Ms. Coke's Physics & Astronomy
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  • AP Physics C
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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!
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Extra Coding: Solar Position
Miniproject: Life Cycle of Stars
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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
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Space Debate! 

Modern Astronomy Presentation Project
   Modern Astronomy Template (add your slides to this presentation)
   ​Reflection
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The Golden Record 

Alien Life Debate​ for next class
Choose a partner and a planet or moon 
Picture
The image above is from the July 29, 2012 Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) and features the star cluster R136 in the Tarantula Nebula.
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

Picture
Image from NASA: Wave at Saturn

Our Place in the Universe

Cosmic 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
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Nightly Motion Presentation
Moon Phases Activity

Picture
​Image from APOD: July 20, 2012

Our Solar System

Moon 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

Picture
Image from NASA: Solar Dynamic Observatory

Stars

Star 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
Picture
Image from Hubble: Galaxy Album

The Galaxy & Universe

The 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
Picture
​Image from LIGO

Cosmology

Dark 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
Picture
Image from Hi-SEAS: Photo Gallery

Astrobiology

Extremophiles
​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