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Current Unit: Night Sky Observation
Fri 9/3
1. Discuss grading policy.
2. Make quadrant, pinhole protractor and nocturnal from "Night time Sky Observation #1" - observation is due Tue 9/9.
Wed 9/8
1. Do "Celestial Coordinates" #1-11 - these are guided notes, put in notebook
2. Make Uncle Al's Sky Wheel and do "Constructing and Using a Star Map" - due next class
3. Begin "Using a Planisphere" - Use Uncle Al's Sky Wheel, the SC001 Constellation Chart (for #16-19), and "Star Journey" (for #20) due at the end of next class
Fri 9/10 1. Finish "Using a Planisphere" - Use Uncle Al's Sky Wheel, the SC001 Constellation Chart (for #16-19), and "Star Journey" (for #20) pass in next class 2. junior assembly so couldn't finish other activities
Tue 9/14
1. Do "Celestial Coordinates" #12-15 - these are guided notes, put in notebook
2. Do Night Sky Observation #1 Follow-up" - pass in observation and follow-up by the end of next class.
3. Read from Astronomy Without a Telescope to Reference Markers and answer all review questions - due at the BEGINNING of next class
Thu 9/16
1. Do Night Sky Observation #1 Follow-up" - due next class.
2. Do "Project 28: Making an Astrolabe" - bring next class
Mon 9/20
1. Go over how to use the astrolabe (do Worksheet on Using an Astrolabe) and go over Night Sky Observation: The Summer Triangle - due in two weeks
2. Finish Night Sky Observation #1 Follow-up" - pass in observation and follow-up by the end of class.
3. Do questions #1-5 on The Celestial Sphere, the rest we will finish as a class. You will need to use the celestial sphere globes for this lab - due next class
Wed 9/22
1. Do more of The Celestial Sphere as a class- pass in next class
2. Do "The Zodiac" - drawings may be done in a group, questions answered individually, due next class
Fri 9/24
1. Finish The Celestial Sphere as a class- pass in
2. Finish "The Zodiac" - pass in
Tue 9/28, Thu 9/30
1. Do The Celestial Sphere for an observer at 30o latitude - guided notes
2. Do Sky Matching Exercise - due next class (beginning of period)
Mon 10/4
Do The Celestial Sphere Review - test Thu 10/14
Wed 10/6
1. Do Powers of Ten - due next class
2. Do "Project 24: Mapping Stars". - due next class
Tue 10/12
1. Ask any questions you may have on The Celestial Sphere Review - test next class
2. Go over lunar eclipse observation on Oct. 27. (see info under Night Sky Observation: Journal Entry heading and click that link for a journal entry form.)
3. Do Scientific Notation - this activity requires a computer connected to the internet, due by the end of the period
Thu 10/14
1. Celestial Sphere test - open notes, pass in
2. Start Types of Waves - this activity requires a computer connected to the internet, due next class
Mon 10/18
1. Finish Types of Waves - this activity requires a computer connected to the internet, pass in
2. Open Lesson 2: Wave Properties
Do all "Check Your Understanding" questions from Anatomy of a Wave to The Wave Equation and record answers on sheet provided - due next class.
Wed 10/20
1. Do worksheet on calculations with scientific notation.
2. Take notes on wave parameters.
3. Work on Lesson 2: Wave Properties - pass in next class
Fri 10/22
1. Quiz on scientific notation.
2. Finish Lesson
2: Wave Properties - pass in
3. Begin Newton’s Prism Experiments
MTue 10/26, Thu 10/28
1. Do Wave Theory of Light - pass in
2. Continue Newton’s Prism Experiments - due next class
Mon 11/1
1. Finish Newton’s Prism Experiments - pass in
2. Do graphs for Investigating the Photoelectric Effect - due next class
Wed 11/3
1. Finish Investigating the Photoelectric Effect - pass in at the beginning of next class
2. Do The Electromagnetic Spectrum - pass in next class
Fri 11/5
1. Finish The Electromagnetic Spectrum - pass in
2. Begin project "The Milky Way Past and Present. - due date will be announced next week, but you will have all next week to work on this in class. You should also work on this project at home.
