Titan Astronomy_s1

Wed., Jan. 9, 2013

Objectives: Discover flame color of metals
and use that to identify unkown metals.
Announcements: Show me your spectroscope for a grade and get your lab graded

Opening Data: Stellar Evolution - Video (Universe: 0107-0111)
Stellar Evolution

Did you finish????Flame Test Lab

Spectra for the elements

Tues., Dec. 18, 2012

Objectives: Discover flame color of metals
and use that to identify unkown metals.

Announcements: Happy Solstice!

Opening Data: wavelength to frequency

Flame Test Lab

Spectra for the elements

Mon., Dec. 17, 2012

Objectives: Discover flame color of metals
and use that to identify unkown metals.

Announcements: Show me your spectroscope for a grade and get your lab graded

Opening Data: Energy of Light = h × f
Planck's Constant, h = 6.626 × 10^-34 Js

Flame Test Lab

Spectra for the elements

Fri., Dec. 14, 2012

Thurs., Dec. 13, 2012

Objectives: Determine the identity of unknown elements using the spectra created with your spectroscope

Announcements: Show me your spectroscope for a grade and get your lab graded

Opening Data: Speed of Light
light year
parsec

Einstein & Relativity
Flame Test Lab

Spectra for the elements

Wed., Dec. 12, 2012

Objectives: Determine the identity of unknown elements using the spectra created with your spectroscope

Announcements: Show me your spectroscope for a grade and get your lab graded

Opening Data: Speed of Light
c = 3.0 x 10^8 meters/second
light year = ly = 9.5 x 10^15 meters
parsec = pc = 3.25 ly = 3.1 x 10^16 meters

Einstein & Relativity
Flame Test Lab

Spectra for the elements

Tues., Dec. 11, 2012

Objectives: Determine the identity of unknown elements using the spectra created with your spectroscope

Announcements: Finish today by EOP

Opening Data: None
In your journals:

Mercury spectrum drawing
Scale numbers where you saw each color
Calibration curve printed out
Drawing for each unknown gas spectrum
Scale numbers (each color)
Wavelengths of each color
Element Identity

Spectra for the elements

Mon., Dec. 10, 2012

Objectives: Determine the identity of unknown elements using the spectra created with your spectroscope

Announcements:
Opening Data:
Examine Mercury Spectrum Tube with your spectroscope and create a "calibration curve".
Examine the spectra of unknown gases. Attempt to
determine the identity of each sample.
Spectra for the elements
Build a spectroscope

Fri., Dec. 7, 2012

Objectives: Describe how the visible spectrum fits into the rest of the EM spectrum including how to distinguish one color from the next.

Announcements:
Opening Data:
Examine Mercury Spectrum Tube with your spectroscope and create a "calibration curve".
Examine the spectra of unknown gases. Attempt to
determine the identity of each sample.
Diffraction gratings

Spectra for the elements
Build a spectroscope

Thurs., Dec. 6, 2012

Spectra for the elements
Build a spectroscope

Wed., Dec. 5, 2012

Objectives: Describe how the visible spectrum fits into the rest of the EM spectrum including how to distinguish one color from the next.

Announcements: Do you have your cereal box?
Opening Data: Diffraction gratings and Spectrum Tubes
Build a spectroscope

Tues., Dec. 4, 2012

Objectives: Describe how the visible spectrum fits into the rest of the EM spectrum including how to distinguish one color from the next.

Announcements: Do you have your cereal box?
Gotta have your box tomorrow as we start the
building process.
Let's get the answers...

Describe the idea of the celestial sphere.
What units is declination measured in?
What are the units used to measure right ascension?
Compare rt. ascension & declination to latitude and longitude on the earth.
What is our latitude and longitude here in the classroom?
What are lat. and long. measured in?
Where on the Earth are latitude and longitude measured from (where's the "origin")?
What's the 0,0 of rt. asc. & decl. called?
Where is that located in the sky (which constellation)?
When (on the calendar) is the Earth closest to the sun?
What celestial event is closest to perihelion?
Describe where the sun is during the vernal equinox.
What day (typically) is the autumnal equinox?
What happens during an equinox?
What is the longest day of the year in the southern hemisphere?

Mon., Dec.3, 2012

Objectives: Describe how the visible spectrum fits into the rest of the EM spectrum including how to distinguish one color from the next.

Announcements: Diffraction & Rainbows

Do you have your cereal box?
Opening Data:
Remember those other questions?
(these should be in your notes...)

Describe the idea of the celestial sphere.
What units is declination measured in?
What are the units used to measure right ascension?
Compare rt. ascension & declination to latitude and longitude on the earth.
What is our latitude and longitude here in the classroom?
What are lat. and long. measured in?
Where on the Earth are latitude and longitude measured from (where's the "origin")?
What's the 0,0 of rt. asc. & decl. called?
Where is that located in the sky (which constellation)?
When (on the calendar) is the Earth closest to the sun?
What celestial event is closest to perihelion?
Describe where the sun is during the vernal equinox.
What day (typically) is the autumnal equinox?
What happens during an equinox?
What is the longest day of the year in the southern hemisphere?

