The total lunar eclipse will begin at about 2:20am in the early morning hours on October 8. The total phase will begin around 3:27am and last until about 4:23am. The lunar eclipse will end by 5:33am on October 8th. This diagram illustrates the lunar eclipse: Total Lunar Eclipse of October 8, 2014.
The solar eclipse will start at 2:08pm on October 23, be at maximum eclipse at 3:28pm, and end at 4:40pm. At maximum, about 33% of the sun will be eclipsed by the moon. Here is an animation of what it will look like: animation of partial solar eclipse as seen on Oct. 23, 2014 from Los Angeles
Never view an eclipse without the proper, safe eye protection. You can obtain solar eclipse glasses here: Eclipse Glasses. This store is actually on Reseda Blvd.
Friday, August 15
go over syllabus, website, Stellarium (http://www.stellarium.org/), sky charts, etc.
Motions in the Night Sky (Stellarium)-this worksheet is due Wednesday, August 27
Tuesday, August 19
start chapter 1-Charting the Heavens
Lecture Tutorials (LT) p1-2, 3-6
Lab-Angular Measure
Thursday, August 21
LT p7-9, 13-17, 87-90, 91-96, 11-12, 79-81, 83-85, 39-41, 35-37
Monday, August 25
Lab-Parallax of thumb
video-"The Universe-Constellations"
review
Wednesday, August 27
Test chapter 1
Friday, August 29
start chapter 2-The Copernican Revolution
sections 2.1-2.4
Retrograde Motion worksheet
video clip of retrograde motion from "Wonders of the Solar System" - Youtube
ex p54 Problem 1
book work: page 54-Review Questions 1-8; Self Test questions 1-3
Monday, September 1 - NO School (Labor Day)
Wednesday, September 3
sections 2.5-2.7
Kepler's Laws worksheets
Practice Kepler's 3rd Law
book work: page 55-Review Questions 9-14; Self Test questions 4-8
Friday, September 5
section 2.8
Lab-Using a Pendulum to determine the Mass of Earth
book work: page 55-Review Questions 18-20; Self Test questions 9, 10
breaking news: asteroid to fly by Earth this Sunday
Tuesday, September 9
discuss p55 Review Questions 15-17; Problem 7
video "The Universe-Gravity"
Review
HW - log into MasteringAstronomy, click on Study Area, choose chapter 2, and then take and submit your answers for the T/F tests
Thursday, September 11
Test for chapter 2
Monday, September 15
Start chapter 3-Radiation
sections 3.1-3.3
Electromagnetic Spectrum worksheet
Telescopes and Earth's Atmosphere worksheet
book work: page 74 Review Questions 1-12 and 20; Self Test questions 1-5; Problems 1-3
Lab-Waves
Wednesday, September 17
section 3.4
Blackbody Radiation worksheet
bookwork: page 75 Review Questions 13-16; Self Test questions 6-9; Problems 4-7
Lab-Energy Absorption
Friday, September 19
section 3.5
Doppler Shift worksheet
bookwork: page 75 Review Questions 17-19; Self Test questions 10; Problems 8
online work: log into MasteringAstronomy, enter the Study Area, choose the 3rd chapter, and submit the results of your "Tutorial Quiz"
Tuesday, September 23
Test for chapter 3
Thursday, September 25
begin chapter 4-Spectroscopy
sections 4.1-4.2
worksheet "Types of Spectra"
video - Spectroscopy (part 1 of 3)
video - Spectroscopy (part 2 of 3)
video - Spectroscopy (part 3 of 3)
book work page 94 Review 1-14; Self Test 1-7
Monday, September 29
sections 4.3-4.4
worksheet "Light and Atoms"
Lab-Spectral Lines
after the lab, go to this spectra webpage to identify your elements:
http://astro.u-strasbg.fr/~koppen/discharge/
on-line work: log into MasteringAstronomy, complete the tutorials and the tutorials quiz-submit your answers
Wednesday, October 1
section 4.5
worksheet "Analyzing Spectra"
video-Easter Island Eclipse
book work page 94 Review 16-20; Self Test 8-10
on-line work: log into MasteringAstronomy, complete the true/false test, and submit your answers
Friday, October 3
Test for chapter 4
Tuesday, October 7
Chapter 16-The Sun
Total Eclipse from March 20, 201516.1 Physical Properties16.2 Solar Interior
Lab-Measuring the Solar Constant
HW p414 Review 1-4, 8-11; Self Test 1-7
Thursday, October 9
16.3 Sun's Atmosphere
16.4 Solar Magnetism
video-The Universe: Secrets of the Sun
HW p414 Review 12-15; Self Test 8-9
Monday, October 13 - NO School (faculty in-service)
Tuesday, October 14
16.5 Active Sun\16.6 The Heart of the Sun
video-a CME rips the tail off a comet!
