Tues., Oct. 1, 2013

Objectives:  Analyze Planet Orbits
Announcements: Journals
Opening Data: Ellipses & Eccentricity link
Solar system Interactive link
Kepler's 1st Law Activity

• Kepler Boards
• Graph Paper
• Colored Pencils

Mon., Sept. 30, 2013

Objectives:  Analyze Planet Data
Announcements: Journals
Opening Data: Viewing Meteor Showers
video link

Finish Planet Data & Questions
Kepler's 1st Law Activity

• Kepler Boards
• Graph Paper
• Colored Pencils

Fri., Sept. 27, 2013

Objectives:  Analyze Planet Data
Announcements: Hand in notebook
at the end of this class
Opening Data: Meteor Showers

Planet Data & Questions

Thurs., Sept. 26, 2013

Objectives:  Analyze Planet Data
Announcements: Notebooks tomorrow
Opening Data: RCA & star parties

Planet Data & Questions
Write the names of the bright stars on 
your planisphere

Wed., Sept. 25, 2013

Objectives:  Learn to use your planisphere 
Announcements: Notebook grading again-
Friday
Opening Data: Table of Contents

Check grades with me
Finish the planisphere assignment  link
In your journals please, full sentence 
answers so that the question is clear
Write the names of the bright stars on 
your planisphere

Tues., Sept. 24, 2013

Objectives:  Learn to use your planisphere 
Announcements: Grades/Notebooks
Opening Data: Measuring angles in the
sky with your hand

Using a planisphere  link
In your journals please, full sentence 
answers so that the question is clear

Mon., Sept. 23, 2013

Objectives:  Learn to use your planisphere 
Announcements: Grades/Notebooks
Opening Data: None
Using a planisphere  link
In your journals please, full sentence 
answers so that the question is clear

Fri., Sept. 20, 2013

Objectives:  Learn to use your planisphere 
Announcements: Grades/Notebooks
Opening Data: None
Using a planisphere  link
In your journals please, full sentence 
answers so that the question is clear

Thurs., Sept. 19, 2013

Objectives:  Learn to use your planisphere 
Announcements: Grades/Notebooks
Opening Data: Online Planisphere link
Brief intro to your planisphere
Using a planisphere  link

Wed., Sept. 18, 2013

Objectives:  Construct a planisphere 
& learn it's basic use
Announcements: Time right now link
Opening Data: UTC, Time Zones & Codes link
Finish your planisphere
Here's how it works...
Using a planisphere  link

Tues., Sept. 17, 2013

Objectives:  Construct a planisphere 
& learn it's basic use
Announcements: None
Opening Data: Astronomy Picture of the Daylink
Moon Factslink
Construct your own planisphere link1 link2
Copy this diagram into your journal link
Using a planisphere  link

Mon., Sept. 16, 2013

Objectives: Create a map that will guide you 
through the sky
Announcements: Hand in journal Fri.
Opening Data: Astronomy Picture of the Daylink
Moon Factslink
Constellation Map
Constellation Lab Questions
Pathways to the Stars: Using the major, easily spotted constellations, describe a route to the
bright stars as waypoints along the journey
Finished? - Astronomy Scavenger Hunt

Fri., Sept. 13, 2013

Objectives: Create a map that will guide you 
through the sky
Announcements: Hand in journal E.O.P.
Opening Data: Moon Facts
Constellation Map
Constellation Lab Questions
Pathways to the Stars: Using the major, easily spotted constellations, describe a route to the
bright stars as waypoints along the journey
Finished? - Astronomy Scavenger Hunt

Thurs., Sept. 12, 2013

Objectives: Create a map that will guide you 
through the sky
Announcements: All assignments in notebooks Turn in on Fri.
Opening Data: Moon Phases link
Constellation Map
Constellation Lab Questions
Pathways to the Stars: Using the major, easily spotted constellations, describe a route to the
bright stars as waypoints along the journey
Finished? - Astronomy Scavenger Hunt

Wed., Sept. 11, 2013

Objectives: Create a map that will guide you 
through the sky
Announcements: All assignments in notebooks Turn in on Fri.
Opening Data: Moon Phases link
Constellation Map
Constellation Lab
Pathways to the Stars: Using the major, easily spotted constellations, describe a route to the
bright stars as waypoints along the journey
Finished? - Astronomy Scavenger Hunt

Tues., Sept. 10, 2013

Objectives: Create a map that will guide you 
through the sky
Announcements: Leave your notebooks Fri.
Opening Data: Planets visible in night sky now link
Tape your syllabus in your journal
List of Brightest Northern Stars (completed, graded and taped in your journal)
Constellation Map
Constellation Lab

Mon., Sept. 9, 2013

Objectives: How can you tell if an object is visible in the night sky?
Announcements: Leave your notebooks Fri.

Opening Data: 4 objects visible to the unaided eye from Earth that are NOT in the Milkyway galaxy...
List of Brightest Northern Stars
Constellation Map
Constellation Lab

Fri., Sept. 6, 2013

Objectives: How can you tell if an object is visible in the night sky?

Location

supernova remnant W49B
Announcements: Syllabus & Organize Notebooks

Opening Data: Comet of the Century?
List of Brightest Northern Stars
Constellation Map
Constellation Lab 

Thurs., Sept. 5, 2013

Objectives: How can you tell if an object is visible in the night sky?

 
Announcements:  Show me your Questionnaire

Opening Data:   The magnitude scale
List of Brightest Northern Stars
Constellation Map
More on the Magnitude Scale(s)