Thurs., Nov. 29, 2012

Objectives: Describe how the visible spectrum fits into the rest of the EM spectrum including how to distinguish one color from the next.

Announcements: All late work is due now

Do you have your cereal box?
Opening Data: Electromagnetic Spectrum

Remember those other questions?
(these should be in your notes...)

Describe the idea of the celestial sphere.
What units is declination measured in?
What are the units used to measure right ascension?
Compare rt. ascension & declination to latitude and longitude on the earth.
What is our latitude and longitude here in the classroom?
What are lat. and long. measured in?
Where on the Earth are latitude and longitude measured from (where's the "origin")?
What's the 0,0 of rt. asc. & decl. called?
Where is that located in the sky (which constellation)?
When (on the calendar) is the Earth closest to the sun?
What celestial event is closest to perihelion?
Describe where the sun is during the vernal equinox.
What day (typically) is the autumnal equinox?
What happens during an equinox?
What is the longest day of the year in the southern hemisphere?

Wed., Nov. 28, 2012

Objectives: Name all forms of "light" and
arrange them on the spectrum from the longest
wavelengths to the shortest. Then explain which has the most energy and how you know.
Announcements: All work by tomorrow
Bring a cereal box
Opening Data: Electromagnetic Spectrum
Visible spectrum & application to astronomy
The rest of the spectrum & how color works
Questions: Let's go over answers...
1. Explain the difference between a type I supernova and a type II supernova
2. How does gravity warp space-time? Include some sketches that explain
these ideas.
3. Describe & draw (if possible) and label a blackhole including the accretion disk,
the event horizon and any other terms you come across in your research.
4. What masses of stars eventually become white dwarf stars, what masses make blackholes
and which become supernovae?
5. What will the sun become in various stages of it's life?
6. Why can't we send a probe into a blackhole to discover more about them?

Tues., Nov. 27, 2012

Objectives: Research on star types
Announcements: All work must be in by Thurs.
Opening Data: 3 methods to find exoplanets
Questions: Use the internet to research these...

1. Explain the difference between a type I supernova and a type II supernova
2. How does gravity warp space-time? Include some sketches that explain
these ideas.
3. Describe & draw (if possible) and label a blackhole including the accretion disk,
the event horizon and any other terms you come across in your research.
4. What masses of stars eventually become white dwarf stars, what masses make blackholes
and which become supernovae?
5. What will the sun become in various stages of it's life?
6. Why can't we send a probe into a blackhole to discover more about them?

Mon., Nov. 19, 2012

Objectives: Assessment
Announcements: Check your grades
Opening Data: New rogue planet discovered
How many rogue planets are there?
Quiz (these should be in your notes...)

Describe the idea of the celestial sphere.
What units is declination measured in?
What are the units used to measure right ascension?
Compare rt. ascension & declination to latitude and longitude on the earth.
What is our latitude and longitude here in the classroom?
What are lat. and long. measured in?
Where on the Earth are latitude and longitude measured from (where's the "origin")?
What's the 0,0 of rt. asc. & decl. called?
Where is that located in the sky (which constellation)?
When (on the calendar) is the Earth closest to the sun?
What celestial event is closest to perihelion?
Describe where the sun is during the vernal equinox.
What day (typically) is the autumnal equinox?
What happens during an equinox?
What is the longest day of the year in the southern hemisphere?

Assign teams to get us the answers

Fri., Nov. 16, 2012

Objectives: Assessment
Announcements: Check your grades
Opening Data: Google Earth
Quiz (these should be in your notes...)

Describe the idea of the celestial sphere.
What units is declination measured in?
What are the units used to measure right ascension?
Compare rt. ascension & declination to latitude and longitude on the earth.
What is our latitude and longitude here in the classroom?
What are lat. and long. measured in?
Where on the Earth are latitude and longitude measured from (where's the "origin")?
What's the 0,0 of rt. asc. & decl. called?
Where is that located in the sky (which constellation)?
When (on the calendar) is the Earth closest to the sun?
What celestial event is closest to perihelion?
Describe where the sun is during the vernal equinox.
What day (typically) is the autumnal equinox?
What happens during an equinox?
What is the longest day of the year in the southern hemisphere?

Thurs., Nov. 15, 2012

Objectives: Describe 3 observations that
indicate an extrasolar planet is present

Announcements: Journals needed: 2 weeks
until 6 wks grading
Opening Data: Newest Planet Found
Exoplanets - Planet Quest
Planet Hunting
Planet hunting satellites