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Date 2nd Semester |
In Class Activity |
Homework |
| 6/6/17 | Redshift/Blueshift Data Patterns |
Bring back textbooks |
| 6/2/17 | Field Trip to Adler Planetarium Not going? Work on this activity - Reading; Problems; Images |
Finish getting a sample of the wavelengths of H alpha, H beta and H gamma wavelengths. Include stars, galaxies and qso (if you can find any qsos!) from your cluster |
| 5/31/17 | BRING BACK ASTRONOMY TEXTS The Great Debate - 1 Galaxy or many? SDSS and Redshift - Use SDSS Navigate link above to explore your galaxy cluster
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Finish getting a sample of the wavelengths of H alpha, H beta and H gamma wavelengths. Include stars, galaxies and qso (if you can find any qsos!) from your cluster |
| 5/23/17 | HR Diagram Quiz Friday, May 19 Star Life Projects Presentations |
Field Trip to Adler Planetarium Friday 6/2/17 - Return Permission slip |
| 5/19/17 | HR Diagram Quiz Friday, May 19 Star Life Projects Presentations |
Field Trip to Adler Planetarium Friday 6/2/17 - Return Permission slip |
| 5/17/17 | Spring Constellation Quiz Work Day - Star Life Project (Due May 19); Star Cluster Age Spreadsheet (Due May 15 - email to Ms Barge) |
Work on Star life cycle project - May 19/23 HR Diagram Quiz Friday, May 19 Field Trip to Adler Planetarium Friday 6/2/17 - Return Permission slip |
| 5/15/17 | Work Day - Star Life Project (Due May 19); Constellation Quiz (May 17); Star Cluster Age Spreadsheet (Due May 15 - email to Ms Barge) | Work on Star life cycle project - May 19/23 Practice Spring Constellations HR Diagram Quiz Friday, May 19 Field Trip to Adler Planetarium Friday 6/2/17 - Return Permission slip |
| 5/12/17 |
Permission to Take a Chick Home - return by Thursday, May 11, 2017 Work Day - Star Life Project (Due May 19); Constellation Quiz (May 17); Star Cluster Age Spreadsheet (Due May 15 - email to Ms Barge) |
Work on Star life cycle project - May 19/23 Practice Spring Constellations HR Diagram Quiz Friday, May 19 |
| 5/9/17 |
Work Day - Star Life Project (Due May 19); Constellation Quiz (May 17); Star Cluster Age Spreadsheet (Due May 15 - email to Ms Barge) |
Work on Star life cycle project - May 19/23 Practice Spring Constellations HR Diagram Quiz Friday, May 19 |
| 5/5/17 |
Star Cluster Ages using HR diagrams - use Excel with this spreadsheet or Work Day for Star Life Cycle Project - Planetarium or Art |
Work on Star life cycle project Practice Spring Constellations - May 17 HR Diagram Quiz Friday, May 19 |
| 4/28/17 |
Exploring Star Life Cycle Project through the Planetarium or Art |
Work on Star life cycle project Practice Spring Constellations |
| 4/26/17 |
Spring Constellation Quiz Practice; HR Diagrams - Practice |
Look for spring constellations |
| 4/24/17 |
The Life and Death of Stars - study guide (pdf - word doc) |
Finish flow chart on star life cycle (study guide) Research on Stellar Life CyclesTextbook - Chp 10: Our Star the Sun; Chp 11: Stars-Distant Suns; Chp 12: How the Stars Shine-Cosmic Furnaces; Chp 13: The Death of Stars-Stellar Recycling; Chp 14: Black Holes-The End of Space and Time |
| 4/18/17 | Research stages of the life cycle of stars | |
| 4/10-14 | Spring Break | Enjoy Break |
| 4/6/17 | Eclipse Educational activities: 1. Post Implementation Form (pdf - word); 2. Reflection - consult project description Spider - Episode 5 from HBO series "From the Earth to the Moon" |
Look for Spring Constellations over break; Share information about the Eclipse (Eclipse video)Enjoy break |
| 4/3/17 | Review Eclipse Educational Activities; Go over Sun-Earth Survey results; Use data sets to determine correct answers; View/discuss "A Private Universe" | Look for Spring Constellations |
| 3/27/17 | Eclipse Quiz - Sun Earth Survey - Spring Constellations (Ursa Major, Leo [drip to Leo], Bootes [arc to Arcturus], Coorna Borealis, Ursa Minor | Eclipse Experiences - Reflection Look for spring constellations |
