September 9, 2011 Honors Astronomy WARM UP: Can a scientist have more than one model for the same thing? Explain your answer. ESSENTIAL QUESTION: What are the components of our Solar System and Universe REFLECTION: None AGENDA 1)Warm up 2)Vocab Overview 3)Quiz 4)Handout- Practice Please start when you finish quiz 5)Wrap on yesterday’s activity 6)Current discussion: Where are we?

September 09, 2011 Honors Astronomy FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT:. Astronomy, Solar astronomy, Planetary science, Stellar astronomy, Cosmology, Astrobiology, Archaeoastronomy, Arc-minute, Arc-second, Degree, Light-year, Non-example: Astrology, Teacher led Questions on student’s understanding of today’s lesson. VOCABULARY:. NOTES: Quiz Today! ALL Classes. Section one on PPTS PRACTICE: ASSIGNMENTS:

September 08, 2011 Honors Astronomy BENCHMARK: WARM UP: 1)Warm Up 2)Second Unit: Where are we? 3)Quiz 4)Play-do Lab 5)If you did not take my Pre-test let me know ESSENTIAL QUESTION: > What are the components of our Solar System Next Slide. You will need a calculator. AGENDA

Common Name Scientific Name Dist. Ly Arcturus Alpha Boötes 34.0 Betelgeuse Alpha Orionus 470. Proxima Centauri V645 Centuri 4.20 Based on your answers yesterday, calculate the number of parsecs (pc) to each of these stars. Express your answers in scientific notation (where needed). You do not need to copy the chart again; however, indicate the common name, show work, answer and units 1 pc = 3.26 ly

September 07, 2011 Honors Astronomy FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT:. Astronomy, Solar astronomy, Planetary science, Stellar astronomy, Cosmology, Astrobiology, Archaeoastronomy, Arc-minute, Arc-second, Degree, Light-year, Non-example: Astrology, Teacher led Questions on student’s understanding of today’s lesson. VOCABULARY:. NOTES: Quiz Tomorrow! ALL Classes. Section one on PPTS PRACTICE: ASSIGNMENTS:

Distances A.U = Astronomical Unit Distance from center of Earth to center of sun- (used in solar systems) 150,000,000 km Distances in Space Parsec – 3.26 LY A.U Used between stars and galaxies. Stands for Parallax Second Light Year – distance light travels in a year – 9.46 e12 km – 63,241 A.U, Used between stars and galaxies Speed of light is: 3.0 e8 m/s 3.0 e5 km/s 1.08 e9 km/hr (1,080,000,000 km/hr

September 9, 2011 Astronomy FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT:. Astronomy, Solar astronomy, Planetary science, Stellar astronomy, Cosmology, Astrobiology, Archaeoastronomy, Non-example: Astrology, Angular Distance, Astronomical Unit (A.U.), Arc-minute, Arc-second, Degree, Light-year, Teacher led Questions on student’s understanding of today’s lesson. VOCABULARY:. NOTES: QUIZ NEXT WEDNESDAY!. PRACTICE: ASSIGNMENTS: Observation Assignment due this week!

September 07, 2011 Honors Astronomy BENCHMARK: WARM UP: 1)Warm Up 2)First Unit: Here and Now (finish period 5 and 6) 3)Second Unit: Where are we? 4)Play-do Lab 5)If you did not take my Pre-test let me know ESSENTIAL QUESTION: > What are the components of our Solar System Next Slide. You will need a calculator. AGENDA

Common Name Scientific Name Dist. Ly Arcturus Alpha Boötes 34.0 Betelgeuse Alpha Orionus 470. Proxima Centauri V645 Centuri 4.20 Based on your answers yesterday, calculate the number of AU (astronomical units) to each of these stars. Express your answers in scientific notation. You do not need to copy the chart again; however, indicate the common name, show work, answer and units 1 AU = 1.5 e 8 km Does this make it any easier: 1 ly = 6.3 e 4 AU

September 07, 2011 Honors Astronomy FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT:. Astronomy, Solar astronomy, Planetary science, Stellar astronomy, Cosmology, Astrobiology, Archaeoastronomy, Arc-minute, Arc-second, Degree, Light-year, Non-example: Astrology, Teacher led Questions on student’s understanding of today’s lesson. VOCABULARY:. NOTES: Quiz Tomorrow! ALL Classes. Section one on PPTS PRACTICE: ASSIGNMENTS:

September 06, 2011 Honors Astronomy BENCHMARK: WARM UP: 1)Warm Up - MAKE SURE WITH YOUR WARM-UPS THAT YOU WRITE THE QUESTION, ANSWER COMPLETELY AND CORRECT, IF NEEDED! 2)If you did not take my Pre-test let me know 3)First Unit: Here and Now 4)Second Unit: Where are we? ESSENTIAL QUESTION: > What are the components of our Solar System Next Slide. Unless you are Spock or the Rain-man, you will need a calculator. AGENDA

