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Fri 8/30
Night Sky Observation
1. Discuss grading policy.
2. Make quadrant and nocturnal from "Night time Sky Observation #1" - observation is due Tue 9/10.
Wed 9/4
Night Sky Observation p. 2
1. Do "Celestial Coordinates" #1-11 - these are guided notes
2. Make Uncle Al's Sky Wheel and do "Constructing and Using a Star Map" - due next class
Fri 9/6
Night Sky Observation p. 2
1. Do "Celestial Coordinates" #12-15 - these are guided notes
2. Do "Using a Planisphere" - Use Uncle Al's Sky Wheel, the SC001 Constellation Chart (for #16-19), and "Star Journey" (for #20) due next class
3. Read "Chapter 1: Understanding the Starry Sky" from Astronomy by Dinah Moche and answer the questions at the end of the chapter - due Thu 9/12.
Tue 9/10
Night Sky Observation
Night Sky Observation p. 2
1. Do Night Sky Observation #1 Follow-up" - pass in observation and follow-up by the end of class.
2. Begin "Project 28: Making an Astrolabe" or "The Celestial Sphere" (see syllabus for next class).
Thu 9/12, Mon 9/16, Wed 9/18
Night Sky Observation p.2
1. Finish "Project 28: Making an Astrolabe" - due Wed
2. Do "The Celestial Sphere" a Univ. of Mich. astronomy lab - due Wed
Fri 9/20
Night Sky Observation
Night Sky Observation p.2
Half the class will do #1 and half #2 on Thu and then switch on Mon.
1. One group has to finish "The Celestial Sphere".
2. Discuss how to use the astrolabe and "Night Sky Observation: The Summer Triangle" - due in Fri 10/04
3. Do "Sky Matching Exercise" - due next class
4. Do "The Celestial Sphere for an observer at 30o latitude
" - due next class
Tue 9/24
Night Sky Observation p. 2
At Astronomynotes.com do all the pages from"Astronomy without a Telescope" to "Coordinates" (click "next" at the bottom of each webpage to get to the next one) and answer all the questions on these pages. - Due Mon 9/30
Thu 9/26
Night Sky Observation p.2
1. Go over "The Celestial Sphere for an observer at 30o latitude"
2. Do "The Zodiac" - you may work in groups to complete the drawings, but each person should do their own questions, due next class
Mon 9/30
Night Sky Observation p. 2
1. Go over "Sky Matching Exercise".
2. Go over any questions on last Tuesday's Astronomynotes.com assignment.
3. Finish "The Zodiac". - pass in by the end of the period
Wed 10/2
Night Sky Observation p. 2
1. Take the Hands-on Universe Pretest. - if you are absent you must make this up BEFORE Tue 10/8 or you will not be allowed to use the software.
2. Do the The Celestial Sphere review. - test next class
Fri 10/04 Test on the celestial sphere.
Tue 10/8, Thu 10/10, Wed 10/16
Views
We will be going to the computer lab in V224 to use the "Hands-on Universe Image Processing" software (HOU-IP). You will work on "Introduction to Image Processing", "CCD Images - A color Coding Activity" (no computer required) the "Browser's Guide to the Universe" and the "Moon Match Unit" - due Friday 10/18
Fri 10/18
Views
1. Finish any Hands-on Universe packets and pass in by the end of the period.
2. Do Powers of 10 - due next class
Tue 10/21
Views
1. Finish Powers of 10 if necessary - pass in this class
2. Do Scientific Notation - due next class
3. Begin Making a Cosmic Calendar if time.
Thu 10/23
Views
1. Do Making a Cosmic Calendar - due next class
2. Quiz on scientific notation next class.
Mon 10/28
Views
1. Quiz on scientific notation.
2. Finish Making a Cosmic Calendar - pass in by the end of class
Wed 10/30, Fri 11/1
Views
1. Do Wave Theory of Light
2. Do Newton's Prism Experiments
Tue 11/5
Views
1. Finish any questions from Wave Theory of Light and Newton's Prism Experiments using the links provided on the worksheets. - pass in by the end of the period
2. Do all "Check Your Understanding Questions" in Lesson 2: Properties of a Wave up through The Wave Equation" - due next Tues
Thu 11/7
Views
Class will go to the computer lab in V224
Do Types of Waves - pass in next class
Tue 11/12
Views
Class will go to the computer lab in V224
Finish Types of Waves and Lesson 2: Properties of a Wave - pass in by the end of class
Thu 11/14
Night Sky Observation p. 2
Do Measuring Angles in the Sky with your Fingers - pass in by the end of the period.
Mon 11/18
Night Sky Observation
1. Do preobservation actitivities on Night Sky Observation: Meteor Showers - observation due next class, otherwise after the Geminid shower on Dec. 14
Views p. 2
2. do The Electromagnetic Spectrum, you will also need to use this java applet to answer some of the questions. - pass in by the end of the period
Wed 11/20
Views p. 2
Do Time Travel - due next class
Fri 11/22
Views p. 2
1. If necessary, finish Time Travel - pass in
2. Do Properties of Light - pass in by the end of class
Tue 12/3
Views
Go to computer lab in V224.
Do Investigating the Photoelectric Effect - due next Monday
Thu 12/5
MEA'S for juniors - seniors have a catch-up day.
