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Good basic activity comparing and contrasting the two models. Lesson plans; worksheets; PowerPoint programs and more can be found in the AstronomyDad store.Terms/names/concepts may include:Ptolemy Copernicus Tycho Brahe Johannes Kepler Galileo Galilei Aristarchus Isaac NewtonStonehenge Celestial sphere, firmament Geocentric, heliocentric Altitude, azimuth, zenith Deferent, epicycle, eccentric N / S celestial pole, celestial equator Retrograde (motion) Polaris, Pole Star, North Star Circumpolar

All fourteen units for the entire school year are bundled into one zip file at about half-off at this discounted price. (See the astronomydad store for more details on each unit.) Units include:Unit I - "Minerals"Unit II - "Rocks & The Rock Cycle"Unit III - "Landforms, Weathering & Erosion"Unit IV - "Earth History"Unit V - "Geologic Time"Unit VI - "Climate"Unit VII - "Oceans"Unit VIII - "Plate Tectonics"Unit IX - "Earth's Atmosphere"Unit X - "Weather"Unit XI - "Exploring Space"Unit XII -

Includes all the latest and best Astronomy Internet sites and resources with a brief description of each site. All websites are free. Textbook and periodical suggestions are included. astronomydad Astronomy Internet Media Guide by astronomydad is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.

Unit II Syllabus/Outline/Activators "The Solar System." Includes a suggested timeline with terms and questions for each day. If you like this file please rate it and/or go to astronomydad's store for other lesson plans; Powerpoints & ActivInspire reviews. Thanks! Terms in this unit include: Mariner, Viking, Voyager, Galileo, Cassini, Venera Shoemaker-Levy 9 Edmund Halley Pioneer, Spirit, Opportunity, Curiosity Magellan, Pathfinder, Sojourner Ceres, Pallas, Juno, Vesta Terrestrial planet

A review of the Power point lesson Unit I lesson II. Terms include: geocentric Ptolemaic model retrograde motion epicycles deferents heliocentric Copernican revolution Laws of planetary motion ellipses focus semi-major axis period eccentricities astronomical unit inertia epicycles mass force acceleration gravity gravitational field astronomydad Unit I Lesson II Review/Matching Workshe

Students can follow along with the Power point lesson Unit VI Lesson II "Spectroscopy." Terms in Unit VI Lesson II include: spectroscope continuous spectrum emission spectrum emission lines absorption lines Kirchhoff’s Laws Spectroscopy atoms nucleus neutrons element ground state ionized excited states quantized photons molecules astronomydad Student Note Guide PPT Unit VI Lesson II "Spectroscopy" by astronomydad is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Lic

Student guide to the Power point Unit VII Lesson IV. Answer pages included. Terms in this lesson include: Interstellar medium Small Magellanic Cloud Orion Nebula Protostar T Tauri star Fusion Hydrogen-core burning Hayashi track Low mass stars star clusters Main Sequence "Failed" stars Brown Dwarfs Jupiter-like planets astronomydad Student Note Guide PPT Unit VII Lesson IV "Star Formation" by astronomydad is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.

Students can follow along with the Power point lesson Unit VI Lesson I "Radiation" with this guideline "fill in the blank." Terms may include: Electromagnetic waves radio wave infrared rays ultraviolet rays x rays gamma rays wavelength frequency spectrum blackbody radiation Doppler effect redshift blueshift transverse velocity radial velocity astronomydad Student Note Guide PPT Unit VI Lesson I "Radiation" by astronomydad is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.

Student note guide (worksheet/outline) to the PowerPoint program "Unit V Lesson II Saturn." All unit PowerPoints; ActivInspire programs; activities/worksheets and assessments etc. can be found under "Complete Unit V The Outer Planets Zip File." Terms include: Saturn A, B, C rings ringlets helium precipitation Cassini division Encke gap shepherd satellites Roche limit Titan methane lakes Enceladus Cassini probe Huygens probe Iapetus Hyperion Dione Rhea astronomydad Student Note PPT Guide Unit

Student guide to the Power point lesson Unit VI Lesson III "The Sun."All programs - Power point; ActivInspire; worksheets; lesson plans & assessments can be found under "Complete Astronomy Unit VI Radiation & The Sun" Zip file folder.Terms include:StarPhotosphereCoreRadiation zoneConvection zoneGranulationChromosphere CoronaSolar windSunspotsSunspot cycle Solar cycleProminencesFlaresCoronal Mass Ejections (CME’s)Coronal holesNuclear fusion Neutrinos astronomydadStudent Note Guide PPT Uni

Student guide to the Power point Unit VII Lesson I "Measuring the Stars." All Power point lessons; ActivInspire reviews; student worksheets/activities and assessments can be found under the "Complete Unit VII Stars and Nebulae" zip file folder. Terms in this lesson include: parallax stellar parallax light year parsec Alpha Centauri proper motion radial motion transverse velocity Mira Hipparchus apparent magnitude absolute magnitude luminosity Rigel Betelgeuse Sirius blackbody curve astronomy

Worksheet/outline (fill in the blank) that follows the PowerPoint program Unit V Lesson I "Jupiter." Terms in this lesson include: Jupiter Great Red Spot zones belts white ovals brown ovals zonal flow differential rotation magnetic field aurorae Galilean moons Io Europa Callisto Ganymede oceans volcanism (Io) Voyager Galileo mission All PowerPoints; ActivInspire reviews; student activities and assessments can be found in the "Complete Astronomy Unit V The Outer Planets" zip file. astronomyd

