Week in Review

This week we discussed planetary motion, including simplifying Kepler's 3 laws of planetary motion. We also discussed the causes of day and night as well as the changes in the seasons.

We added the following pages with Essential Questions to our notebooks:

p. 84 EQ What is the difference between rotation and revolution? Describe the 3 laws of planetary motion (Kepler's Laws).

p. 85 Vocabulary and section Summary Skills worksheet "Planetary Motion"

p. 86 EQ What causes season? How does latitude affect the amount of seasonal change than an area experiences?

p. 87 Directed Reading "Section: Days and Seasons on Earth"

p. 88 EQ What causes equinoxes and solstices?

p. 89 BrainPop handout on Equinoxes and Solstices.

Pages 88 and 89 are incomplete. We just started them on Friday and did not have a chance to complete them.