DeKalb Middle School Weekly Lesson Plan

Teacher: Angela Johnson

Week of: January 16th-20th

Subject: Science

Target Students: ______Students with Special Needs: ______

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Day/Date / Big Idea/
Goals / Lesson Activities /
Bell Work Exit Ticket / Standards
Monday / NO SCHOOL
Tuesday / Focus:
The Life Cycle of Stars / Chapter 8, Section 2 Continued
Watch: brain pop
Vocabulary: red giant, shite dwarf, H-R diagram, main sequence, supernova, neutron star, pulsar, black hole
Stations: Poster project/galaxies / When you look at white light through a glass prism, you see a rainbow of colors called a: a. spectrograph b. spectrum c. parallax d. light-year (b) / Compare apparent motion with actual motion. (Apparent due to Earth’s rotation, actual or true is very hard to see because stars are so far from Earth. / 0607.3, 0607.5, 0607.t/e.1, 0607.6.1
Wednesday / Focus:
Galaxies / Chapter 8, Section 3 notes
Watch: Learn 360/Brain pop
Stations: Venn diagram
Vocabulary: galaxy, nebula, globular cluster, open cluster, quasar / Explain how color of a star is related to the temperature of a star. (color is direct result of its temperature) / Arrange the following galaxies in order of decreasing size: spiral, giant elliptical, and dwarf elliptical and irregular. (giant elliptical, spiral, irregular and dwarf elliptical) / 0607.5, 0607.1
Thursday / Focus:
Galaxies / Chapter 8, Section 3 notes
Watch: Learn 360/Brain pop
Stations: Venn diagram
Vocabulary: galaxy, nebula, globular cluster, open cluster, quasar / The sun is: a. white dwarf b. main-sequence c. red giant d. red dwarf (b) / Define galaxy and nebula. (Galaxy- collection of stars, dust and gas bound together by gravity. Nebula-large cloud of dust and gas in interstellar space) / 0607.5, 0607.1
Friday / Focus:
Stars, Galaxies, Universe / Chapter 8, complete notes
Study for vocabulary test on Monday
Station: Kahoots / Arrange the following stages in order of their appearance in the life cycle of a star: white dwarf, red giant, and main-sequence (main-sequence, red giant and white dwarf) / Define globular cluster and open cluster. Globular cluster-tight group of stars that looks like a ball open cluster-a group of stars that are close together relative to surrounding stars) / 0607.5, 0607.1
0607.3, 0607.5, 0607.t/e.1, 0607.6.1