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Notes

Contains notes I wrote for class.  Warning! These are not necessarily complete.  They contain only a subset of the material that you should be learning so don't rely on them completely!

Links

Contains Astronomy related links that I found interesting, but not necessarily pertinent to class work.

September 2011 

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

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4 5 Labor Day 6  School Begins! 

Introduction & Overview.
Distribute Books.

Assign Remotes

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8 Video: Beyond the Big Bang.

 

Finish next class

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12 Finish the Video,

 

Quiz

 

Check out the Sun if time permits.

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October 2011 

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Wednesday

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2 3 4 5 6 Professional Dev. 7 Professional Dev. 8
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November 2011

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

    1 2 3 4  End of Q1 - non student day 5
6 7 8 9  Parent/Teacher Conferences Begin (classes out 1 hr early) 10 Parent/Teacher Conferences (no classes) 11 Prof. Workday (no classes) 12
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20 21 22 23 Thanksgiving Holiday begins with 1 hr early release. 24 Thanksgiving 25 Thanksgiving 26
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December 2011

Sunday

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25 26 Winter Break 27  Winter Break 28 Winter Break 29 Winter Break 30 Winter Break 31

 

January 2012

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

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Saturday

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3 School Resumes...

Back to the CP track...

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5  Solar System Projects are Due!

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16  MLK Day (no classes)

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February 2012

 

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19 20  President's Day 21
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March 2012

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4 5 A 6 7 A 8 9 A 10
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April 2012

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1 2 Spring Break 3 Spring Break 4  Spring Break 5 Spring Break 6  Spring Break 7
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May 2012

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June 2012

 

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3 4 A 5 6 A 7 8 A FINAL EXAM 9
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Current Class Day: 30

How to use this resource: Instructions

Day Cosmic Perspective
Chapter
Topic  National Science Education Standards Cosmic Perspective Astronomy
 for
Dummies
Constellation Links Activity Video
1

Intro to the course.

Ch 1.1

Modern View of the Universe

 

         
2 Ch 1.2 Scale of the Universe              
3 Ch 1.3 Spaceship Earth              
4 Finish 1.3
and Ch 1.4
... Human Adventure of Astronomy              
5 R&T Ch 1                
6 Ch 2.1 Patterns in the Sky       Big Dipper & Ursa Major      
7 Ch 2.2 Circling Sky              
8 Ch 2.3 and 2.4 Seasons & Precession       Ursa Minor & Polaris      
9 Ch 2.5 Moon              
10 Ch 2.6 Mystery of the Planets       Cassiopeia      
11 R&T
Ch 2
               
12 Ch 3.1 and 3.2 Everyday Science & its Ancient Roots       Cepheus      
13 Ch 3.3 Ancient Greek Science              
14 Ch 3.4 Copernican Revolution       Draco      
15 Ch 3.5 and 3.6 Nature of Science & Astrology              
16 R&T
Ch 3
        Camelopardis      
17 Ch 4.1 and 4.2 Matter & Energy Everyday              
18 Ch 4.3 Material World       Lynx      
17 Ch 4.4 Energy in Atoms              
18 R&T
Ch 4
        Leo Minor      
19 Start
Ch 5.1
Describing Motion Everyday              
20 Finish
Ch 5.1
Describing Motion       Canes Venatici      
  Approx End of First Quarter                
21 Ch 5.2 Newton's Laws       Bootes      
22 Ch 5.3 Force of Gravity              
23 Ch 5.4 Tides       Corona Borealis      
24 Ch 5.5 and 5.6 Orbital Energy & Escape Velocity & Acceleration of Gravity              
25 R&T
Ch 5
               
26 Ch 6.1 and 6.2 Light Everyday & Properties of Light              
27 Ch 6.3 & Start 6.4 Forms of Light  & Light & Matter              
28 Finish 6.4 and 6.5 Doppler Shift              
29 R&T
Ch 6
               
30 Ch 7.1 Eyes and Cameras: Everyday              
31 Ch 7.2 Telescopes              
32 Ch 7.3 and 7.4 Uses of Telescopes & Atmospheric Effects              
33 Ch 7.5 Telescopes across the spectrum              
34 R&T
 Ch 7
               
35 Ch 8.1 and 8.2 Comparative Planetology & the Layout of our Solar System              
36 Ch 8.3 Brief Tour of our SS              
37 Ch 8.4 Exploring our SS              
38 R&T
Ch 8
               
39 Ch 9.1 and 9.2 Origin of the SS & Orderly Motion in a Collapsing Nebula              
40 Ch 9.3 Two Types of Planets              
41 Ch 9.4 Explaining Leftovers and Exceptions              
42 Ch 9.5 Age of the SS              
43 Ch 9.6 Other Planetary Systems              
44 R&T
Ch 9
               