Tue 11/9, Fri 11/12, Tue 11/16, Thu 11/18, Mon 11/22
Work on the webquest The Milky Way Past and Present - Ancient Mayan and Modernum Multiwavelength Astronomy. You may store your research at LHS - Writing Across the Curriculum. Open an ezboard account following the directions here. Go to the forum The Milky Way - Mayan & Modern Astronomy to start your thread.
Mon 11/29
1. Take 15 minutes to go through the checklist for your Milky Way project with your group to see if anything is missing. - projects are due next class.
2. Watch a video clip on Mayan astronomy.
3. Do Time Travel - due next class, finish as homework
Wed 12/1
1. Do The Flow Chart of Stellar Evolution, you will need to use the tutorial here to fill out this chart - pass in by end of period
2. Begin Star Life Cycles - due next class
Fri 12/3
1. Finish Star Life Cycles - pass in
2. Go to Virtual Online Laboratories. Follow the link to open the virtual laboratory frameset. On the laboratory frameset click “Labs for Semester 2“ and then “Lab 3: Stellar Explosion Simulations”. Go through the tutorial and answer the questions on the answer sheet. Show all your work and the formulas you use. - due next class
Tue 12/7
Go to Virtual Online Laboratories. Follow the link to open the virtual laboratory frameset. On the laboratory frameset click “Labs for Semester 2“ and then “Lab 3: Stellar Explosion Simulations”. Go through the tutorial and answer the questions on the answer sheet. Show all your work and the formulas you use. - due next class, finish as homework
Thu 12/9
1. Do Spectral Lines and the Bohr Atom - pass in by the end of the period
2. Do Student Worksheet: EM Spectrum - A Calculation Investigation - pass in by the end of the period
3. Read Bohr atom & How Atoms Produce the Spectra then do the Section Review - this is homework, due by next period.
Mon 12/13
1. I will take questions on the homework - finish and pass in.
2. Do Supernova Chemistry - pass in by the end of the period
Wed 12/15
Do Identifying Lines in the Solar Spectrum - pass in by the end of the period
Fri 12/17
Christmas concert
Tue 12/21
Day for make-up work
Mon 1/3
1. Go through the game Alien eyes.
2. Do Parallax lab - pass in by the end of the period.
3. Do Distances---Trigonometric Parallax - due next class, finish as homework
Wed 1/5
1. Go over Distances---Trigonometric Parallax and pass in.
2. Do Activity 8: Trigonometric Parallax - pass in by end of period
Fri 1/7
Read from Lives and Deaths of Stars to Stellar Nucleosynthesis and do the Section review. - due at the beginning of next class
Tue 1/11
1. Do Spectra (I. Thermal Radiation only) due next class.
2. Do Stellar Spectra Classification - pass in next class
Thu 1/13
Do Spectral Classification of Stars - pass in by the end of the period
Tue 1/18
Do packet on Saturn's System Diagram (lesson one) - pass in by end of period
Thu 1/20
1. Answer additional questions on Saturn's System Diagram - due by end of period
2. Do packet on Saturn's moons (lesson two) - due next class
Mon 1/24
1. Finish packet on Saturn's moons (lesson two) - pass in
2. Begin Lab 2: Spectral Sequence and the HR Diagram - you'll need to click the "here" at the bottom of this page to open the virtual laboratory frameset. Once you are there, then click "Labs for Semester 2" and then "Lab 2: Spectral Sequence and the HR Diagram". You will find a link to the answer sheet that you will need to print out there.
Wed 1/26
1. Go over MEA 2000 released questions #1-12.
2. Finish "Lab 2: Spectral Sequence and the HR Diagram" (see instructions above for Mon 1/24) - pass in by the end of the period
3. Do Types of Stars and the HR diagram - finish as homework, due next period.
Fri 1/28
1. I'll answer any questions on Types of Stars and the HR diagram - pass in
2. Do The HR Diagram (you may use a spreadsheet to do this instead of plotting by hand) - you can finish this next class
Tue 2/1
Finish The HR Diagram (you may use a spreadsheet to do this instead of plotting by hand) - due next class
Thu 2/3
1. Go over additional MEA 2000 questions, #13, 16, 20-26, 31-34.
2. Read Distances---Inverse Square Law and do questions. Read Magnitude System and Color and Temperature and do the Sections Review - finish as homework, due next period.
