Astronomy Playlist: Wonder More!

Teach Speech: Instruct AND Encourage Wonder! Due Monday, March 31

Use Microsoft PowerPoint (save as 97-2003) or Google slides., or Prezi.com.
- Content should reflect YOUR understanding. Do not copy and paste from the Internet (this is plagiarizing).
- Keep the design very basic and simple. It shall not distract.
- Pick an easy to read font face.
- Consistently use the same font face and sizes on all slides.
- Keywords only. No sentences! No paragraphs!
- No more than six bullet points per page.
- Use images to reinforce or complement your message, not to decorate.
- Use images to visualize and explain. Talk about your pictures. Gesture.
Cite all images below the actual image, whether from Microsoft clip art or a website.
- No animations or useless graphics. (School computers are slow.)
- Have a title slide, table of contents slide, organized content slides, and a source slide.
- Practice! Be prepared!
- Know your slides inside out.
- Never read your slides; talk freely.
- Know how to pronounce all words. Dictionary.com will pronounce most words for you.
- Speak with confidence – loud and clear.
- Don’t speak too fast. You are not giving your speech for yourself. You are giving your speech to teach OTHERS what you learned.
- Maintain eye contact with the audience.
- Bibliography (source slide) should include at least three sources. One must be a book.
- Relax! You made an INTERESTING presentation. We will enjoy it and learn from it! :)
- Presentation should be 3-5 minutes long.
- Include a 'Clap, Clap, Discuss' during your talk.

Astronomy Vocabulary: What do YOU wonder about?

A albedo Alpha Centauri apastron aperature aphelion apogee asterism asteroid astronaut astronomer astronomical unit astronomy axial tilt azimuth B background radiation Bailey's beads big bang theory binary star black body black hole bolometer C celestial celestial equator cislunar cluster comet conjunction constellation coriolis force cosmic rays corona cosmology cosmonaut cosmos crater crescent moon D dark matter day declination deep space Deneb density docking Doppler shift double star Drake equation dust dwarf planet dwarf star E Earth earthbound eccentricity eclipse ecliptic elliptical orbit equinox escape velocity event horizon exoplanet extragalaxtic F falling star flare flyby free fall full moon G galaxy gamma ray gas giant gegenschein geostationary geosynchronous gibbous moon globular cluster gravitation gravitational constant gravitational lens gravity H half moon heliocentric hydrogen helium H-R diagram Hubble telescope Hubble's law hyperbolic orbit hypernova I ice giant inclination inertia inferior planets inner planets interstellar interstellar dust ionosphere J Jupiter K Kepler's laws kiloparsec Kirkwood gaps Kuiper belt L Lagrange points lens light-year local arm local group lunar M magnitude mare Mars mass Mercury meteor meteor shower meteorite meteoroid Milky Way minor planet Mir moon muttnik N nadir NASA nebula Neptune neutron star new moon north star nova O observatory occultation Oort cloud opposition orbit orbital eccentricity orbital inclination outer planets P parallax parsec partial eclipse penumbra perigee perihelion perturbation phase plane of the ecliptic planet planetary nebula planetoid Pluto pole star precession probe pulsar Q quarter moon quasar R radiant radiation red dwarf red giant star red shift revolve right ascension rings Roche limit rocket S satellite Saturn scientific notation scintillation shooting star solar sidereal singularity sky solar solar system solar wind solstice space space exploration space station spectroscope S cont. spectrum Sputnik star starlight sun sunspot superior planets supernova synodic syzygy T telemetry telescope terminator terrestrial total eclipse totality transit translunar transneptunians twinkling U umbra universe Uranus V vacuum Van Allen belt variable star Venus vernal equinox visual magnitude W waning wavelength waxing weightlessness white dwarf white giant wormhole X x-rays y yellow dwarf Z zenith zodiac

Solving Equations

Boston Massacre Activity

http://bostonhistory.org/sub/bostonmassacre/game.html

Pi Day Videos

Lapbook / Evolution Resources

Lapbook templates link

PBS - Evolution

AGI Evolution Resources

Keeping track of student progress/homework