Astronomy Unit 1 Course Schedule

Week One
Mon, Aug. 26th to Fri, Aug. 30th
● Activities: Daily Warm-Ups
○ Watch: PBS Crash Course to Astronomy #1:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rHUDWjR5gg&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtPAJr1ys
d5yGIyiSFuh0mIL&index=1; PBS Crash Course to Astronomy #12:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCzchPx3yF8&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtPAJr1ys
d5yGIyiSFuh0mIL&index=12; PBS Crash Course #2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-
Wtlev6suc&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtPAJr1ysd5yGIyiSFuh0mIL&index=2; Watch:
PBS Crash Course #3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01QWC-
rZcfE&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtPAJr1ysd5yGIyiSFuh0mIL&index=3
○ Copy down the vocabulary words and definitions from our text
○ Mini-vocab quiz
○ Assign textbooks
● Homework: Handout: Label the planets and color; What are the constellations in the
summer night sky? What are they in the fall night sky? Which constellations remain in
both?; Copy down the vocabulary words for your notes
Week Two
Mon, Sep. 2nd toFri, Sep. 6th
● September 2nd: LABOR DAY--No School
● Activities: Daily Warm-Ups
○ Classroom visit: Dr. Looney
○ Summer vs. Fall night sky; Sky Walk 2; Vocab review; PBS Crash Course #25
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWMh61yutjU&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtPAJr1ys
d5yGIyiSFuh0mIL&index=25
○ Readings: Ch. 0: Charting the Heavens, sections 1 & 2
○ Ch. 0 Vocab Quiz
● Homework: study for vocab quiz; Mini-research project: Ancient astronomy; read
sections 3 & 4
Week Three
Mon, Sep. 9th to Fri, Sep. 13th
● Activities: Daily Warm-Ups
○ Review of Ch. 0; prepare for chapter test
○ Readings: Ch. 1: The Copernican Revolution, sections 1 & 2
○ Geocentric vs. Heliocentric models of the solar system; chapter vocabulary
● Chapter 0 Test
 ○ Assign Project: Solar system models: select one of the models of the solar system
and create a model for it, along with a short presentation
● Homework: copy down chapter vocab/review for vocab quiz; Mini-research project:
Beginning Astronomers; read sections 3 & 4
Week Four
Mon, Sep. 16 to Fri, Sep. 20th
● Activities: Daily Warm-Ups
○ Kepler’s Simple Laws; Newton’s Laws; PBS Crash Course #7
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRAbZxQHlVw&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtPAJr1y
sd5yGIyiSFuh0mIL&index=7; chapter vocab review; Conceptual Self-Test;
Problems
○ Ch. 1 vocab quiz
● Homework: “Review and Discussion” questions 1-2, 4-5, 7, 10, 12, 14
● September 20th: HALF-DAY
Week Five
Mon, Sep. 23rd to Fri, Sep. 27th
● Activities: Daily Warm-Ups
○ Review of Ch. 1; prepare for Ch. 1 Test; PBS Crash Course #24
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjy-
eqWM38g&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtPAJr1ysd5yGIyiSFuh0mIL&index=24
○ Readings: Ch. 2, sections 1-3
○ Ch. 1 Test
● Homework: read sections 4-8; “Review and Discussion” questions 1-6, 9-13, 15
Week Six
Mon, Sep. 30th to Fri, Oct. 4th
● Activities: Daily Warm-Ups
○ Ch. 2 vocabulary; Spectroscopy; Atoms and atomic structures; The Doppler
Effect
○ Electromagnetic Spectrum experiment
○ Ch. 2 Vocab quiz
● Homework: Conceptual Self-Test; ch. 2 vocab compilation; “Activities” #1
● October 3rd: PROGRESS REPORTS
Week Seven
Mon, Oct. 7th to Fri, Oct. 11th
● Activities: Daily Warm-Ups
○ Readings: Ch. 3 sections 1-3; PBS Crash Course #6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYhy7eaazIk&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtPAJr
 1ysd5yGIyiSFuh0mIL&index=6; Ch. 3 vocabulary; complete solar system
project
○ Ch. 3 vocab quiz
● Homework: Mini-research project: types of telescopes; read sections 3-5; Ch. 3 vocab;
“Review and Discussion” questions 1-4, 8-9, 13-15
Week Eight
Mon, Oct. 14th to Fri, Oct. 18th
● Activities: Daily Warm-Ups
○ Review Chs. 2&3; Conceptual Self-Test
○ Telescope models
○ Solar system project presentations
● Chs. 2&3 Test
● Homework: Review Chs. 2&3
● October 17th: HALF-DAY
● October 18th: FALL BREAK--NO SCHOOL