Check in reflection
Projects Moon Journal Drop your files in your class folder here M82 UltraLuminous X-ray (ULX) Pulsar! Learning to use Stellarium: Basics Intro Miniproject: Astronomical Numbers Miniproject: Wanderers 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: Sunspots! Extra Coding: Solar Position Miniproject: Life Cycle of Stars Project 3: Journalism Focus: Discoveries in Astronomy! Project 4: Art in Astronomy project - feedback for Art in Astronomy project Project 5: The Big Bang! MiniProject: Dark Matter Choose a project! Write in your choice here Space Debate! Modern Astronomy Presentation Project Modern Astronomy Template (add your slides to this presentation) Reflection The Golden Record Alien Life Debate for next class Choose a partner and a planet or moon |
Course Information
Cycle Overview (subject to change) Class Description Star Party Availability Ms. Coke Schedule for Sem1 Possible Star Party Dates All will be 7:30pm-9pm on Middle Field Thurs Aug 31 Tues Sep 19 Wed Oct 18 Thurs Nov 16 (Leonids meteor shower) 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 |
StarsStar Birth
Our Sun, Sunspot Data Hong Kong Observatory SOHO Image Cross Fader Space Weather The HR Diagram: Star in a Box, 2nd link Brightest Stars Closest Stars HR Diagram in Python! 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 |