Mon 12/09
Views
1. Discuss results of Investigating the Photoelectric Effect from last Tuesday - write conclusion and pass in
2. Finish any missing papers from this quarter.
Wed 12/11
Views
1. Go over Wave Theory of Light and Newton�s Prism Experiments (we went over the photoelectric effect last class. Write an essay including Huygen's Principle, Newton's Prism Experiment, Young's Double-Slit Experiment and the Photoelectric effect explaining each experiment and how it gave evidence for either the wave or particle nature of light. A grading rubric will be passed out in class. - due next Thursday
Views p.2
2. Begin Scaling the Spectrum - finish next class
Fri 12/13
Views p.2
1. Finish Scaling the Spectrum - pass in
2. Begin Electromagnetic Pasta - finish next class
Tue 12/17
Views p.2
1. Work on Electromagnetic Pasta
2. Finish up wave/particle duality of light essays assigned on 12/11 - due next class
Thu 12/19
1. Work on Electromagnetic Pasta
2. Christmas trivia.
Thu 1/2
Finish Electromagnetic Pasta - put up on wall
Mon 1/6, Wed 1/8, Fri 1/10, Tue 1/14, Thu 1/16, Tue 1/21
Work on The Doppler Effect parts A, B, C, D and E
PROJECT DUE WEDNESDAY 2/12
Stars
Any extra time during classes before then can be used to work on your children's or comic book on The Life of a Star.
Thu 1/23
Stars
1. Do The Flowchart of Stellar Evolution using this tutorial.
2. Do Life Cycles of Stars - due by the end of the period.
Mon 1/27, Wed 1/29, Fri 1/31
Stars
Searching for Supernovae
In Hands-On Universe Book 3, do "Techniques for Finding a Supernova Unit" (p. 5-9) and "Discover a Supernova Unit" (p. 10-15). You will be using image processing software to manipulate actual images containing supernovae.
Tue 2/4
snow day
Mon 2/10
Stars
Supernova Light Curves
In Hands-On Universe Book 5: Measuring Brightness, do "Photometry Techniques".
Wed 2/12
Quiz and movies on the Life and Death of Stars
Fri 2/14
Stars
Supernova Light Curves - In Hands-On Universe Book 5: Measuring Brightness, do p. 20-26 and read p. 27-31. You will be using light curves to classify supernova as Type I or Type II
2. Do research for star book project.
Tue 2/25
1. Do Spectral Lines and the Bohr Model of the Atom
2. Read The Bohr Atom through Sections Review
.
Thu 2/27
Do Supernova Chemistry
Mon 3/3
Do Student Worksheet: EM Spectrum - A Calculation Investigation and finish all papers from last week
- due by the end of class
Wed 3/5
MEA's
Fri 3/7
1. Go to V225. Do Identifying Lines in the Solar Spectrum
2. Do Alien Eyes
Thu 3/13
1. Do Why does the world gets dark so fast outside the circle of the campfire?
2. Read Stars--What Are They Like? (Distances---Trigonometric Parallax) and answer the questions at the end, this is homework if you don't finish in class.
Mon 3/17
1. Finish work from last class and do "Inverse Square Law Lab" which will be explained in class.
2. Read Distances---Inverse Square Law and answer questions.
Wed 3/19
Do Stellar Bar Codes.
Fri 3/19
1. Do "Magnitude and Parallax - A Review".
2. Read Magnitude System and Color and Temperature and answer questions.
Tue 3/25
Do Spectral Sequence and the HR Diagram
Thu 3/27, Mon 3/31
Finish any missing work from 3rd quarter.
Wed 4/2
Do Spectral Classification of Stars
Fri 4/4
Do Distances to Stars in Leo
Tue 4/8
Do The HR Diagram
Thu 4/10
Do Jewels of the Night
Mon 4/14
Do Cluster Color-Magnitude Diagrams and the Age of Stars
Wed 4/14, Fri 4/16
1. Finish any papers assigned from 4/2 until today
2. Do Stellar Evolution Performance Task - due the day you return from vacation
Tue 4/29
Do research for Steady State vs Big Bang project - due Fri May 9
Thu 5/1
Do The Expanding Universe
Mon 5/5
Do Hubble Law Lab, the Short Version
Wed 5/7
Bates field trip
Fri 5/9
Finish Hubble Law Lab, the Short Version
Tue 5/13
Do Stellar Heartbeats
Thu 5/15
Do The Cepheid Yardstick
Mon 5/19
Read Cosmology up to the sections review and answer the questions.
Wed 5/21
Do "Determining Distance or Luminosity Using Apparent Brightness" and
"Cepheid Variable Stars as Distance Indicators" (Hands-on Universe)
Fri 5/23
Do The Standard Model
Wed 5/28
Do Activity Two -- Psyching Out the System and Activity Five -- The Rules of the Game
Fri 5/30
1. Do Particle Soup: Nucleosynthesis
2. Read Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation up to the Sections Review and answer questions.
Tue 6/3
1. Do the essay Quasars
2. Read The Fate of the Universe up to the Sections Review and answer questions.
Thu 6/5
Review for final exam which will be on cosmology only. A review sheet can be found here.