| 3/23/17 | Work Day Eclipse Projects; Complete the Final Experience Description |
Catch the Winter Circle in the sky. It is fading fast and will soon pass from visibility. Eclipse working groups Quiz on Monday about eclipse info |
| 3/21/17 | Report on working groups to whole class; Work Day Eclipse projects | Eclipse working groups |
| 3/17/17 | Dr Johnson's last day wrap-up Eclipse working groups work day |
Eclipse working groups |
| 3/14/17 | Large Group Meeting (both 2nd and 3rd) - Work Day for Eclipse Education Project |
Read through the Observer's Guide to Viewing the Eclipse |
| 3/10/17 | Creating an eclipse Eclipse Research; Eclipse Links; Sign-up Viewing the Sun - Eclipse glasses & solar projection |
Read through the Observer's Guide to Viewing the Eclipse (2nd period) |
| 3/7/17 | Planetarium - Eclipses The Great American Solar Eclipse August 21, 2017 Project |
Complete Community Application Form by 3:30 Thursday 3/9/17 |
| 3/6/17 | Exoplanet and Doppler Test |
Look for the Moon and the Winter Circle in the Sky - Venus is very bright |
| 2/28/17 | Exoplanet Poster Session Redshift (Doppler) & exoplanet review/practice questions * Key |
Redshift & Exoplanet Test Monday, 3/6/17 |
| 2/22/17 | Look at TRES-3 data; Other Worlds Website; Work Day for Extraordinary Exoplanets - Project Description Examples & checklist of Scientific posters |
Exoplanets - Project Description - Finished Poster due Friday at end of class WOW - space.com * Nature.com Check out the news that 7 Earth like exoplanets have been found around the same star!!* Abstract of article in Nature - look at the light curve of 3 transiting planets!!! |
| 2/17/17 | Guest Speaker Dr David Johnson - ITER International Fusion Project Extraordinary Exoplanets - Project Description OtherWorlds Website; Explanation of Exoplanet names; Image Lab practice using TRES-3 and worksheet Data Anaysis |
Finish the data analysis with TRES-3 by next class. |
| 2/14/17 | Discussion of 2nd semester final project, late work How we detect exoplanets - video OtherWorlds Modeling Lab worksheet - Website; Exoplanet Modeling quiz Get ready for our guest speaker Friday - International Fusion Experiment - Why is this important? (PHD TV is the video we watched in class; Virtual Tokamak is a game where you try to generate electricity for a city using fusion - Ms Barge broke the machine her 1st time :( - Go Inside the Machine Take a virtual tour of a fusion machine at MIT |
Get ready for guest speaker - send questions to Dr Johnson Request exoplanet image according to schedule of your exoplanet |
| 2/10/17 | Exoplanets - Physical Models, wobbling & transits; OtherWorlds Modeling Lab worksheet - Website; Sign up for OtherWorlds accounts |
Request the image for either WASP-43 (Sat 2/11/17) or HATP-36 (Sun 2/12/17) from OtherWorlds Exoplanet website - You have to request the image the day of and not earlier. Find out about nuclear fusion; Think of questions to ask the other Dr Johnson next Friday 2/17/17 |
| 2/8/17 | Waves: amplitude vs wavelength; Doppler Effect & Redshift; Exoplanet Introduction - Exoplanet News | Find out about nuclear fusion; Think of questions to ask the other Dr Johnson next Friday |
| 2/6/17 | EarthSky; Star Cards; Wanda Diaz Ted Talk; Doppler Shift-Redshift | Subscribe to EarthSky; Look for the Winter Circle in the sky; Complete Doppler shift handout |
Date 1st Semester |
In Class Activity |
Homework |
1/30,31/17 2/1,2/17 |
Finals; Seminar | None |
| 1/27/17 | Work Day Answer Key SDSS Practice Key |
Finals Study Guide - you need a pencil, calculator and can bring a 3x5 notecard |
| 1/25/17 | Harvard Computers Talk; Different objects' spectra using SDSS SDSS Tools - Navigate; Search by object #; Plate Browser SDSS Practice Worksheet |
Look for the Winter Constellations outside |
