Astronomy - Grants Pass High School

Mike Strickler, Instructor

This page should give you a fairly good idea of what we will be doing in class on a day-to-day basis. This is only a general guideline - there will be changes as we adjust to the reality of what actually happens. Expect what you see!

Updated: 5 / 25 / 02 at 10:00 a.m.

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Week of: 1/28/02

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
First Day of Class Orientation Student Survey	Get Books Physics and Chemistry Review	Physics and Chemistry Review	Physics and Chemistry Review	Physics and Chemistry Review

Week of: 2/4/02

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Physics and Chemistry Review Quiz Read: Prologue Do: Vocab. Due: Tuesday	Closure Introduction to Reality	Introduction to Reality Read: Ch. 1 Do: Vocab. Ch. 1 Due: Friday	Introduction to Reality	Star Trek "Where No One Has Gone Before" w/VSG

Week of: 2/11/02

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Mechanics of the Universe Introduction and Background Early Astronomers Stonehenge	Mechanics of the Universe The Development of "Modern" Astronomy Copernicus, Brahe, Kepler Do: Vocab. 3.1/3.2 Due: Thursday	Mechanics of the Universe The Development of "Modern" Astronomy Kepler's 3rd Law "Harmony of the Worlds" Lab Due: E.O.P	Mechanics of the Universe The Development of "Modern" Astronomy Galileo Newton and the Laws of Motion	Mechanics of the Universe Newton and the Laws of Motion Textbooks (all day)

Week of: 2/18/02

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
President's Day No School	Mechanics of the Universe Einstein: Relativity and Space-time	Mechanics of the Universe Einstein: Relativity and Space-time	Mechanics of the Universe Angular Momentum and Gravity Do: Vocab. 3.3/3.4a	Mechanics of the Universe Orbital Mechanics Textbooks (p.5-8)

Week of: 2/25/02

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Artificial Satellites Ballistic and Orbital Trajectories	Artificial Satellites Film (VK742; 30 min.) Acceleration Machines w/VSG	Artificial Satellites Review film Intro: Development of the space program	Artificial Satellites Development of the space program "For All Mankind"	Test: Mechanics and Orbital Mechanics Read 26.1, 26.2 Do: Vocab.

Week of: 3/4/02

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Origin and Evolution of the Universe Introduction	Origin and Evolution of the Universe Formation of the Universe	Origin and Evolution of the Universe The Big Bang	Origin and Evolution of the Universe The Shape and Boundaries of the Universe	Film

Week of: 3/11/02

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Origin and Evolution of the Universe The Shape and Boundaries of the Universe	Origin and Evolution of the Universe The Future of the Universe	The Origin of the Solar System The Nebular Hypothesis	Impact! Group selections	Impact!

Week of: 3/18/02

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Impact	Impact Group Discussion	Impact Group Discussion	Test The Origins of Reality	Closure Solar System Models

Week of: 3/25/02: Spring Break

Week of: 4/1/02

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Solar System Models	Solar System Models	Solar System Models Due BOP	Star Trek End of the 3rd Quarter	Clerical Day No school

Week of: 4/8/02

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Closure-Origins Intro to Booklet Project	CIM testing 90 min. periods	CIM testing 90 min. periods	The Sun Introduction	Conferences No Classes

Week of: 4/15/02

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
The Sun Film (FK1958) The Sun - Earth's Star Composition and zoning of its atmosphere	The Sun The Active Sun	The Sun The Active Sun Film: The Energy Balance w/VSG	Closure Intro to The Planets Video: Restless Planet w/VSG Earth Science Trip	The Planets Earth/Moon

Week of: 4/22/02

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
The Planets Mercury	The Planets Venus	The Planets Mars	The Planets Mars, water, and life Film	The Planets Mars, water, and life Film

Week of: 4/29/02

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
The Planets Outer Planets	The Planets Outer Planets	Test - The Sun and Planets	To the Stars Introduction	To the Stars Vocabulary Sheet Ch. 21.1a and 21.1b pages 365 - 367

Week of: 5/6/02

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
To the Stars Distance Intro to Flagpole Lab: Set-up data tables	To the Stars Distance Flagpole Lab: Take measurements	To the Stars Distance Flagpole Lab: Final Write-up Lab Due EOP	To the Stars Light from Distant Stars Vocabulary Sheet: Ch. 22.1a and 22.3a pages 379 - 384	To the Stars Light from Distant Stars Stellar Evolution

Week of: 5/13/02

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
To the Stars Stellar Evolution	Deep Space Celestial Coordinates Planisphere Lab	Deep Space Celestial Coordinates Lab Due EOP	Deep Space Weird Stuff in Space	Deep Space Weird Stuff in Space

Week of: 5/20/02

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Deep Space Weird Stuff in Space	Deep Space Weird Stuff in Space	Test - Stars and Deep Space	Alpha Centauri Group selections Earth Science Van Field Trip	Alpha Centauri Booklets Due EOP

Week of: 5/27/02

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Memorial Day No Classes	Alpha Centauri	Alpha Centauri Pre-trip discussion	Senior Projects Alpha Centauri Pre-trip discussion Reports due EOP	Senior Projects

Week of: 6/3/02

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
"Contact" with VSG	"Contact" with VSG Earth Science Van Field Trip	"Contact" with VSG	"Contact" with VSG Essay due EOP	Graduation No Classes

Week of: 6/10/02

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Review	Finals	Finals End of 2nd Semester	Clerical Day No Classes	Yahoo!

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