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Students will have an opportunity to learn about the different types of stars, their life stages, and relate them to Hertzsprung-Russell (H-R) diagram. Here, students will explore how the H-R diagram shows the relationship between the star’s surface temperature and … Continue reading →

Students will have an opportunity to learn about the different types of galaxies, their content, and their characteristics. Moreover, students will understand the reason behind looking at distant galaxies which reveals what young galaxies looked like at one time in … Continue reading →

Students will have an opportunity to reinforce a few phases of the moon, along with the eclipses that we have learned, as well as the winter and summer solstices with the autumnal and spring equinoxes. Students will research each variable … Continue reading →

Students will have an opportunity to learn about stars in terms of their colors, compositions, and magnitudes. The latter will be based upon the apparent brightness and absolute brightness. Moreover, we will identify how astronomers measure the distance to the … Continue reading →

Students are expected to complete their graphic organizers on our small solar bodies by the end of the period on Thursday. Each term or concept must focus on its explanation, a meaningful sentence, its relationship to other variables in space, … Continue reading →

Students will have an opportunity to learn about the Earth’s moon in terms of its formation, phases, and its role during the solar eclipse and lunar eclipse. Students are advised to reinforce our class discussion by re-reading their Cornell notes, … Continue reading →

Students feel free to open the PDF attachment to flip through the several pages for the answers of the review questions on pages 124-125 that the students answered in class on the Promethean board on Friday, as a chapter review! … Continue reading →

Please read the flyer below from the City of Dearborn regarding a “Free Smoke Alarm & Installation.” Free Smoke Alarm & Installation

Note that if you are on the DC trip, you will be tested in class on Tuesday, with the rest of your hour! What to study? What to study? What to study? 1) Students are very highly recommended to study … Continue reading →

Students who are scheduled to head on the DC trip on Wednesday Through Friday, here is the assignments that the remaining students will be participating in: Wednesday: Using your textbook and class notes complete and turn in the data table … Continue reading →