Welcome to ASTRONOMY Homework Schedules!


**Unless specifically told otherwise, send all assignments to
daryl_taylor [AT] greenwich [DOT] K12 [DOT] ct [DOT] us OR just hand in on paper in class.

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Make sure you keep an eye on the HOMEWORK CALENDAR @DTFizzix or HOMEWORK CALENDAR @Google Calendar for current changes. The Calendar is always up to date.


Chapter(s) Description Due Date
& LINK
ZERO
ASAP
Preview Chapter: The Cosmic Landscape
  1. Complete Google Form assignment - 5 Questions HERE.

  2. Scaling the Universe website! Really cool scaling site. Play around with it. After you play a while, compose a little email story explaining what you learned. Fire it off to daryl_taylor [at] greenwich [DOT] k12 [DOT] ct [DOT] us. NOTE: This may not run on older slower computers. If so, do this at school sometime this week.

  3. Nikon's Universe Scale Website : Go there, by following this link, and play around. Make sure you read the directions. After you play a while, compose a little email story explaining what you learned. Fire it off to daryl_taylor [at] greenwich [DOT] k12 [DOT] ct [DOT] us. NOTE: This may not run on older slower computers. If so, do this at school sometime this week.

  4. VIEW 12 minute video: Part1 Introduction to Astronomy at Astronomy Crash Course. No write-up.

FRIDAY 02/05/2016
Ch1 : History of Astro
  1. READ : duh...

  2. Complete Google Form assignment - 9 Questions HERE.

  3. Celestial sphere interactive: Click and play. Write a short report on anything you learned and send to me via email.

  4. VIEW 12 minute video: Part2 Naked Eye Astronomy at Astronomy Crash Course. No write-up.

  5. VIEW 12 minute video: Part3 Cycles in the Sky at Astronomy Crash Course. No write-up.

FRIDAY 02/19/2016
Ch2 : Gravity & Motion [PART 1]
  1. 5 Questions ONLINE HERE!

  2. VIEW 12 minute video: Part7 Gravity at Astronomy Crash Course. No write-up.

SKIPPED FOR NOW
Ch2 : Gravity & Motion [PART 2]
  1. NTQ; Next Time Questions [LAB for Ch2]
SKIPPED FOR NOW
Ch3 : Light & Telescopes
  1. 10 Questions ONLINE HERE!

  2. VIEW 12 minute video: Part3 Cycles in the Sky at Astronomy Crash Course. No write-up.

SKIPPED
Ch4 : Earth
  1. 6 Questions ONLINE HERE!

  2. VIEW 12 minute video: Part11 Earth at Astronomy Crash Course. No write-up.

MONDAY 03/14/2016 - PI DAY!
Ch5 : The Moon
MONDAY 03/21/2016
Jeopardy Game #1: Loser Make-Up Assignment
Do an online or library search for an answer to "Why is the 'Dark Side' of the moon, the side we can't see from earth, more cratered than the side we see?" Send your answer as an email (attachment is fine) to daryl_taylor [at] greenwich [DOT] k12 [DOT] ct [DOT] us.
TBA
Millionaire Losers Assignments
Write a SHORT report on the topic and send via email to daryl_taylor [at] greenwich [DOT] k12 [DOT] ct [DOT] us.
(Do as many as your team lost: one assignment per game lost)
  1. Explain exactly WHY the same side of the moon faces us all the time.
  2. Explain a couple reasons why Pluto is no longer a member of the Planet Union.
  3. How do we know how old the earth is?
  4. What would be different if we didn't have a moon?
TBA
6 : Our Sun

TBA
7: Solar System

8 : Meteors, Comets, & Asteroids

9 - Stars

10 - Stellar Remnants: Neutron Stars, White Dwarfs & Black Holes

11 - Milky Way & Other Galaxies

12 - Universe

12 - Cosmology: The Dark Side (Dark Matter & Energy & the Fate of the Universe)




Updated 10/19/2015


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