OBJECTIVE:  I will relate some VERY interesting bits of information about a very interesting object in our solar system during today's class.

WORD FOR TODAY:

• solar nebula (star nursery)
• super nova (exploding star)
• Sol ("Our Sun")
• Asteroid ("Rocks in space" otherwise known as "Flying Potatoes" )
• Comet ("A dirty snowball")
• Meteor ("Rocks falling to Earth")
• Moon ("A rocky body orbiting a planet")
• Planet ("A spherical body orbiting a star")
  • Mercury
  • Venus
  • Earth
  • Mars
  • Jupiter *(has rings!)
  • Saturn *(has rings!)
  • Uranus *(has rings!)
  • Neptune *(has rings!)
• Dwarf Planet:
  • Pluto
  • Eris
  • Haumea
• Astronomical Unit (1 AU = 150,000,000 km = ~ 100,000,000 miles)

Thea ("Smacked into Earth, nearly destroying our planet")

OBSERVATIONS: Looking NASTY for the next few nights -- stay tuned

WORK O' THE DAY: 

I'll give you about 15 - 20 minutes to finish your work then we'll stand and deliver (in an intriguing, interesting, provocative and non-facts-and-figures kinda way!