Galaxies, Stars and Space - 10/14 to 10/26
Post date: Oct 14, 2015 5:32:25 PM
Keywords
Warm-ups
10/14 Make a Venn diagram comparing galaxy to star.
10/19 Make a Venn diagram comparing galaxy and solar system.
10/20 List the top seven keywords from LARGEST to smallest.
10/21 List the colors of the rainbow in order.
10/22 Make a Venn diagram comparing absolute magnitude to apparent magnitude.
10/23 Make a Venn diagram to compare neutron stars to black holes.
10/26 Describe how Protostellar Disks form.
Objectives
Galaxy (SS p. 8)
Star
Universe (SS p. 11)
Superclusters
light-year (SS p. 10)
Solar system (SS p. 7)
planet
Apparent Magnitude
Absolute Magnitude
Electromagnetic Spectrum (SS p. 188)
Nebula (SS p.21)
Main-sequence star (SS p. 35)
white dwarf (SS p. 31)
supernova (SS p. 32)
Assignments Due
SS Unit 1 Lesson 1 Structure of the Universe - 10/19
Galaxy Zoo using zoo3.galaxyzoo.org - 10/16
Star Finder - 10/21
SS U1L2 Stars - 10/22
SS U1L3 Life Cycle of Stars - 10/26
Life Cycle of Stars Project - 10/27
Portfolio: 9/24 to 10/26 - 10/28
Quiz: Stars and Galaxies -10/28
Describe the structure of the universe.
Describe the scale and distances between objects in the universe
Be able to describe the different types of stars and their physical properties.
Explain the possible life cycle of stars depending on their mass.
Advanced Due
At least 1 page of Present Technology and 1 page of History written with parenthetical citations or footnotes. Bibliography should contain at least 4 properly cited sources. - 10/23
Websites
Galaxy Zoo - galaxyzoo.org - At Galaxy Zoo you can help scientists classify the millions of images taken from the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). Some of the images may never have been seen by human eyes before.
zoo3.galaxyzoo.org , zoo2.galaxyzoo.org , zoo1.galaxyzoo.org - Archived versions with practice and more information.
Planetarium - neave.com - App that works like a star finder.
Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram Explorer - astro.unl.edu - Interactive H-R diagram.
The Doppler effect and red shift of galaxies - educationscotland - Animations describing redshift and the Doppler Effect.
A Short History of the Universe - sun.org - The Big Bang etc.
Stars - workshop.chromeexperiments.com - Displays the relationship of over 100,000 stars in our galaxy. Very cool!
Black Holes - hubblesite.org - Basics of black holes.