| 1/21/17 | Finish Types of Spectra Activities (Flame Tests & Gas Lamps); Analysis of Star Spectra (Types of Spectra Activity B) Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Talk SDSS Website - Video #1 (Introduction) - Video #2 (A Night at SDSS) SDSS Tools - Navigate; Search by object #; Plate Browser |
Practice Winter Constellation Quiz (Quiz is next class) Look for the Winter Constellations outside |
| 1/19/17 |
Types of Spectra Activities (Flame Tests & Gas Lamps); Analysis of Star Spectra (Types of Spectra Activity B) |
Look for the Winter Constellations outside Fill out Northwestern Permisson Slip Extra Credit: Go watch the movie Hidden Figures - write a reflection: What impressed you? What suprised you? What bothered you? How much do you think thHow much do you think things have changed for women and minorities in science? Due Jan 30, 31 or Feb 1 (whenever your final is scheduled). You can turn it in earlier. |
| 1/13/17 | Continuous, Absorption and Emission Spectra Types of Spectra wksht |
Finish questions on Types of Spectra Wksht Practice Winter Constellation Quiz Find out about the person you were given to research - be ready to share with class Fill out Northwestern Permisson Slip |
| 1/11/17 |
Blackbody Questions |
Fill out Northwestern Permisson Slip Quiz on Blackbodies - Friday 1/13/17 |
| 1/9/17 | Blackbody Applet (Mac use Firefox or Chrome) Worksheet - Key
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Finish Blackbody Lab worksheet Fill out Northwestern Permisson Slip Extra Credit: Go watch the movie Hidden Figures - write a reflection: What impressed you? What suprised you? What bothered you? How much do you think thHow much do you think things have changed for women and minorities in science? Due Jan 30, 31 or Feb 1 (whenever your final is scheduled). You can turn it in earlier. |
| 12/21/16 | Multiwavelength Astronomy - Complete the lesson "Multiwavelength Astronomy" on our class Moodle page | Look in the night sky for the moon and for the winter circle constellations Enjoy Winter Break Extra Credit: Go watch the movie Hidden Figures - write a reflection: What impressed you? What suprised you? What bothered you? How much do you think thHow much do you think things have changed for women and minorities in science? Due Jan 30, 31 or Feb 1 (whenever your final is scheduled). You can turn it in earlier. |
| 12/19/16 | Converting sound into light; The Quiet Zone Video #1 - Video #2; | Electromagnetic Spectrum Telescopes - Each group has a type of light. Research your telescope: Period 2, Period 3 Look for the moon; Look for the winter circle constellations; |
| 12/15/16 | Infrared Light - VIdeo Infrared: More than your eyes can see; SOFIA - exploring how to "see" infrared light | Look for the moon; Look for the winter circle constellations; Practice Winter Constellation Quiz |
| 12/13/16 | Planetarium - Winter Circle Constellations (Orion, Canis Major, Canis Minor, Gemini, Auriga, Taurus); NG Mysteries of the Unseen World (video) Link to older version - The Inivisible World - It is worth watching!! | Look for the moon; Look for the winter circle constellations; Practice Winter Constellation Quiz |
| 12/9/16 | Investigation of the Electromagnetic Spectrum; Speed of light | Look for the moon. Read the article Beyond the Rainbow; Finish Speed of Light |
| 12/6/16 | Review of Freq, Wavelength, Energy problems; Comparision of emitters and detectors of light; Quiz on Frequency, Wavelength and Energy; Comparision of celestial objects viewed in different light | Look for the moon. |
| 12/2/16 | Frequency, Wavelength and Energy of Light - Worksheet |
Think about ideas in the problems from worksheeet; Quiz based on worksheet |
| 11/28.16 | James Webb Telescope Update; History of Light Notes; Talk | None |
| 11/21/16 | Quiz - Moon Phases; Finish Apollo 13 | No homework - Thanksgiving The Great Listen - Interview your elders for StoryCorps |
