Fri., Jan. 25, 2013

Objectives:  Discover the relationship between luminosity and star color.

Announcements: Grading HR Diagram & Notes

Opening Data:  None
Complete HR Diagram Notes










HR Diagram Assignment

Thurs., Jan. 24, 2013

Objectives:  Discover the relationship between luminosity and star color.

Announcements: Grading HR Diagram & Notes

Opening Data:  None
Complete HR Diagram Notes










HR Diagram Assignment

Wed., Jan.23, 2013

Objectives:  Discover the relationship between luminosity and star color.

Announcements: None

Opening Data:  None
Complete HR Diagram Notes










HR Diagram Assignment

Tues., Jan. 22, 2013

Objectives:  Discover the relationship between luminosity and star color.

Announcements: All work and assignments must be graded today!!!

Opening Data:  None
Complete HR Diagram Notes




Fri., Jan. 18, 2013

Objectives:  Discover the relationship between luminosity and star color.

Announcements: All work and assignments must be graded by Jan. 22----That's Tues!

Opening Data:  None
Complete HR Diagram Notes




Thurs., Jan. 17, 2013

Objectives:  Discover the relationship between luminosity and star color.

Announcements: Finals are on Jan. 29, 30 & 31
Grading is on Feb. 1
All work and assignments must be graded by Jan. 22----Less than a week away!

Opening Data:  Meteor Showers
Complete HR Diagram




Wed., Jan. 16, 2013

Objectives:  Discover the relationship between luminosity and star color.

Announcements: Finals are on Jan. 29, 30 & 31
Grading is on Feb. 1
All work and assignments must be graded by Jan. 22----Less than a week away!

Opening Data:  
 Star graphing lab:




Tues., Jan. 15, 2013

Objectives:  Discover the relationship between luminosity and star color.

Announcements: Finals are on Jan. 29, 30 & 31
Grading is on Feb. 1
All work and assignments must be graded by Jan. 22 One week from today!

Opening Data:  Where's the center of the universe?
Star graphing lab:
Basic Data (handout)
Graph starter...






Mon., Jan. 14, 2013

Objectives:  Discover the relationship between luminosity and star color.

Announcements: Finals are on Jan. 29, 30 & 31
Grading is on Feb. 1
All work and assignments must be graded by Jan. 22

Opening Data:  What is the Universe expanding into?
Star graphing lab:
Basic Data (handout)
Graph starter...





Fri., Jan. 11, 2013

Objectives:  Discover the relationship between luminosity and star color.

Announcements: Finals are on Jan. 29, 30 & 31
Grading is on Feb. 1
All work and assignments must be graded by Jan. 22

Opening Data: Redshift

Star graphing lab:
Basic Data (handout)
Graph starter...





Thurs., Jan. 10, 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: Views of the Milkyway galaxy in viarious wavelengths





The Doppler Effect


Audio Doppler Effect

The Expanding Universe

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

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: 
Einstein & Relativity
Flame Test Lab

Spectra for the elements

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