Unit 1: Our Place in the Universe
Day 1 activity: Cosmic Scavenger Hunt Complete the course survey after the activity Quarter Project 1: Moon Journal Share your link using the Canvas assignment Stellarium: Basics Intro Meaning of Numbers Our Location in Space Size and Scale Unit 2: Our Solar System Wanderers Intro to planets-project: Planets Game: Mission to Mars! Project 1: Solar System Mission Feedback on Solar System Commercial draft Vote for Solar System Mission Drop Solar System Mission URLs on this page Artemis JWST Unit 3: Stars Project 2: Stars Coding, Intro to Stars: HR Diagram Non-coding, Intro to Stars: Life Cycle of Stars Coding: Sunspots! Coding: Solar Position Engineering: 3D Constellation Culture Extra Coding - Star Clusters: Using TOPCAT Quarter Project 2: Art in Astronomy project - feedback for Art in Astronomy project Unit 4: Galaxies and the Universe Project 3: Galaxy Rotation Galaxy Dataset Planet Dataset Project 4: The Big Bang! Mysteries of the Universe Space Debate! Project 5: Modern Astronomy Presentation Project Modern Astronomy Template (download and create in PowerPoint) Drop your completed PowerPoint in this folder Reflection Unit 5: Astrobiology (alien life!) Project 6: Journalism Focus: Discoveries in Astronomy! Project 7: The Golden Record Alien Life Debate |
Course Information
Cycle Overview (subject to change) Class Description Ms. Coke Semester 1 Schedule Course Evaluation Semester Reflection Tentative Star Party Dates All will be 7:30pm-9pm on Middle Field Tue 9/17 --Partial Solar Eclipse 6:30am-7:30am Oct 2-- Tue 10/8 (Orionid meteor shower) CANCELED Tue 10/21 (Orionid meteor shower and comet viewing) Thu 12/12 (Geminid meteor shower) 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 What's Up overview of the night sky each month from JPL Nights on Earth astronomy calendar Recommended Downloads Stellarium (you can use Punahou Self Service) NASA's Eyes Spot the Station |
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 |