The following is a list of supplies needed for THE A TEAM:
SUPPLIES:
- stapler (full-size for home or mini-size for school)
- four 3-ring binders, preferably in different colors (students may share
binders for subjects, as long as there are separate sections for each
subject)
- dividers for each binder
- loose-leaf paper (no spiral paper, please). Replenish as needed.
- 3 or more pens - blue or black (to be kept in binder).
- 3 or more #2 pencils with erasers (to be kept in binder).
- a scissors
- colored pencils - set of 8 or 12
- graph paper, small pack
- 3X5 index cards
- white out (FOR HOME USE ONLY)
- highlighters - 3 different colors
- a scientific calculator
- one metric/customary ruler
- one protractor
- one compass
- one box of tissues (to be handed in to the first TEAM member student sees
on day one)
- 2 marble composition books (one for ELA and one for math)
- Independent reading book (a book of your choice that you will read during
"down time")
VAN WYCK MISSION STATEMENT
The Van Wyck Junior High school faculty, staff, and administration, in
partnership with the parents, students, and community will provide a safe
and disciplined learning environment that promotes the academic,
intellectual,personal, and social development of our children.
EARTH SCIENCE VOCABUALARY:
Honors Earth Science EARTH IN SPACE –
Vocabulary
ALTITUDE = the angle of a celestial body above the observer’s horizon
APHELION = the point in a planet’s orbit that is farthest from the Sun
APOGEE = the point in the Moon’s elliptical orbit around the Earth where the
Moon is farthest from the Earth
APPARENT DIAMETER = how large an object looks, which depends upon its size
and distance from an observer
APPARENT SOLAR DAY = the time required for the Sun to go from its highest
point in
the sky on one day to its highest
point in the sky the next day
AZIMUTH = the distance of a celestial object, in degrees, measured clockwise
from the due north position
CELESTIAL SPHERE = an imaginary sphere encircling the Earth on which all
objects in the sky appear
ELLIPSE = a closed curve around two fixed points called foci
FULL MOON = the phase of the Moon when the entire lighted portion of the Moon
is facing the Earth
HORIZON = the line around the edge of the Earth where the celestial sphere
meets the Earth
PARALLELISM = the Earth’s axis remains parallel to its previous position as
the Earth revolves around the Sun; the Earth’s axis is always
pointing in the same direction
PERIGEE = the point in the Moon’s elliptical orbit around the Earth where the
Moon is closest from the Earth
PERIHELION = the point in a planet’s elliptical orbit that is closest to the
Sun
PHASES = the shape of the lighted portion of a celestial object; the amount
of the lighted portion seen varying in a cyclic fashion
SIDEREAL MONTH = the time it takes for the Moon to complete one revolution
around the Earth (27-1/3 days)
SYNODIC MONTH = the time it takes for the Moon to complete a cycle of phases
(29-1/2 days)
WANING = when the left hand portion of the Moon seems to shrink, as less and
less of the lighted portion becomes visible from Earth
WAXING = when the right hand portion of the Moon seems to “grow,” as more and
more of the lighted portion becomes visible from Earth
ZENITH = the point on a celestial sphere that is directly overhead with
respect to an observer (90°)
Honors Earth Science EARTH IN SPACE – Objectives
By the conclusion of this unit you should be able to:
1. Collect data on the motions of objects in the sky
2. Draw inferences about Earth motions and explain day & night and the
seasons
3. Analyze a model of the Earth & Sun, and create a model & evaluate it for
its applicability to explain day & night, and/or the seasons
4. Draw inferences about Earth motions from evidence such as the Coriolis
Effect And the Foucault pendulum
5. Draw inferences from celestial and terrestrial observations relating
frames of reference for time and Earth motion
6. Analyze models of the Earth, Moon, Sun and our solar system
7. Define the term LIGHT-YEAR and relate sizes and distances in our solar
system, a galaxy, and the universe
8. Use SCIENTIFIC NOTATION (powers of 10) to describe numers
9. Explain complex phenomena, such as tides, variations in day length,
apparent motion of the planets, solar insolation, and annual traverse of
the constellations
10. Describe current theories about the origin of the universe and the solar
system.
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