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Notes and Warmups
Notes and Warmups
Flipped Classroom Model:
Flipped Classroom Model:
I upload all of my notes to YouTube and embed in EdPuzzle. I then use "vocab packets" which never go home. They remain in class, and students must work together to apply their knowledge.
Labs and Activities
Labs and Activities
This section is based upon labs that begin with the scale of the universe and progress to using the coordinate systems of Altitude and Azimuth. Most all lessons have a lesson for grades 7-9 and a second for 10-12.
How Big?
How Big?
Celestial Sphere and Sky Motion:
Celestial Sphere and Sky Motion:
This requires a simulation, and the following activity is a drawing identification of locations on the Celestial Sphere
Reading Star Charts and Star Wheels:
Reading Star Charts and Star Wheels:
This sequence requires a simple star finder.
Seasons
Seasons
There are two versions-one requiring Vernier Luminosity sensors, and one without. This is best done with an incandescent light, however I have made do with heat lamps pointed at the ceiling.
Parallax Lab
Parallax Lab
This lab introduces students to the concept of using parallax to measure stellar distances.
This simulator is awesome
Sun Dial:
Sun Dial:
This is adapted from a NASA sundial lesson
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