Mon 2/7
1. Go over any questions on homework, pass in
2. Play astronomy game
Wed 2/9
1. Do Distances to Stars in Leo. You will need to use this HR diagram to determine absolute magnitude. - pass in next class (finish as homework)
2. Do MEA 2004 questions #1-16 - due next class
Fri 2/11
Winterfest
Tue 2/15
1. Go over MEA 2004 questions #1-16
2. Do Jewels of the Night - pass in by the end of the period
3. Read Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram and What is a ``Typical'' Star? and do the Sections Review - due next class
Thu 2/17
1. Go over any questions on homework, pass in
2. Do Cluster Color-Magnitude Diagrams and the Age of Stars - pass in by the end of class
3. For next class print out color copies of Stellar Cycle Slide Set - we will be using these for the Stellar Evolution Assessment. If you do not bring in color copies you will have to use black and white ones.
Mon 2/28
1. Do Interactive HR Diagrams - due by the end of the period
2. Begin Our Cosmic Connections Webquest - due by the end of next period.
Wed 3/2
Finish Our Cosmic Connections Webquest - pass in next class
Fri 3/4
1. I will pass out checklists to show you what you are missing this quarter.
2. Do Supernova Light Curves - due next class
Tue 3/8
1. Discuss Our Cosmic Connections Webquest
2. Work on the Stellar Evolution Assessment. - due Mon 3/14
Thu 3/10
Work on the Stellar Evolution Assessment. - due Mon 3/14
Mon 3/14, Wed 3/16
Work on the Stellar Evolution Assessment. - due Tue 3/22
Tue 3/22
1. Do Foil, Balloons, and Black Holes - pass in by end of period
2. If time, begin Activity: A Classical & Relativistic Trip to a Black Hole - finish next class
Thu 3/24
Begin Activity: A Classical & Relativistic Trip to a Black Hole
Mon 3/28
Paint and pound your own supernova!
Now online here!
Wed 3/30, Fri 4/1, Tue 4/5
1. Do From Pixels to Images: De-Coding Starlight - due Tues 4/5
2. Do Variable Stars: Activities #1: Stellar Heartbeats and Activity #2: A Variable Star in Cygnus, you may use any version you wish (flash, html, pdf). I will provide copies of the pdf versions to write your answers on. - due Tues 4/5
3. Finish Activity: A Classical & Relativistic Trip to a Black Hole
Thu 4/7
1. Do Analysis of Two Pulsating X-ray Sources using ds9 - due next class
Mon 4/11
Work on Analysis of Two Pulsating X-ray Sources using ds9
Wed 4/13
Do Tycho’s Supernova Remnant - a ds9 activity - this lesson will be videotaped, we will finish after vacation
IMPORTANT If there is a sub any of the days you are supposed to be working on activities requiring ds9, here are instructions for putting ds9 on the computer without my being there to log in under my name.
Mon 4/25, Wed 4/27
Finish Analysis of Two Pulsating X-ray Sources using ds9 and Tycho’s Supernova Remnant - a ds9 activity - due Friday
Fri 4/28 - Tue 5/17
Work on SNR Analysis using ds9 - an assessment activity - presentations will be Thu 5/19
Thu 5/19
Supernova presentations
Mon 5/23
1. Do The Doppler Effect. Information on how to do calculations can be found on the Hyperphysics website - due next class
2. Do The Doppler Effect, questions 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 - due next class
Wed 5/25
Listen to remainder of SNR presentations
Fri 5/27
Do The Expanding Universe - pass in next class
Wed 6/1
Do Hubble Law Lab, the Short Version - due by the end of the period
Fri 6/3
1. Do The Cepheid Yardstick - due by the end of the period
2. Read Cosmology up to the section review and answer the questions. - finish as homework, due next class
Tue 6/7
Do The Standard Model - pass in by the end of the period
Thu 6/9
1. Do Activity Two - Psyching Out the System - pass in by the end of the period
2. Do Activity Five - The Rules of the Game - pass in by the end of the period
Mon 6/13
1. Do Particle Soup: Nucleosynthesis pass in by the end of the period
2. Read Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation & Cosmic Abundance of Helium and Hydrogen to the section review and answer the questions - due next class
Wed 6/15
Do Quasars - pass in next period
Fri 6/17
Read The Fate of the Universe to the section review and answer the questions - due by the end of class