Astronomy Weekly Plans
9/30-10/4
Monday
Solar system project intro
Tuesday
Solar system research
Wednesday
Go over earth/sun/moon quiz
Solar system research
HW - Finish solar system presentation
Thursday
Solar system presentations
Friday
Solar system presentations
9/23-9/27
Monday
Moon phase practice
Notes - Eclipses
Tuesday
Notes - Tides
HW - Earth/sun/moon wkst --> Link
Wednesday
Notes - Seasons
Thursday
Notes - Milankovitch cycles & climate change
Friday
Quiz - Earth/sun/moon
9/16-9/20
Monday
Go over quiz
Review for unit 1 exam
Tuesday
Test - Unit 1 exam
HW check
Wednesday
Hand out unit 2 objectives
Notes - Intro to the solar system
HW - Read/KTU section 3.1-3.3
Thursday
Notes - Earth/sun/moon system (divisions of time)
Friday
Go over unit 1 exam
Notes - Earth/sun/moon system (moon phases)
9/9-9/13
Monday
Notes - Daily & monthly sky cycles
Star trail practice
HW - Position/motion wkst --> Link
Tuesday
Notes - Astronomical units
HW - Astro units wkst --> Link
Wednesday
More sky motion practice
Wrap up astronomical units
Thursday
Quiz - Motion of the sky
Friday (Barnes out)
Go over quiz
Review for unit 1 exam
9/3-9/6
Monday
Labor day
Tuesday
PLC day
Wednesday
Go over history/tech quiz
Finish celestial motion discussion
Thursday
Lab - Stellarium
Friday
Lab - Stellarium continued
Debrief & discuss lab
HW - Finish lab
8/26-8/30
Monday
Notes - Wave behaviors & telescopes
HW - Astro history/tools --> Link
Tuesday
Notes - Space probes & crewed spacecraft
Review for quiz
Wednesday
Quiz - Astro history & tools/tech
HW check
HW - Read/KTU section 2.1/2.2
Thursday
Notes - Intro to celestial motion
Friday
Go over quiz
Celestial motion practice
8/19-8/23
Monday
Notes - Astro history continued
HW - Read/KTU section 5.1/5.2
Tuesday
Wrap up astro history
Intro to lab
Wednesday
Lab - Astro tools/tech -->
Thursday
Notes - Waves & light
Lab debrief
Friday
Notes - Spectroscopy & Parallax
8/12 - 8/16
Monday
9th grade orientation
Tuesday
Course intro and welcome
MTSS video
HW - Return signed syllabus
Wednesday
Academic effort discussion
Book checkout?
Thursday
Astro history
Friday
Astro history