| 11/17/16 | Review "The Cause of the Moon Phases" - Apollo 13 |
Quiz on Moon Phases Monday 11/21/16 |
| 11/14/16 | Parent Survey - Paper copy or Online What causes Moon Phases? When does the moon rise and set? |
Look for the Super Moon!! Finish the questions on the handout "The Cause of the Moon Phases" |
| 11/3/16 | Finish all handouts; Be ready to discuss: F box - light and lenses - handout; movement of light through telescope; f/ratios; magnification; Read Chp 3 - check reading guide for sections to read - Due Tuesday Nov 8, 2016 |
Look for the Moon - Record when you see it, what it looks like, where in the sky you see it - Put your observations on our class calendar |
| 11/2-3/16 | CUBS WIN!!! CUBS WIN!!! ** Interesting tweets during the game | Join the celebration of the most unexpected event Extra Credit: A photo of you at any world series game, or at the parade for the World Series Champion Cubs, or at Wrigley Field and its sign, or at the rally, or with a Cub player, or any other interesting picture connecting you and the World Champion Cubs. Due 11/29/16 |
| 10/31/16 | F box - light and lenses - handout; movement of light through telescope; f/ratios; magnification; learning to use telescopes - Borrowing telescopes | Read Chp 3 - check reading guide for sections to read - Due Thursday Nov 3, 2016 Look for the Moon - Record when you see it, what it looks like, where in the sky you see it - Put your observations on our class calendar |
10/27/16 Telescopes |
Fall Constellation Quiz; F box - light and lenses - handout; movement of light through telescope; f/ratios; magnification; learning to use telescopes - Borrowing telescopes | Read Chp 3 - check reading guide for sections to read - Due Thursday Nov 3, 2016 Look for the Moon - Record when you see it, what it looks like, where in the sky you see it - Put your observations on our class calendar |
10/25/16 Telescopes |
History of the Telescope Talk; Planetarium video "Two Small Pieces of Glass" | Look for the Moon - Record when you see it, what it looks like, where in the sky you see it - Put your observations on our class calendar Look for the fall constellations in the sky and practice with star chart for Fall Constellation Quiz (quiz will be Oct 27) Practice Quiz |
10/21/16 Telescopes |
2nd & 3rd: Record Moon sightings; Research names given to your table regarding the history of the telescope; See where the closest 2 million stars in our galaxy to Earth are located - The Sun is in the center; Can you find the MilkyWay? Read about Ms. Barge's award 3rd: Astronomy Survey Test |
Look for the Moon - Record when you see it, what it looks like, where in the sky you see it - Put your observations on our class calendar Look for the fall constellations in the sky and practice with star chart for Fall Constellation Quiz (quiz will be Oct 27) Practice Quiz |
10/18/16 Telescopes |
2nd Period: Astronomy Survey; Light Boxes - How does light behave with a mirror and a lens 3rd Period: Constellation Projects; Light Boxes - How does light behave with a mirror and a lens |
Look for the Moon - Record when you see it, what it looks like, where in the sky you see it - Put your observations on our class calendar Look for the fall constellations in the sky and practice with star chart for Fall Constellation Quiz (quiz will be Oct 27) Practice Quiz |
10/14/16 Telescopes |
Telescopes - Introduction (looking at our telescopes); Telescope Quiz; Astronomy CCD Picture | Finish coloring the ccd picture and return it to Ms. Barge Look for the Moon - Record when you see it, what it looks like, where in the sky you see it - Put your observations on our class calendar |
10/12/16 Constellations |
Constellation Presentations | Constellation Project Reflection - upload to Moodle Look for the Moon - Record when you see it, what it looks like, where in the sky you see it Look for the fall constellations in the sky and practice with star chart for Fall Constellation Quiz (quiz will be Oct 27) Practice Quiz |