video-comet PanSTARRS and CME
16.7 Solar Neutrinos\Radiation
HW p414 Review 5-7, 16-20; Self Test 10; Problems 6,8
show students how to use the telescope with the solar filter
Wednesday, October 15 - Testing Day grades 9-11
Friday, October 17
plan activities for the Oct 23 Solar Eclipse party
Tuesday, October 21
continue working on activities for October 23 eclipse
Thursday, October 23
practice using solar telescope and observe sunspots
final walk through in preparation for this afternoon's solar eclipse
Solar Eclipse from 2:08pm-4:40pm - be available to assist at this middle school recruiting event
Monday, October 27
start chapter 5-Telescopes
Optical Telescopes
Ray Diagram for a Concave Mirror
Ray Diagram for a Converging (Convex) Lens
Lab-Lenses and Mirrors in Telescopes
bookwork p128 Review 2; Self Test 1-2
Wednesday, October 29
Telescope Size, Resolving Power, Light Gathering Power, Images and Detectors
Lab-angular Resolution
worksheet-resolving power and light gathering power
bookwork p128 Review 1, 3, 6, 7, 20; Self Test 3-4
online work: log into your account, perform the tutorials in chapter 5 and then take and submit your answers for the Tutorials Quiz
Friday, October 31
High Resolution Astronomy, Radio Astronomy, Interferometry, Space-Based Astronomy, Full-Spectrum Coverage
video-400 Years of the Telescope
bookwork p128 Review 4, 5, 8-19; Self Test 5-8
online work: take and submit your scores for the T/F tests on the book's website
Jack-o-Lantern Sun image
Tuesday, November 4
Test for chapter 5
Thursday, November 6
Begin chapter 7-Earth
7.1 Overall Structure of the Earth, 7.2 Earth's Atmosphere
video-"Six Degrees"
bookwork p180 Review 2,5,20; Self Test 1-4; Problem 3
Friday, November 7 - NO School (8th Grade Day)
Monday, November 10 - NO School (Veterans' Day observed)
Wednesday, November 12
finish video
7.3 Earth's Interior, 7.4 Surface Activity
worksheet-Earth's Changing Surface
bookwork p180 Review 1,3,4,6-13; Self Test 5-7; Problem 7
Friday, November 14
7.5 Earth's Magnetosphere, 7.6 The Tides
video-The Formation of the Earth
bookwork p180 Review 14-19; Self Test 8-10
Tuesday, November 18
finish video
online work: take the online T/F test and submit your scores
Thursday, November 20
Test for chapter 7
Monday, November 24
Start chapter 8-The Moon and Mercury
(the chapter 8 test will include questions from any videos we watch)
8.1-8.3 (Orbital Properties, Physical Properties, Surface Features)
HW p208 Review 1-3,5,6,19; Self Test 1-4
video-The Universe: The Moon
Wednesday, November 26
8.4-8.6 (Rotation Rates, Lunar Cratering and Surface Composition, Surface of Mercury)
online video clip - Evolution of the Moon
lunar south pole impact - Aitken Basin
HW p208 Review 4,7-13,16-18; Self Test 5,6
video-The Universe: The Inner Planets
Thursday, November 27-Sunday, November 30 (NO School - Thanksgiving Break)
Tuesday, December 2
8.7-8.9 (Interiors, Origin of the Moon, History of the Moon and Mercury)
Discuss the Messenger Mission to Mercury
Ice on Mercury and video: how water ice was found on Mercury
ice on the moon and video: water on the moon
Moon survival activity
Complete and submit the online chapter 8 T/F test
review chapter 8
video: Day the Moon was Gone
Thursday, December 4
test on chapter 8
Monday, December 8
start chapter 9-Venus
9.1 Orbital Properties, 9.2 Physical Properties, 9.3 Long Distance Observations
animation - Phases of Venus
video: A Traveler's Guide to the Planets (Mercury and Venus)
HW p228 Review 1-8; Self Test 1-4
review for final exam (taken in class on Friday, December 12)
Wednesday, December 10
9.4 The Surface of Venus, 9.5 The Atmosphere of Venus, 9.6 Venus' Magnetic Field and Internal Structure
video-The Universe:The Inner Planets (Venus)
HW p228 Review 9-20; Self Test 5-10
Take and submit the online chapter 9 T/F test
review for final (chapters 1-9)
review for final exam (taken in class on Friday, December 12)
Friday, December 12
Final Exam (taken in class today)
Monday, December 15 (1-7 schedule)
The Physics of Santa - with the math worked out
Discuss the Messenger Mission to Mercury
Ice on Mercury and video: how water ice was found on Mercury
ice on the moon and video: water on the moon
Moon survival activity
Complete and submit the online chapter 8 T/F test
review chapter 8
video: Day the Moon was Gone
Thursday, December 4
test on chapter 8
Monday, December 8
start chapter 9-Venus
9.1 Orbital Properties, 9.2 Physical Properties, 9.3 Long Distance Observations
animation - Phases of Venus
video: A Traveler's Guide to the Planets (Mercury and Venus)
HW p228 Review 1-8; Self Test 1-4
review for final exam (taken in class on Friday, December 12)
Wednesday, December 10
9.4 The Surface of Venus, 9.5 The Atmosphere of Venus, 9.6 Venus' Magnetic Field and Internal Structure
video-The Universe:The Inner Planets (Venus)
HW p228 Review 9-20; Self Test 5-10
Take and submit the online chapter 9 T/F test
review for final (chapters 1-9)
review for final exam (taken in class on Friday, December 12)
Friday, December 12
Final Exam (taken in class today)
Monday, December 15 (1-7 schedule)
The Physics of Santa - with the math worked out
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