Deep Impact!

Monday - looking at different locations, pictures, and age of several different impact craters.  During the last several minutes of class, we will watch the I-MOVIE called Deep Impact, which will spark the students’ interest in impact craters.  

Tuesday - different crater features, such as width, depth, ejectile patterns, and relation to impact energy. 

Wednesday - students will use Landsat to indirectly find and measure craters

Thursday - students will use Landsat to indirectly find and measure craters

Friday - Crater Features:  width, depth, ejectile patterns, relation to impact energy

Monday - Crater Features:  Finding Craters with Landsat (direct/indirect measurements)

Tuesday - Crater Features:  Finding Craters with Landsat (direct/indirect measurements)

Wednesday - Substrate:  Soft/Hard

Thursday - Review, Assessment:  Quiz

Friday - Meteorites:  Size:  size distribution, mass, volume, surface area

Monday - Meteorites:  Density:  math-tie-ins

Tuesday - Meteorites:  Composition:  Iridium, effects of different compositions

Wednesday - Meteorites:  Speed:  relative to planet it hits, math-tie-ins

Thursday - Meteorites:  Atmosphere:  presence, absence, atmospheres on other planets

Friday - Meteorites:  Energy:  relationship between mass, speed, energy

Monday - Effects:  Erosion:  water, wind

Tuesday - Mission:  Introduction

Review

Wednesday - Assessment:  Quiz

Thursday - Modeling craters:  Experimentation

Friday - Modeling craters:  Experimentation

Monday - Modeling craters:

Conclusions/New Hypothesis

Tuesday - Modeling Craters:

Building own Impacts

Wednesday - Modeling Craters: 

Conclusions, comparing ideas among students

Thursday - Effects of deep impacts:

K-T impact

Friday - Effects of deep impacts:

Research

Work on presentations

Monday - Effects of deep impacts:

Drawing conclusions

Work on presentations

Tuesday –   Work on presentations

Wednesday – Practice presentations

Thursday – Presentations

Friday - Presentations