Common Name Scientific Name Dist. Ly (Light year) Arcturus Alpha Boötes 34.0 Betelgeuse Alpha Orionus 470. Proxima Centauri V645 Centuri 4.20 Well let’s see how well your fingers can dance on the keyboard of your calculator. Calculate the number of kilometers to each of these stars. Express your answers in scientific notation. Fill out chart. What is the most significant digits you can calculate this to? By the way: 1 l.y. = 9.46 e12 km

September 06, 2011 Honors Astronomy FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT:. Astronomy, Solar astronomy, Planetary science, Stellar astronomy, Cosmology, Astrobiology, Archaeoastronomy, Non-example: Astrology, Angular Distance, Astronomical Unit (A.U.), Arc-minute, Arc-second, Degree, Light-year, Teacher led Questions on student’s understanding of today’s lesson. VOCABULARY:. NOTES:. PRACTICE: ASSIGNMENTS: Observation Assignment due today. I will also accept late ones today

Observation Assignment – Due on Wed Aug. 31st. Between now and Wednesday, I need you to go outside between 6:00AM and 6:15 AM (yes, in the morning) and look to the east (the direction the sun rises). It should still be dark and you should still be able to make out a few stars (10 -15) and maybe a planet or two. 1)Create a drawing of what you see. (Remember this is NOT an art class – do your best but creativity will be rewarded.) Your drawing should be no bigger than a sheet in a composition notebook (5.5 x 8.5 inches with the long side being the horizon) 2)Roughly indicate the horizon (bottom of the sheet) and with the top side of the sheet being about two handspans (About 40 degrees of sky). Draw in dots to indicate the planets and stars. Make sure your marks indicate the color and how bright the objects are (bigger dots for brighter objects) 3)If you think you think you can identify an object then do so on your sheet. 4)Try to be as close to scale as you can.

22 Twi A: 5:35 am Sunrise: 6:58 am Sunset: 7:59 pm Twi A: 9:22 pm Moonrise: 12:33am Moonset: 2:44pm 23 Twi A: 5:36am Sunrise: 6:59 am Sunset: 7:58 pm Twi A: 9:21 pm Moonrise: 1:21am Moonset: 3:38pm 24 Twi A: 5:37am Sunrise: 6:59am Sunset: 7:57pm Twi A: 9:19 pm Moonrise: 2:15am Moonset: 4:28pm 25 Twi A: 5:37am Sunrise: 7:00am Sunset: 7:56pm Twi A: 9:18pm Moonrise: 3:13am Moonset: 5:17pm 26 Twi A: 5:38am Sunrise: 7:00am Sunset: 7:55pm Twi A: 9:17pm Moonrise: 4:15am Moonset: 6:02pm 27 Twi A: 5:39am Sunrise: 7:01am Sunset: 7:54pm Twi A: 9:16pm Moonrise: 5:20am Moonset: 6:44pm

Solar System Scale Activity Materials: * A long thin strip of paper at least 30 cm long (a sentence strip works well) * Pencil Directions 1) Place the piece of paper on your desk in front of you vertically (so that it is tall instead of fat). In very small letters, write “Sun” on the very top edge of the strip and “Pluto” on the very bottom edge. 2) Fold the strip in half (top to bottom) and open it up again, showing the crease.

Solar System Scale Activity 3) What planet do you think might belong on the crease (halfway from the Sun to Pluto)? Write your guess on the crease. 4) Write in the rest of the planets on the strip of paper, making sure you put them in order and keep their relative locations where you think they should be. 5) When your teacher provides the “answer key”, write down the answers on the other side of the paper. Compare the correct answers to your own. How did you do?

To Make the Answer Key: 1) Turn strip over and refold halfway between Sun and Pluto. On the crease, write Uranus. 2) Fold Pluto to Uranus. Write Neptune. 3) Fold Sun to Uranus. Write Saturn. 4) Fold Sun to Saturn. Write Jupiter. 5) Fold Sun to Jupiter. Write Asteroid Belt. 6) Fold Sun to Asteroid Belt. Write Mars. 7) Fold Sun to Mars. Write Venus. 8) Write Mercury in between Sun and Venus. 9) Which planet is missing? Write in Earth in between Venus and Mars.

Scientific Models—A Survey Question 1: How would you describe what a model (in science) is to someone who didn’t know this term? Give two examples of models. Question 2: What are models in science used for? Question 3: How close does a model have to be to the real thing? Question 4: What is important to include in a scientific model? Question 5: Can scientists have more than one model for the same thing? Explain your answer. Question 6: Are there circumstances that would require a model to be changed? If yes, what are they? If no, why not?

Common Name ScientificName Dist. Ly Dist. pc Dist. AU Dist. km Dist in mi Arcturus Alpha Boötes e e e 14 BetelgeuseAlphaOrionus e e e 15 Proxima Centauri V645 Centuri e e e 13 1 pc = 3.26 ly 1 AU = 1.5 x 10e8 km 1 ly = 6.3 x 10e6 AU 1 ly = 9.46 x 10e12 km