The Universe - 9/22 to 10/13
Post date: Sep 23, 2016 5:57:05 PM
Keywords
Warm-ups
9/22 Make a Venn diagram comparing Accuracy with Precision.
9/23 Describe the limitations and capabilities of electron scanning microscope. THIS IS A BUTTERFLY! - youtube.com
9/26 Put 300,000,000 m/s into Scientific Notation.
10/3 Use zoo3.galaxyzoo.org to complete Galaxy Zoo worksheet.
10/4 Make a Venn diagram comparing galaxy and solar system. (SS pgs. 7-11)
10/5 List the seven numbered keywords from LARGEST to smallest.
10/6 List the colors of the rainbow in order from the coldest to the hottest light. (SS p.22)
10/7 Make a Venn diagram comparing absolute magnitude to apparent magnitude.
10/10 Use the H-R Diagram to fill in the following table:
10/11 Describe how Protostellar Disks form. How do planets form? (SS pgs. 67 to 71)
10/12 Make a Venn diagram to compare neutron stars to black holes. (SS pg. 33)
Objectives
Precision
Accuracy
Scientific Notation (Old ES 735)
Galaxy (SS p. 8)
Star
Universe (SS p. 11)
Superclusters
light-year (SS p. 10)
Solar system (SS p. 7)
planet
Zenith (old ES p. 491)
Ecliptic (old ES p. 492)
Apparent Magnitude (SS p.20)
Absolute Magnitude (SS p. 21)
Electromagnetic Spectrum (SS p. 188)
Nebula (SS p.28)
Main-sequence star (SS p. 35)
white dwarf (SS p. 31)
supernova (SS p. 32)
Assignments Due
Measuring Length Activity - 9/23
Metric Conversions/SI Prefixes Length - 9/27
Scale of the Universe & Sci. Not. Practice - 9/29
Honors Option: Sci. Notation Math - 9/30
Quiz: Models, Maps and Metric - 9/30
SS Unit 1 Lesson 1 Structure of the Universe - 10/5
Galaxy Zoo using zoo3.galaxyzoo.org - 10/4
Star Finder - 10/7
SS U1L2 Stars - 10/11
SS U1L3 Life Cycle of Stars - 10/12
Life Cycle of Stars Project - 10/13
Quiz: Stars and Galaxies -10/13
Honors Option: My Favorite Constellation - 10/17
Identify common SI units and prefixes.
Convert measurements between SI prefixes.
Convert Scientific Notation into decimal and back again.
Associate metric prefixes with scientific notation.
Appreciate the relative size of things throughout the universe.
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
Honors Option: Sci. Notation Math - 9/30
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. - 10/19
Web Links
Scale of the Universe 2 - Best Scale of the Universe ever! The slider on the screen zooms in and out with more precision than the mouse. Pressing CTRL = will help make the app fill the screen.
NOVA: Hunting the Edge of Space, Part 1- pbs.org
NOVA: Hunting the Edge of Space, Part 2 - pbs.org
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.
Color Vision - phet.colorado.edu - Interactive shows how red, green and blue light can be mixed to get any color.
Blackbody Spectrum - phet.colorado.edu - Interactive shows the relationship between color and temperature of a light source.
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.
Sleeping Black Hole Awakens to Devour Doomed Star - space.com
