| day |
what
we did in class |
reading |
written
assignments due |
| tuesday
3/30 |
morning:
what is life: morning: find and read an interesting article on astrobiology; write summary afternoon: how to determine planetary temperature |
1 |
characteristics
of life |
| wednesday
3/31 |
morning:
condensation&accretion theory: how temperature determines a) planetary composition b) planetary size/mass morning: early earth evolution morning: how to find your planet in the sky: work on the computer (The Sky software) morning: work on extremophile examples (computers) afternoon: group work on early atmosphere epochs (resource LitU: 4(3) 4(4: the greenhouse effect. the carbon dioxide cycle, long-term climate change, ice ages) afternoon: group presentations on atmospheric epochs afternoon: discussion of extreme conditions and terrestrial extremophiles |
extremophiles:
3(5), formation & early history of earth: 4(2,3) habiltability zones: 9 |
summary/review
of an interesting astrobiology article determination of "your planet's" temperature |
thursday, april 1 |
9 - 10 am: earth history timeline 10 - 11 am: heredity 11 - 12 am: article on Snowball Earth; read and meet with group partners 1 - 2 pm: big presentation next week 2 pm - 3:30 pm: comp time for planetarium trip 6:10 meet at Watts entrance for trip to planetarium |
section 3.2, 3.4 |
printout of your star/planet finding chart where does the atmospheric N2 and Ar come from? (be specific!) when did N2 take over from CO2 as the major constituent of the atmosphere? why did this happen? chapter 4 & 5: prepare for timeline "quiz" on what happened in the various eons |
| 9
- 10 Mars
and water and carbon dioxide 10 - 11 organic chemistry 11 - 12 work on big presentation 1 - 2 2 - 3:30 pm: Snowball Earth presentations |
sections
7(1,2) |
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