Tonight's Homework

Students should complete the "Can You Planet?" booklet we started in class.

What's Up for March 2012? (from the NASA website)

Mark your calendar for amazing planetary views this month as Mercury, Mars and Saturn put on a show in the western sky, Venus prepares to transit the sun and comet Garradd sticks around for its close-up.

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/index.html

Partial Solar Eclipse From Space - Feb. 21, 2012

On February 21, 2012, the Moon moved in between NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) satellite and the Sun (seen here in extreme ultraviolet light) and produced a partial solar eclipse from space. The SDO team observed the lunar transit, which began at about 8.10 am EST and ended about 10 am EST.