Projects
Day 1 activity: Cosmic Scavenger Hunt Complete the course survey after the activity Project 1: Moon Journal Drop your files in your class folder here Day 2 activity: Stellarium: Basics Intro Miniproject: Our Location in Space Miniproject: Size and Scale Miniproject: Wanderers Miniproject: Artemis Miniproject: JWST Miniproject: Meaning of Numbers Pre-project: Planets Project 2: Solar System Mission Feedback on Solar System Commercial draft Vote for Solar System Mission Drop Solar System Mission URLs on this page Coding, Intro to Stars: HR Diagram Non-coding, Intro to Stars: Life Cycle of Stars Extra Coding: Sunspots! Extra Coding: Solar Position Extra Engineering: 3D Constellation Culture Project 3: Journalism Focus: Discoveries in Astronomy! Coding: Galaxy Rotation Galaxy Dataset Planet Dataset Project 4: The Big Bang! Project 5: Art in Astronomy project - feedback for Art in Astronomy project Project 6: Space Debate! Project 7: Modern Astronomy Presentation Project Modern Astronomy Template (add your slides to this presentation) Reflection Project 8: The Golden Record Project 9: Alien Life Debate |
Course Information
Cycle Overview (subject to change) Class Description Ms. Coke Schedule for Sem2 Tentative Star Party Dates All will be 7:30pm-9pm on Middle Field Wed Feb 21 Thu Mar 7 Wed Apr 10 Thu May 2 Watch your emails, the weather might mean we have to cancel a star party If I'm absent: The Martian class discussion document Interstellar class discussion document Astronomy Links APOD JWST latest images Crash Course Astronomy Astronomy Cast podcast What's Up overview of the night sky each month from JPL PBS Spacetime youtube: intense astronomy Dr. Becky youtube: astrophysicist shares her take on current astro news Recommended Downloads Stellarium (you can use Punahou Self Service) NASA's Eyes Spot the Station |
Our Place in the UniverseCosmic Treasure Hunt
Intro to Astronomy Intro to Stellarium Size Comparisons of Stars (youtube) Precession and the Zodiac Size and Scale Project Our Location in Space Size and Scale Presentation Nightly Motion Presentation Moon Phases Activity |
Our Solar SystemMoon Phases
Marsbound mission vote Solar System Intro Rotation Rate of the Planets (youtube) What is retrograde? NASA Missions in our Solar System Solar System Qualities Living and Dying on Venus Mission to Mars: Vote! Landing on an asteroid Location, rotation, neighbors Wanderers: YouTube, Gallery, Signup Exoplanets! Video from PhD Comics |
StarsThe HR Diagram
1) Star in a Box 2) Interactive HR 3) Spectral Temperatures Brightest Stars Closest Stars HR Diagram in Python! Star Birth Our Sun, Sunspot Data Hong Kong Observatory SOHO Image Cross Fader Black Holes (YouTube Intro) Black Hole Lab Popular Mechanics Article (#6) - Densities of Materials - Comparison of Densities - Hubblesite Black Hole Module |
The Galaxy & UniverseThe Milky Way
Comparing JWST images Galaxy Classification (images) Updated Tuning Fork Model Galaxy Model: Mass and Ang Mom Galaxy Model Explanation Galaxies Time Sequence Time Sequence Explanation The Big Bang Activity Website Big Bang Visualization The Universe Alice & Bob in Wonderland Special Relativity Presentation MinutePhysics on Relativity Alice & Bob Part 2 Alice & Bob Part 3 |
CosmologyDark Matter
Dark Matter Spreadsheet Dark Matter Galaxy Data Into the Universe clip Dark Energy Explore More Yet another option for dark energy The Universe Gravitational Waves |
AstrobiologyExtremophiles
What defines life? Link 1 and Link 2 Possible life in our Solar System Reaching beyond Drake Equation questions Interactive Drake Equation Class Results Link (for #9) Wired: Should we contact aliens? (for #14) Life Debate: Medium site Wired site Smithsonian site |