3/16-3/20 Week 10
Monday
Solar system concluded
Tuesday
Notes - Nebular theory
Video - solar system formation
Wednesday
Notes - Nebular theory continued
Video - protoplanetary disks
HW - Nebulary theory wkst --> Link
Thursday
Video - The Universe: How the Solar System Was Born
Friday
Notes - Exoplanets
3/2-3/6 Week 9
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 (End of Quarter 1)
Solar system presentations
2/23-2/27 Week 8
Monday
Notes - Eclipses
HW - Earth/sun/moon wkst --> Link
Tuesday
Notes - Seasons
Wednesday
Seasons discussion continued
Notes - Milankovitch cycles intro
Thursday
Notes - Milankovitch cycles & climate change
Friday
Quiz - Earth/sun/moon
2/16-2/20 Week 7
Monday
No school
Tuesday
No school
Wednesday
Go over unit 1 exam
Notes - Earth/sun/moon system (moon phases)
Thursday
Moon phase practice
Notes - Tides
Friday
Snow day
2/9-2/13 Week 6
Monday
Review for exam
Hand out homework check sheet
HW - unit 1 objective work
Tuesday
Go over quiz
Review for exam
Wednesday
Test - Unit 1 exam
All homework is due
Thursday
Hand out unit 2 objectives
Notes - Intro to the solar system
HW - Read/KTU section 3.1-3.3
Friday
Go over test
Notes - Earth/sun/moon system (divisions of time)
1/26-1/30 Week 4
Monday
Notes - Celestial coordinates continued
Celestial motion practice
Tuesday
Go over quiz
Wednesday
Lab - Stellarium
Debrief & discuss lab
HW - Finish lab
Thursday
Lab - Stellarium continued & debrief
Notes - Daily sky cycles
Friday
Notes - Daily & monthly sky cycles
Star trail practice
1/19-1/23 Week 3
Monday
No school
Tuesday
Notes - Space probes, crewed spacecraft, parallax
HW - Astro history/tools --> Link
Wednesday
Quiz - Astro history & tools/tech
Thursday
Notes - Intro to celestial coordinates
HW - Read/KTU section 2.1/2.2
Friday
Cold day
1/12-1/16 Week 2
Monday
Notes - Behavior of light
Intro to lab
HW - Read/KTU section 5.1/5.2
Tuesday
Wave behaviors
Lab - Astro tools/tech
Wednesday
Lab wrap up
Telescopes
Thursday
Notes - Telescopes continued
Friday
Notes - Spectroscopy
Quiz early next week!
1/5-1/9 Week 1
Monday
Course intro & expectations
Discussion - Interests in astronomy? Stargazing?
HW - Sign/return course syllabus
Tuesday
Book checkout
HW - Read/KTU section 4.1/4.2
Wednesday
Notes - Astro history (ancient stargazers, Aristotle, Hipparchus)
Thursday
Notes - Astro history (Ptolemy, Copernicus)
Friday
Notes - Astro history (Brahe/Kepler, Galileo, Newton)