Period 1 Class:
-PPT on tides and seasons
HW:
-For Thurs, 4/2: read pages 457-460 and pages 465-469 and do all Topic Questions on pages 460 and 469

Period 6 Class:
-warm-up: watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4OnBYrbCjY and explain how the Doppler effect works with light coming from a star that is moving towards or away from us
-Doppler math time!
-if time: Hubble ST video (link is below)
HW:
-study guide questions will be checked Tues, 3/31 and test is Wed, 4/1

Period 8 Class and LAB:
-Doppler effect PPT and guided notes (see last week)
-Doppler math
-if time: Hubble ST video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpkrVw_E6Nw
HW:
-study guide questions will be checked Tues, 3/31 and test is Thurs, 4/2

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Period 1 Class and LAB:
-take test on light and telescopes
-PPT on Sun-Earth-Moon motions (stop before tides)

Period 3 Class:
-watch Mythbusters Moon landing hoax: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qz7cUP4o-ZQ (get full episode from Amazon)
HW:
-test is next Thurs, 4/2! Complete study questions for Wed, 4/1

Period 8 Class:
-same as per 3
HW:
-test is next Wed, 4/1! Complete study questions for Tues, 3/31

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Period 1 Class:
-review for tomorrow’s test on light and telescopes

Period 3 Class and LAB:
-warm-up (use area of a circle formula and compare light gathering power of different sized telescopes)
-telescope lab (hand in at end of class)
-sci notation game

Period 6 Class:
-Doppler Effect PPT and simulation: http://highered.mheducation.com/olcweb/cgi/pluginpop.cgi?it=swf::800::600::/sites/dl/free/0072482621/78778/Doppler_Nav.swf::Doppler+Shift+Interactive  http://galileoandeinstein.physics.virginia.edu/more_stuff/flashlets/doppler.htm
-sci notation game
-TedEd Stars https://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-do-we-study-the-stars-yuan-sen-ting
HW:
-test next Wed, 4/1! Study guide questions will be checked on Tues, 3/31

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Period 3 Class:
-watch Cosmos: Hiding in the Light and complete w/s

Period 6 Class:
-warm-up: telescopes (see below)
-Telescope lab

Period 8 Class:
-Watch Nasa’s EM Spectrum video and complete w/s

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Period 1 Class:
-short warm-up (Doppler math)
-finish telescope lab and hand in
-work on study questions for Fri’s test
HW:
-study guide questions checked Thurs, 3/26
-test is Fri, 3/27

Period 6 Class:
-warm-up (EM spectrum)
-spectral lines h/o (ID the elements)
-vocab squares (Ch 28 light and telescopes)
HW:
-vocab due Wed, 3/35

Period 8 Class and LAB:
-warm-up (same as per 6)
-finish PPT on Tools of Astronomy
-Telescope lab
HW:
-vocab due tomorrow (Wed)

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Period 1 Class and LAB:
-quick warmup (EM spectrum, save for tomorrow)
-Doppler PPT and Doppler math sheet
-Telescope lab
HW:
-test is Fri, 3/27; study guide will be checked on Thurs, 3/24

Period 3 Class:
-Tools of Astronomy PPT (posted last week)
HW:
-vocab due Wed, 3/25

Period 8 Class:
-same as Per 3
HW:
-vocab due Wed, 3/25

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Period 1 Class:
-Galileo RFI

Period 3 Class and LAB:
-finish spectroscopy discussion and do lab
-short videos on Chandra X Ray Observatory and James Webb Telescope
HW:
-read pages 747-752 and do #1-7 on page 752 in text for Mon, 3/23
–vocab due next Wed, 3/25

Period 6:
-PPT on the Tools of Astronomy
HW:
-vocab due next Wed, 3/25

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Period 3 Class:
-show apod (double star in Big Dipper)
-discuss spectroscopy
-hand out textbooks and assign w/s on spectral lines
HW:
-for Thurs: h/o on spectral lines

Period 6 Class and LAB:
-review HW (textbook questions)
-spectroscopy PPT
-lab on spectroscopy
-watch EM spectrum video (if time) from NASA
HW:
-vocab due next Wed, 3/25

Period 8 Class:
-view apod and review hw
-Name That Spectrum PPT
-h/o on spectral lines
-watch NASA Tour of the EM Spectrum
HW:
-vocab due next Wed, 3/25

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Period 1:

-Take the CAPT survey! (link in post below)
-warm-up: Name That Spectra!
-PPT on Tools of Astronomy
HW:
-For Thurs: read textbook pages 365-371 and do #8-12 on p. 368 and #13-16 on p. 371

Period 6 Class:
-take the post CAPT survey and assign textbooks
-astronomy pre-test
-EM spectrum h/o
HW:
-read textbook pages 747-752 and do #1-7 on p. 752 for tomorrow (Wed)
-vocab due next Wed, 3/25

Period 8 Class and LAB:
-finish EM spectrum h/o and review spectroscopy PPT
-spectroscopy lab
-watch NASA Tour of the Em Spectrum (if time)
HW:
-read textbook pages 747-752 and do #1-7 on p. 752 for tomorrow (Wed)
-vocab due next Wed, 3/25

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Period 1 Class and LAB:
-Astronomy pre-test
-finish reviewing handout from last week (on EM spectrum) and review spectroscopy PPT
-Spectroscopy lab
HW:
-spectral lines of seven elements w/s due Tues, 3/17
-finish spectroscopy lab for Tues, 3/17

Period 3 Class:
-Astronomy pre-test
-review EM Spectrum h/o

Period 8 Class:
-same as per 3