This site is no longer being updated. New updates are available through the student CANVAS login. These are notes from a previous semester. The sequence and day to day lesson schedule has changed. Notes for the current semester can be found in our Canvas course. Unit 5: Stars Check out the Files page to see PowerPoints from Unit 4. (Scroll down to the Unit 4 folder.) Day 1: Stellar Formation & the Sun HR Diagram Video
Day 4: The Death of Stars
Day 6: Binary Stars
Day 7: Review, The Universe: Supernovas Day 8: Unit 4 Test Unit 1: Motions & Seasons Check out the Files page to see PowerPoints from Unit 1. (Scroll down to the Unit 1 folder.) Day 1: Intro to Astronomy.
Day 2: Measurements in Space
Day 3: Parallax & Magnitude
Day 4: Lunar Phases & Eclipses
Day 5: Constellations & Position
Day 6: Kinesthetic Astronomy
Day 7:Review & Vocabulary Day 8: Unit 1 Test Unit 5: Galaxies & The Milky Way Check out the Files page to see PowerPoints from Unit 5. (Scroll down to the Unit 5 folder.) Day 1: Galaxy Classification & The Milky Way
Day 2: Scale of the Milky Way
Day 3: Galactic Redshift & Hubble's Law Day 4: The Universe: Big Bang & Beyond Day 5: Hypotheses, Theories, Laws. Cosmology. Day 6: Review Day 5: Unit 5 Test Unit 3: The Solar System Check out the Files page to see PowerPoints from Unit 3. (Scroll down to the Unit 3 folder.) Day 1: Intro to Solar System
Day 2: Solar System Research Day 3: The Universe: 7 Secrets of the Solar System Day 4: Extra-solar Planets Day 5: Solar System Presentations & Review Day 6: Unit 3 Test Check the course calendar for more details. Unit 2: History & Science of Astronomy Check out the Files page to see PowerPoints from Unit 2. (Scroll down to the Unit 2 folder.) Day 1: History of Astronomy- Greeks to Copernicus.
Day 2: History of Astronomy- Johannes Kepler.
Day 3: History of Astronomy- Isaac Newton
Day 3: Light & EM Spectrum
Day 4: Doppler Effect (redshift, blueshift)
Day 5:Review Day 6: Test Unit 2: History & Science of Astronomy Check out the Files page to see PowerPoints from Unit 2. (Scroll down to the Unit 2 folder.) Day 1: History of Astronomy- Greeks to Copernicus.
Day 2: History of Astronomy- Kepler & Newton.
Day 3: The Universe: Gravity Day 4: Light & EM Spectrum
Day 5: Doppler Effect (redshift, blueshift)
Day 6: Review Day 7: Test |
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