we are finishing lesson 14 on Monday and you will have a division QUIZ on Tuesday!
  • Science: SKY SCIENCE UNIT EXAM Monday! Also, some of you have some overdue assignments due in Monday or else it will be too late....
  • Other: we are going to continue to work on the Student Reflection Sheets in advisor Monday so please continue to think about what you are good at and why, as well as what you are not as good at and why....

REMINDERS:

  • club bbal Monday am...see you @ 7:30am!
  • PE beep test Monday...girls you need to get a level 5 or better for a 10/10!
  • last day of term 2 is Tuesday...term 3 starts Wednesday!

BLOG ANSWER:

  • The galactic bulge... that's a tricky one that's for sure... from what I've been able to find...

A bulge is a concentration of stars and lots of dust in the center of a spiral galaxy. It is the oldest part of the galaxy and therefore contains the oldest stars and matter. This dust makes it hard to see and study. Using the 4m (159-inch) Telescope at the National Science Foundation's Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, Chile, and the Hydra spectrograph, they measured the speeds of nearly 3,000 stars, covering a swath in the bulge some 1 500 light years from the Galactic Center. The Galactic bulge, some 25 000 light years from the sun, is one of the oldest parts of the galaxy, yet it contains stars nearly as rich in metals as the Sun. Recent studies suggest that the bulge formed relatively quickly and was one of the first parts of the Galaxy to form. The bulge contains roughly 20 billion suns of material. WHY can't we see it from Earth? We can...but so faintly because it is surrounded by dust and so far away!

BLOG QUESTION (last one for Sky Science for a while...):

  • Let's say you go outside tonight and see the moon in its wanning crescent phase. What moon phase will you see in approximately 10-11 days?
  • Explain how you know this!

18 comments:

Anonymous said...

hey! gust checking but wheres the Q cuz i dont see it ;( (puzzled smile) SO see yah!

Anonymous said...

well it would be the 1st quarter i think.
See ya tomorrow

Anonymous said...

I would be waxing quarter to find that answere I counted 3 days for every phace till I got to 11 I startede with New moon because New moon is right after wanning crescent. See you tomorrow BYe!!!!

Anonymous said...

1st quarter cuz three days from the waning crescent is new moon three days after that(6days)is waxing crescent and another 3 days(12ish)would be 1st quarter

Anonymous said...

it be a first quarter going into a waxing gibbouse because if you say every 3 days it changes then if you count the days and name the phases thats what you get

Anonymous said...

1st quarter, cause I looked on my calender.

geronimo said...

i think 1 quoter.

Anonymous said...

i have no idea so i am nervous for the exam and beep test i dont no why though the beep test is easy!

Anonymous said...

either first quarter or gibbous moon
i looked on my mini calander

Anonymous said...

hi mrs.v
i think it would be the 1st quarter but im not 2 sure


see u on monday

kelsey

Anonymous said...

Hi Mrs.V!

I don't if I should answer the question because you posted yesterday and I don't know if that would change my answer.

I'm kinda confused does term 3 start tomorrow because I lost my agenda. ANYONE HELP ME PLEASE!!!!!!

See you tomorrow!

-Emily:)

:):):):):):):):):):)

Anonymous said...

it would just be ending the 1st quarter
later

Anonymous said...

just checking to see if there is a blog question.
see you tomorow

kelsey

Anonymous said...

Hey Mrs.V

It would be a first quarter and i know that cause every three days is a new phaseso i counted.

See you tomorrow

Shelbi

Anonymous said...

it would be the first quarter i figured this out by writing it down on a piece of paper

Anonymous said...

word mrs v

geronimo said...

why isent there a new blog question.

Anonymous said...

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