Friday, June 3, 2011

Mon., Jun. 6, 2011

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Announcements: Notebooks today and Wednesday Objectives: Create a timeline of Notable Events Warm-ups: Cetus the Whale - Constellation Myt...

Fri., Jun. 3, 2011

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Announcements: Hand journals in Monday Objectives: Telescopes Opening Data: Visible light view of distant planet Location, Location, Locatio...
Thursday, May 26, 2011

Wed., Jun. 1, 2011

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Announcements: Welcome to June! Let's check the weather Objectives: Navigate the skies using the Celestial Sphere Opening Data: Ecli...

Mon., May 30, 2011

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Holiday - Memorial Day - No school! Enjoy

Fri., May 27, 2011

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Furlough Day - No school! Enjoy
Monday, May 23, 2011

Wed., May 25, 2011

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Announcements: Objectives: Opening Data: Equinoxes & solstices What's up in our neighbor hood right now? Celestial Sphere & Nav...

Mon., May 23, 2011

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Announcements: Even Day - No school Friday! Objectives: Understand celestial sphere Warm-ups: Magnitudes vs. Actual brightness What's...
Friday, May 20, 2011

Fri., May 20, 2011

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Announcements: 7 class days left - final exam Objectives: UnderstandAlbert Einstein's Contribution to Astrophysics Opening Data: Weath...
Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Wed., May 18, 2011

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Announcements: Senior Finals on Wed. Jun. 8 Objectives: UnderstandAlbert Einstein's Contribution to Astrophysics Opening Data: Endeavo...
Friday, May 13, 2011

Mon., May 16, 2011

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Objectives: Use the HR Diagram to predict physical properties of stars Announcements: Get your work graded Opening Data: Gliese 581d Contin...

Fri., May 13, 2011

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Objectives: Use the HR Diagram to predict physical properties of stars Announcements: Get your HR Diagram graded Opening Data: Gravitationa...
Thursday, May 5, 2011

Wed., May 11, 2011

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Objectives: Describe how the HR Diagram demonstrates star life cylces Announcements: Star party? Opening Data: Weather & Stargazing ...

Mon., May 9, 2011

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Objectives: Add concept of color, luminosity temperature & size into our understanding of the life cycle of stars Announcements: Check...

Fri., May 6, 2011

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Objectives: Describe how star brightness is related to stellar class and temperature Announcements: You need to finish graphing today Open...
Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Wed., May 4, 2011

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Announcements: Objectives: Understand that we classify stars based upon their temperature, color & luminosity as well as their chemical...
Monday, May 2, 2011

Mon., May 2, 2011

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Announcements: 6 wks. left - focus & work hard Objectives: Explain how atoms produce colors seen in spectra of elements Opening Data: ...
Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Mon., Apr. 25, 2011

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Announcements: If you have a zero, you must finish that assignment by Wed (4/27) to get any score at al l Objectives: Explain how atoms prod...

Fri., Apr. 22, 2011

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Announcements: Monday is an Even Day! One week left in this grading cycle All late work due on Wed. next week Objectives: Examine colors pr...

Wed., Apr. 20, 2011

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Objectives: Describe processes that happen in stars, what stars are composed of and explain how the EM spectrum can give us this informati...
Monday, April 11, 2011

Mon., Apr. 18, 2011

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Objectives: Describe one attempt to communicate with intelligent extra-terrestrial life Announcements: Checking notebooks on Wed. & Fri....

Wed., Apr. 13, 2011

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Objectives: Describe electromagnetic spectrum in terms of the varied types, how they differ, the nature of the spectrum how it EM waves are...
Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Mon., Apr. 11, 2011

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Objectives: Understand how a star changes Announcements: No school Friday - Furlough Opening Data: Taurus Myth Crab Nebula (supernova remn...

Fri., Apr. 8, 2011

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Objectives: Use a planisphere to determine what the night sky will look like tonight Be able to find what times of night (or day) a given co...

