9/14-9/18 Week 5
Monday
Finish lab
Lab - Stellarium debrief
Notes - Daily motion of the sky
Tuesday
Notes - Monthly sky cycles
Star trail practice
Wednesday
Monthly sky cycles
More practice
HW - Position/motion wkst --> Link
Thursday
Notes - Astronomical units
HW - Astro units wkst --> Link
Friday
Quiz - Motion of the sky
Unit 1 exam next week!
9/7-9/11 Week 4
Monday
Labor day
Tuesday
PLC day
Wednesday
Notes - Intro to celestial coordinates
HW - Read/KTU section 2.1/2.2
Thursday
Wrap up celestial coordinates discussion
Lab - Stellarium
Friday
Go over quiz
8/31-9/4 Week 3
Monday
Wrap up telescope discussion
Tuesday
Notes - Astrolabes & parallax
Wednesday
Notes - The Bohr atom & Spectroscopy
Black body radiation & emission vs absorption spectra
Thursday
Notes - Space probes & crewed spacecraft
HW - Astro history/tools --> Link
Friday
Quiz - Astro tools/tech
Intro to celestial sphere
8/24-8/28 Week 2
Monday
Notes - Waves and light
HW - Read/KTU section 5.1/5.2
Tuesday
Notes - Light behaviors
Intro to lab
Wednesday
Lab - Astro tools/tech
HW - Finish lab
Thursday
Go over quiz
Notes - Telescopes
Friday
Notes - Telescopes continued
8/17-8/21 Week 1
Monday
Notes - Astro history (ancient stargazers, Aristotle, Hipparchus)
HW - Read/KTU section 4.1/4.2 (Reminder from Friday)
Tuesday
Notes - Astro history (Ptolemy, Copernicus)
Wednesday
Notes - Astro history (Brahe/Kepler, Galileo, Newton)
Thursday
Notes - Astro history (Herschel, Shapley, Hubble)
Friday
Mini quiz
Notes - Behavior of light
HW - Read/KTU section 5.1/5.2
8/10-8/14 Week 0
Monday
No school
Tuesday
No school
Wednesday
9th grade orientation day
Thursday
Course Intro & Welcome
MTSS videos
HW - Sign & return syllabus --> Link
Friday
Book checkout
Active reading strategy
HW - Read/KTU section 4.1/4.2