45 Ch 10.1 & 10.2 Planetary Surfaces & Interiors              
46 Ch 10.3 The 4 basic geological processes              
47 Ch 10.4 Tour: Moon & Mercury              
48 Ch 10.5 Tour: Mars              
49 Ch 10.6 Tour: Venus              
50 Ch 10.7 Earth & Geological Destiny              
51 R&T
Ch 10
               
52 Ch 11.1 Atmospherics Basics              
53 Ch 11.2 Greenhouse Effect and Temperature              
54 Ch 11.3 Atmospheric Structure              
55 Ch 11.4 Weather & climate              
56 Ch 11.5 Sources & Losses of Gas              
57 Ch 11.6 Climate Histories of the TP's              
58 R&T
Ch 11
               
59 Ch 12.1 Jovian Worlds              
60 Ch 12.2 Interiors              
61 Ch 12.3 Atmospheres              
62 Ch 12.4 Magnetospheres              
63 Ch 12.5 Satellites of Ice and Rock              
64 Ch 12.6 Rings              
65 R&T
Ch 12
               
66 Ch 13.1 & 13.2 Asteroids, comets, Pluto & Asteroids              
67 Ch 13.3 Meteorites              
68 Ch 13.4 & 13.5 Comets & Pluto              
69 Ch 13.6 Cosmic Collisions              
70 R&T
Ch 13
               
71 Ch 14.1 & 14.2 Earth is Different & Unique Geology              
72 Ch 14.3 Atmosphere & Oceans              
73 Ch 14.4 Climate Regulation and CO2              
74 Ch 14.5 Life              
75 Ch 14.6 Survival on Earth              
76 R&T
Ch 14
               
77 Ch 15.1 & 15.2 Sunshine & its structure              
78 Ch 15.3 Cosmic Crucible              
79 Ch 15.4 Core to Corona              
80 Ch 15.5 Solar Weather              
81 R&T
Ch 15
               
82 Ch 16.1 & 16.2 Snapshot of the Heavens & Stellar Luminosity              
83 Ch 16.3 Stellar Surface Temperature              
84 Ch 16.4 Stellar Masses              
85 Ch 16.5 HR Diagram              
85 Ch 16.6 Star Clusters              
87 R&T
Ch 16
               
88 Ch 17.1 & 17.2 Stars R US & Star Birth              
89 Ch 17.3 Low Mass Stars              
90 Ch 17.4 & 17.5 High Mass Stars & Close Binaries              
91 R&T
Ch 17
               
92 Ch 18.1 & 18.2 Final Battle & White Dwarfs              
93 Ch 18.3 Neutron Stars              
94 Ch 18.4 & 18.5  Black Holes & GRB's              
95 R&T
Ch 18
               
96 Ch 19.1 & 19.2 Milky Way Revealed & Star Life Cycle              
97 Ch 19.3 Galactic Environments              
98 Ch 19.4 Milky Way in Motion              
99 Ch 19.5 Galactic Center              
100 R&T
Ch 19
               
101 Ch 20.1 & 20.2 Islands of Stars & Galaxy Types              
102 Ch 20.3 Measuring Cosmic Distances              
103 Ch 20.3 Measuring Cosmic Distances              
104 Ch 20.4 Measuring Cosmic Ages              
105 R&T
Ch 20
               
106 Ch 21.1 & 21.2 Back in Time & Galaxy Formation              
107 Ch 21.3 Galaxy Variation              
108 Ch 21.4 Starburst Galaxies              
109 Ch 21.5 Quasars and AGN              
110 Ch 21.6 Protogalactic Clouds              
111 R&T
Ch 21
               
112 Ch 22.1
& 22.2
Dark Matter Mystery & DM in Galaxies              
113 Ch 22.3 DM in Clusters              
114 Ch 22.4 DM Ordinary or ?              
115 Ch 22.5 Large Scale Structure              
116 Ch 22.6 Fate of the Universe              
117 R&T
Ch 22
               
118 Ch 23.1 & 23.2 Running Expansion Backward & the History of the Universe              
119 Ch 23.3 Evidence for the Big Bang              
120 Ch 23.4 & 23.5 Inflation & Did the Big Bang Really Happen?              
121 R&T
Ch 23
               
122 Ch 24.1 & 24.2 Extraterrestrial Life              
123 Ch 24.3 Life around other stars.              
124 Ch 24.4 SETI              
125 Ch 24.5 Interstellar Travel              
126 Ch 24.6 Where are the Aliens?              
127 R&T
Ch 24
               
                   
                   
                   

 

September 2010 

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

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5 6 Labor Day 7 School Begins! 

First Day of Class

Introduction & scope of class.
Handout.

R&D Ch 1-1 Pg 2-9

Astro Ch 1-1

Hw:  Read 1-2 for next class.  Most should be familiar, scientific method, etc.

Begin Vocabulary:

 

 Astro V-1

 

Hw: Read through page 16.

8 9

Getting a grip on space, time, & stars.