Wed., Apr. 6, 2011

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Objectives: Finish "Contact" Announcments: Opening Data: Auriga Myth Don't forget the questions for this movie... Finish (?) ...
Monday, April 4, 2011

Mon., Apr. 4, 2011

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Objectives: Announcments: Opening Data: Perseus Myth Don't forget the questions for this movie... Continue viewing "Contact"
Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Fri., Apr. 1, 2011

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Objectives: Understand some relationships between time and space Announcements: Opening Data: Lyra Myth Who was Carl Sagan? Contact Movie...
Friday, March 18, 2011

Wed. Mar. 30, 2011

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Objectives: Understand the processes that take plac e in stars and how the forces produced cause star to be stable or change as they age. ...
Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Mon., Mar. 28, 2011

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Welcome Back! Objectives: Get ourselves organized Announcements: Opening Data: Cygnus Nebulae ... 1 ... 2 ... 3 ... 4 ... 5 Stellar Evolut...

Mon.-Fri., Mar 21-25, 2011

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Spring Break - No School!

Fri., Mar. 18, 2011

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Objectives: Orion, Mars & Finishing up Announcements: Today is the last day to hand in Apollo 13 follow-up questions Opening Data: Or...
Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Wed., Mar. 16, 2011

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Objectives: Name the sizes and describe the nature of structures in the universe Announcements: Apollo 13 follow up questions are due today...
Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Mon., Mar. 14, 2011

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Objectives: Find your way around the night sky Announcements: Check your grades Opening Data: Circumpolar Constellations The sky around u...

Fri., Mar. 11, 2011

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Inservice & Grading...No School

Wed., Mar. 9, 2011

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Objectives: Analyze scenarios that can occur when men explore space Announcements: If I don't get it today...zero forever Opening Data:...
Monday, March 7, 2011

Mon., Mar. 7, 2011

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Objectives: Analyze scenarios that can occur when men explore space Announcements: You may continue to work on the Kepler's Laws activ...
Friday, March 4, 2011

Fri., Mar. 4, 2011

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Objectives: Analyze scenarios that can occur when men explore space Announcements: You may continue to work on the Kepler's Laws activ...
Monday, February 28, 2011

Wed., Mar. 2, 2011

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Objectives: Analyze scenarios that can occur when men explore space Announcements: You may continue to work on the Kepler's Laws activ...
Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Mon., Feb. 28, 2011

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Objectives: Identify and apply Kepler's 1st & 2nd Laws Announcements: 5 more session til grades Opening Data: What types of Teles...

Fri., Feb. 25, 2011

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Objectives: Identify and apply Kepler's 1st & 2nd Laws Announcements: Grades Assignments Evaluate Last notebooks End of 6 weeks: M...
Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Wed., Feb. 23, 2011

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Objectives: Analyze planet data and determine how to draw the orbits of planets Announcements: Grades Assignments Evaluate Last notebooks ...

Mon., Feb. 21, 2011

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President's Day - No School

Fri., Feb. 18, 2011

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Science Career Day
Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Wed., Feb. 16, 2011

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Objectives: Analyze Obits of the Planets Announcements: I would like to check notebooks today Special Class on Friday No school Monday - Pr...
Friday, February 11, 2011

Mon., Feb. 14, 2011

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Objectives: Explore planetary orbits Announcements: Hand in your journals next class Organized Complete Assignments Finished Opening Data:...

Fri., Feb. 11, 2011

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Objectives: Analyze solar system data Announcements: Journals due on Wednesday Table of Contents Opening Data: Alchemical symbols for the p...
Friday, February 4, 2011

Wed., Feb. 9, 2011

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Objectives: Relative sizes of planets & Stars Analyze solar system data Announcements: I will collect notebooks next Wednesday - Table...

Mon., Feb. 7, 2011

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Objectives: Structure of our solar system Announcements: Do you have your spiral yet? Opening data: Our Solar System - Scattered Disk APOD...

Fri., Feb. 4, 2011

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Objectives: Understand Solar Cycles Announcements: Please have your spiral by Wed. Table of Contents Opening Data: Sol Apod: Solar Prominen...
Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Wed., Feb 2, 2011

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Opening Data: Luna Objectives: The moon's affects on our planet Announcements: Syllabus Notebooks Blog "Astronomy is a dead scien...