Unit 2   ASTRONOMY

 

Story 1:   Galileo

           Syllables                             Words                                  Spanish       

 

con-stel-la-tion                         constellation                        constelacion  

ce-les-tial                                 celestial                               celestial, celeste

ap-pa-ra-tus                             apparatus                            aparato

ex-tra-or-di-na-ry                     extraordinary        

in-ter-ro-ga-tion                        interrogation       

 

Story 2:   Telescopes

            Syllables                             Words                                  Spanish       

gal-ax-y                                   galaxy 

u-ni-verse                                universe

bod-ies                                    bodies                                 cuerpo, materia

fre-quen-cy                              frequency 

rev-o-lu-tion-ize                        revolutionize

 

Story 3:      The Heavenly Zoo

            Syllables                             Words                                  Spanish       

an-ces-tors                               ancestors     

heav-ens                                   heavens                        cielo, paraiso

vain                                          vain                              vano, inutil, presumido

su-mon-ing                               summoning                   convocar, citar, reunir

at-ten-dants                               attendants                    acompañante, sirviente

 

Story 4:  Circles, Squares, and Daggers

      Syllables                             Words                                  Spanish       

as-tro-nom-i-cal                                  astronomical                astronomico

ob-ser-va-tor-ies                                 observatories               observatorio

ho-ri-zon                                            horizon                        horizonte, capa, 

car-bon dat-ing                                   carbon dating               fechamiento de carbono

ar-chae-o-as-tron-o-my                       archaeoastronomy        arqueoastronomia

pe-tro-glyphs                                      petroglyphs                  petroglifico

 

Story 5:  The Mystery of Mars

     Syllables                             Words                                    Spanish       

 

 ge-o-lo-gist                                geologist                             geologia

 or-gan-ic                                    organic                                organico

 me-te-o-rite                                meteorite                              meteorito

 in-ter-pla-ne-tary                         interplanetary                       interplanetario

 at-mo-sphere                              atmosphere                         atmosfera, ambiente

 

 

Story 6:  Stars

     Syllables                                 Words                                  Spanish       

 

 par-ti-cles                                   particles                           particula

 vi-si-ble                                      visible                              visible, evidente

 glo-bu-lar                                   globular                            globular, esferico

 ne-bu-la                                     nebula                               nebulosa

 var-i-a-ble                                  variable                             variable, inestable

 

 

Story 7:  The Book that Saved the Earth

 

     Syllables                                Words                                  Spanish             

 

  er-a                                             era                                   era, epoca

  in-sig-ni-fi-cant                            insignificant                      insignificante, trivial

  prim-i-tive                                   primitive                           primitivo, rudimentario

  pan-to-mime                               pantomime                        pantomima        

  cease                                          cease                                cesar, suspender