Student guide to the Power point Unit VII Lesson II "Stellar Temperature and Size." All Unit VII Power point lessons; ActivInspire reviews; assessments and many related activities; worksheets etc. can be found under "Complete Astronomy Unit VII Stars and Nebulae" zip file folder.Terms in this lesson include:luminosityAlpha CentauriRigelBetelgeuseSirius ASirius BMintakaMiracolor indexspectral classesStellar spectraStellar sizesgiantssupergiantsdwarfsmain sequencewhite dwarfastronomydadStudent No

The episode link to YouTube is provided in the title if the video is not available on DVD. 13 plus questions that students can answer in order while watching the video. Excellent video from the Discovery Channel that includes the latest CGI (Patrick Stewart narrates).Terms and ideas in this lesson include:Moon formationImpact theoryProject ApolloEarth's tiltEarth's rotationEarly solar systemProto-EarthOrpheusJupiterCometsEvolutionLunar iceLunar coloniesManned space explorationastronomydadAstrono

Student guide to the Powerpoint lesson "Mercury and Venus"Keywords include:MERCURY: (physical data), Inferior/superior conjunction, aphelion and perihelion, Mariner 10, Messenger, Caloris Basin, “weird terrain,” scarps, magnetic field. differentiationVENUS: (physical data), Venera, Magellan, Pioneer, Maxwell Montes, albedo, inferior and superior conjunction, runaway greenhouse effect, atmospheric pressure, infrared, sulfuric acid, vulcanismAll Unit IV Powerpoints; Activinspire reviews; student w

Semester B Unit VI guideline with activator questions; objectives and a general timeline on lessons. Terms may include: Electromagnetic waves, radio waves, infrared rays, ultraviolet rays, x rays, gamma rays, wavelength, frequency, spectrum, blackbody radiation, Doppler effect, redshift / blueshift, transverse and radial velocity Emission lines, absorption lines, ground state / excited states, photons or quanta Core, radiation zone, convection zone, photosphere, chromosphere, transition zone,

(*Note: the preview thumbnails show some paragraphs out of alignment. The document is in alignment.) This activity utilizes several links to relate our Sun to other stars and investigates star clusters. I use this activity as a review for part of Unit VII in astronomy "Star Formation." The activity is student-oriented and can be used as a short webquest or Internet activity.All astronomy-related activities can be found as separate lessons, units or bundled semester courses in the astronomydad st

Interactive ActivInspire Review of the Unit V Lesson II PowerPoint lesson "Saturn." Questions include 20 true/false; multiple choice and text entries/responses. All Unit V Power point lessons; ActivInspire reviews; assessments and many related activities; worksheets etc. can be found under "Complete Astronomy Unit V The Inner Planets" zip file folder.Terms include:Saturnhelium precipitationA, B , C ringsCassini divisionEncke gapringletsshepherd satelltesG ringD ringE ringRoche limitTitanEncel

Student guideline (fill-in-the-blank) of the Power point lesson III in Unit VII. Answer page also included. All Power point lessons; ActivInspire reviews; student worksheets/activities and assessments can be found under the "Complete Unit VII Stars and Nebulae" zip file folder. Terms in this lesson include: Hertsprung-Russell (HR) Diagram main sequence blue giants supergiants red dwarfs spectroscopic parallax stellar distance Hipparcos satellite Luminosity class Alpha Centauri A, B & C

Students can follow the PPT lesson Unit III Lesson I "Planet Earth" using this fill-in-the-blank worksheet. Keywords in this unit include: Core Crust Mantle Hydrosphere Atmosphere Troposphere Stratosphere Mesosphere Ionosphere Convection Ozone layer Greenhouse effect Seismic waves Inner core Outer core Differentiation Radioactive decay Plate tectonics Lithosphere Asthenosphere Rock cycle Van Allen belts Aurora Tides Tidal bulges Tidal force All Powerpoint; ActivInspire; PDF files; assessmen

Student note guide/outline to the PowerPoint lesson Unit V Lesson III Uranus and Neptune - explains the physical characteristics of the planets; their rings and moons.All PowerPoint programs; ActivInspire reviews; student worksheets; activities and assessments are include in the "Complete Astronomy Unit V The Outer Planets" zip file.Terms in this lesson include:UranusNeptuneWilliam HerschelVoyager 298 degree tiltGreat Dark Spotring systemTitaniaOberonArielUmbrielMirandaTritonice volcanoesstella

Student guide/worksheet to the Power point Lesson II Unit VIII "Life of a Star." Included is the answer key. All files including Power point lessons; ActivInspire reviews; worksheets/activities and assessments can be found under "Complete Astronomy Unit VIII Stellar Evolution" zip file. Terms in this lesson include: stellar evolution high-mass stars low-mass stars carbon fusing iron core supernova nebulae Betelgeuse main sequence turnoff star clusters binary stars roche lobe contact binary sta

Student guide/worksheet to the Power point Lesson I Unit VIII "Life of a Star." Included is the answer key. All files including Power point lessons; ActivInspire reviews; worksheets/activities and assessments can be found under "Complete Astronomy Unit VIII Stellar Evolution" zip file. Terms in this lesson include: main sequence low-mass stars high-mass stars stellar evolution fusion core-hydrogen burning hydrostatic equilibrium hydrogen-shell burning red giant red supergiant helium flash pl

The episode link to YouTube is provided in the title if the video is not available on DVD. 14 questions that students can answer while watching the video - or as a research project using the Internet. Excellent show about the life and work of Albert Einstein from the History Channel.Terms and ideas in this video include:Einstein's biographyspace-timeE=MC2special theory of relativitygeneral theory of relativitylightNobel prizephotoelectric effectGrand Unified TheoryGUT'sBig BangGalaxy redshifting