10/7/16 Constellations |
Constellation Presentations | Constellation Project Reflection - upload to Moodle Look for the Moon - Record when you see it, what it looks like, where in the sky you see it Look for the fall constellations in the sky and practice with star chart for Fall Constellation Quiz (quiz will be Oct 27) Practice Quiz |
10/4/16 Constellations |
Constellation Presentations | Constellation Project Reflection - upload to Moodle Look for the fall constellations in the sky and practice with star chart for Fall Constellation Quiz (quiz will be Oct 27) Practice Quiz |
9/30/16 Constellations; Image Processing |
Magnitude Quiz Retake Constellation Project Work Day - Description; Rubric - Responsibilty List; Resource LinksPlanetarium Practice - Remote Instructions - Key Commands ESA Rosetta Mission Ends |
Look for the fall constellations in the sky and practice with star chart for Fall Constellation Quiz (quiz will be Oct 27) |
9/28/16 Constellations; Magnitude; Parallax |
Constellation Project Work Day - Description; Rubric - Responsibilty List; Resource LinksPlanetarium Practice - Remote Instructions - Key Commands Parallax & Parsec Problems; ImageJ Practice (Images for practice are under Software link above) - Hints; Stellarium |
Look for the fall constellations in the sky and practice with star chart for quiz (quiz will be Oct 27) Makeup magnitude/parallax quiz Friday 9/30 |
9/26/16 Constellations; Magnitude; Parallax |
Constellation Project Work Day - Description; Rubric - Responsibilty List; Resource LinksPlanetarium Practice - Remote Instructions - Key Commands Parallax and Magnitude Practice Image J Practice (Images for practice are under Software link above) - Hints |
Look for the fall constellations in the sky and practice with star chart for quiz Schedule retake of magnitude quiz |
9/22/16 Constellations |
Magnitude Quiz; Fall Equinox Constellation Project Work Day - Description; Rubric - Responsibilty List; Resource Links; Planetarium Practice - Remote Instructions - Key Commands |
Look for the fall constellations in the sky |
9/19/16 Constellations; Magnitude |
Constellation Project Work Day - Description; Rubric - Responsibilty List; Resource Links; Planetarium Practice - Remote Instructions - Key Commands Magnitude Textbook 2nd edition pg 63-67; 3rd ed pg 76-80 |
Magnitude Quiz Thurs 9/22/16 |
9/15/16 Constellations |
Constellation Project Work Day - Description; Rubric - Responsibilty List; Resource Links;Planetarium Practice - Remote Instructions - Key Commands Magnitude - Apparent & Absolute |
Magnitude questions |
9/13/16 Constellations |
Constellation Project - Description; Rubric - Responsibilty List; Resource Links; Planetarium Practice - Remote Instructions - Key Commands |
Constellation Project - Due 10/4, 7, 12/2016 Look for the fall constellations - practice finding on blank quiz Subscribe to Spaceweather.com |
9/9/16 Constellations The Sky |
Star Charts - holder, only stars, constellations, coordinates Planetarium - Identifying contellations & stars - Summer Triangle (Lyra & Vega; Cygnus & Deneb; Aquila & Altair); Ursa Major; Ursa Minor; Cassiopeia; Pegasus; Andromeda |
Look for the fall constellations in the sky and on your star chart |
9/7/2016 Intro Constellations |
Textbooks; Student Survey; Learning Survey #1 (Description - at bottom of survey page); Learning Survey #2 (Description) Scavenger hunt; Enroll in Moodle;
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Read through the Introduction and Part 1 of Walk Through the Heavens Due 9/14/15 Extra Credit for the month of September - bring in a roll of paper towels & a box of kleenex |
9/6/2016 Intro |
Introduction; Expectations; Planetarium |
Horizon Picture Due 9/10/16 |
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