Unit 5: Space Exploration Topic 1:For Our Eyes Only Topic 2: Stronger Eyes and Better Numbers Topic 3: the Spectroscope:New meanings in Light Topic 4: Bigger and Smarter Telescopes Topic 5: What Channel is That? Topic 6: Above the Atmosphere and Under Control Topic 7: the Solar System up Close Topic 8: People in Space

General Space Knowledge:

You tubes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8eFFnJsCjs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqX2YdnwtRc&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pu2KLUzHbQ&feature=related

What Happened to Pluto? is the second-largest known dwarf planet in the Solar System (after Eris) and the tenth-largest body observed directly orbiting the Sun composed primarily of rock and ice and is relatively small Because of Pluto's very low mass, its status as a major planet began to be questioned

Solar Eclipse

Lunar Eclipse

Topic 1: For our Eyes Only

Frames of Reference A set of axis of any kind that is used to describe the positions or motions of things Examples: Earth’s axis is 23.5 degrees The Equator and the Prime meridian Latitude and Longitude

What Our Ancestors Believed Earth Centered Model (geocentric) Invented by Aristotle and believed for 2000 years

What Our Ancestors Saw Celestial Bodies (Earth, moon, stars, and Planets) Stars make unchanging patterns called constellations Each day a star rises and sets four minutes earlier than the day before The sun and moon rises and sets at a different rate than the stars The five other bodies(Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn rise and set at different rates and seem to “wander” across the sky

Sky Co-ordinates

How to Measure Azimuth and Altitude Astrolabe Compass

What is the Best Frame of Reference? Stars They are fixed and all other celestial bodies rotate and move. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NLCanFA5-Y&feature=related