1. Mr. Braine

3. Course expectation sheet
Back to School Night Presentation

4. 10 Commonly Repeated Astronomy Facts
What goes up must come down
Our Sun is a yellow star
Weightless astronauts left Earth’s gravity
The North Star is the brightest star in the sky
On a dark night you can make out millions of stars
Total Solar eclipses are rare
Days get longer in summer and shorter in the winter
At high noon the Sun is directly overhead
Sun rises in the East and sets in the West
Moon comes out only at night

6. Nice job….not seeing the Solar eclipse in 2017!
August 21, 2017 Portara, Naxos, Greece
Nice job….not seeing the Solar eclipse in 2017!

7. Next Solar Eclipse April 8, 2024

9. Sigma Draconis

10. Science class
Construction of concepts
Explanation of models based on real life situations
Make predictions based on mathematical models.
Multiple representations

11. Cosmic Perspective
Skywatching
Astronomy and Technology
Comparative Planetology
Stellar Evolution
A Universe of Galaxies
Birth of the Universe
Life in the Universe

12. Homework and classwork 20%
Labs %
Unit Tests 50%
Projects
Extra credit opportunities will be available

13. Objective: Problems Labs
Extra exposure to the material presented in class.
Secondary connections
Problems
Labs
Everything in binder !!!

14. High School Policy.
Late work will be accepted – lower grade.
Students are responsible for checking with me to get classwork or homework if they have missed class.

15. Tutorial “B” days during common lunch Available pre-arranged
before/during/after school.

16. Science League
Physics Olympics
Robotics
Project Aware
Interact
Wrestling

17. M.E.F.

18. M.E.F.

20. Lila Evelynn Braine
2017/05/02

21. Lila Evelynn Braine
2017/09/16

22. Lila
2017/09/23

23. Lila
4 Months Old

24. Lila, Thing 1,
& Thing 2

26. Rowan

27. Connor

28. Thank You