Astronomy - Example Lesson Plan

Eleborate Lesson Plan Year 1

Year One will be about: The Basics.
Term 1: Basics
Term 2: Basics 2

Each term will have 4 lessons.
At the end of the second term, there will be a Final Exam.

Lesson 1: Looking Up
- Information about the 'Zenith'

Lesson 2: The Sky
- The North Star (Polaris)
- Big Dipper
- Two 'directions': Altitude and Azimuthh

Lesson 3: Brightness

Lesson 4: The Ecliptic

- End of Term One -

Lesson 5: Observing the Moon

Lesson 6: Constellations and Asterisms

Lesson 7: The Planets

Lesson 8: Messier Objects

- Final Exam -

Global Lesson Plan for Years 2 - 7

Year 2
Term 1: Observational Astronomy
The Sun's Path

Year 3
Term 1: Viewing Equipment
Term 2: The Planets

Year 4
Term 1: Earth Time
Term 2: Moons of the Solar System

Year 5
Term 1:Space Missions
Term 2: Nature of Light

Year 6
Term 1: Life and Death of a Planetary System
Term 2: Deep Space

Year 7
Term 1: Intergalactic Stuff
Term 2: The Universe