I. Introduction to the Solar System

What do and don't you know? :) slides

a. Telescopes slides ; pdf completed notes

b. Space travel slides

Space travel Quizizz

c. Big Bang slides

Telescopes, travel, Big Bang note sheet

Introduction to Astronomy kahoot

How the Greeks knew the Earth was a sphere-by Carl Sagan

Pale "halos" around fractures in bedrock analyzed by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover contain copious silica, indicating that ancient Mars had liquid water for a long time. 5/2017

Early science results from NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter portray the largest planet in our solar system as a complex, gigantic, turbulent world, with Earth-sized polar cyclones, plunging storm systems that travel deep into the heart of the gas giant, and a mammoth, lumpy magnetic field that may indicate it was generated closer to the planet’s surface than previously thought. 5/2017

Astronomers Spot Most Distant

Galaxy—At Least For Now

Venus' atmosphere

TEDtalk:

Stephen Petranek: Your kids might live on Mars. Here's how they'll survive

April 2016

Cassini Spacecraft: Top Discoveries burned up Friday, Sept 15, 2017 in Saturn's atmosphere to protect the planet's moons

Everything you need to know about Proxima b, the Earth-like planet within our reach

Red supergiant and its' layers

Sun slides

Sun notes ch 26; pdf completed notes

Sun quizizz

Solar System project (planet statistics --> exoplanets)

Rubric

Earth slides

Earth notes p70; pdf completed notes

Moon stations/slides

Moon notes ch25; pdf completed notes

Earth and Moon worksheet to accompany simulations

Excellent Simulations for more examples

Solar System slides

Outer body slides

The universe is bigger than we thought. Much bigger

Voyager 1 just fired up some thrusters for the first time in 37 years