Presentation: "Perspective and Ursa Major"

Star Chart Handout

HW Do pg 23: 6-10,13,14,19

Astro Ch 1-2

WWT

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Const. 1: Ursa Major

 

R&D Ch 1-3 pg 16-21

Astr 1-3

 

R&D Ch 1-4 pg 22

Astr 1-4

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Watch (begin) The Universe - Season 1 Disk 4 - "Beyond the Big Bang."

Break out the telescope and look at the Sun - one Sunspot showing.
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17 

20 min Review of Ch 1
Test Chapter 1

Begin Chapter 2: Discovering the Universe for yourself.
Read Ch 2.1: Page 27-30
Astro Ch 2.1

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19 20 21 Begin Star Tour
Star Tour

Jupiter is closest since 1963 and until 2022
22
Full Moon
Autumnal Equinox
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Computers out - watch Supernova program.
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26 27 Heard from PAFE - order is approved, they are taking PO to the district office today... 28 Work on Star Tours 29 30
Ch 2.2

 Astro Ch 2.2

Star Tour
   

 

October 2010 

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

          1 2
3 4 5
Gone - Women in Science Field trip - Substitute
6 7 Professional Dev. 8 Professional Dev. 9
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First installment of ST
Test on Ch 2
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November 2010

Sunday

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Saturday

  1 2 3 4 5  End of Q1 - non student day 6
7 8 9 10  Parent/Teacher Conferences Begin (classes out 1 hr early) 11 Parent/Teacher Conferences (no classes) 12 Prof. Workday (no classes) 13
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21 22 23 24 Thanksgiving Holiday begins with 1 hr early release. 25 Thanksgiving 26 Thanksgiving 27
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December 2010

Sunday

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26 27 Winter Break 28  Winter Break 29 Winter Break 30 Winter Break 31 Winter Break  

 

January 2011

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10 The Universe: Outer Planets

 Solar System

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12 Gas Giants

 

Intro to Khan Academy

Clips on astronomy

 

Work on Presentations

 

25 min of Saturn Video

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Presentations

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February 2011

 

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Formation of the Solar System - My presentation
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20 21  President's Day 22 Finish my Presentation.
Video: Wheels on Mars through Ch4 approx 20 min.

Ch 10.4 & 10.5
Do 6-8,10,12,13,18 on Page 290
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Snow Day
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Review Ch 10
         
             

 

March 2011

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    2 Test Ch 10
Begin Stars
Stellar Presentation
3 4 A More to do with Stars - luminosity. 5
6 7 8 A Ch 16-3 and 4  Stellar surface temperature and mass.
HW Pg 541: 1-6, 11-14
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13 14 A work on presentations 15 16 AFinish presentations, recap stars 17 18 AA Stellar Presentations Begin 19
20 21 22 A Finish Presentations 23 24 Test on Stars - Ch 16 25 26
27 28 A Review Stars - Ch 16 29 30 A Test on Stars - Ch 16
Last "A" day of Quarter
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April 2011

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3 4 Spring Break 5 Spring Break 6  Spring Break 7 Spring Break 8  Spring Break 9
10 11  Ch 17-1 and 17-2: The Life Cycle of Stars
Do 1,2,15
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Protostar development, electron degeneracy pressure.  P 571: 3,5,17
14 15 Ch 17-4 Life as a High Mass Star, nucleosynthesis.

P 571: 4, 6-14
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Ch 18: Stellar Remnants

 

Begin Deep Space Report: deep_space

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June 2011

 

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8 First Day of Class

Introduction & scope of class.
Handout.

R&D Ch 1-1 Pg 2-9

Astr 1-1

Hw:  Read 1-2 for next class.  Most should be familiar, scientific method, etc.

 

Begin Vocabulary:

Astr V-1

 

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10 Getting a grip on space, time, & stars.

Presentation: OA "Perspective and Ursa Major"

Star Chart Handout

Hw: Read through page 16.

HW Do pg 23: 1-10,13,14,19

Astr 1-2

WWT

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W-1

Const. 1: Ursa Major

 

R&D Ch 1-3 pg 16-21

Astr 1-3

 

R&D Ch 1-4 pg 22

Astr 1-4

 

HW Do pg 23: 12,16,18,21,22

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Watch (begin) The Universe - Season 1 Disk 4 - "Beyond the Big Bang."

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Review & Test Chapter 1 - Moved to Tuesday

 

Star Tour

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Ch 1.2: Patterns in the Sky

 

Astro Ch 2.1

 

 

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Astro Ch 2.2

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Astro Ch 2.3 and 2.4

 

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Phases of the moon

 

Star Tour Rubric Discussion

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Astro V4

 

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Last day to finish star tour presentations.

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November, 2009

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4 to U of I: Substitute

5 Finish Presentations

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Out 1 hr early.

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13 PWD

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Begin Ch 8: the Solar System

 

Solar System

 

News: Ticking Type 1a Time Bomb

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December, 2007

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December, 2007

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