This bundle contains most of the materials I use to teach an Astronomy unit near the start of 9th/10th grade Earth Science. It contains notes, labs, activities, handouts, quizzes, and review. Most answer keys are included at the end of each handout/notes/worksheet/quiz.

Documents included in this bundle:

Altitude of Polaris

Astronomy Project

Constellation Project

Deep Space Worksheet

Eccentricity and Planet Motion

Ellipses Worksheet

Graphing Galaxies Activity

How Big Is Our Sun Worksheet

HR Diagram Worksheet

Astronomy Jeopardy

Lab: Asteroid Impact

Lab: Ellipses

Lab: HR Diagram

Lab: Moon Phases

Lab: Proof Earth Rotates

Lab: Stellar Spectra

Lab: Sunspots

Million Stars Activity (helps students internalize how big a million is)

Notes: Asteroids & Comets

Notes: Astro Intro & Distances

Notes: Day vs Day, Month vs Month (explains siderial vs solar days and months)

Notes: Eclipses

Notes: Galaxies & Starlight

Notes: How the Universe Began

Notes: Models of the Solar System & Astronomers

Notes: Moon's Structure & More

Notes: Our Sun & Solar System

Notes: Star Development

Notes: Star Motions

Notes: Starlight

Quiz: Astronomy In the Past (2 versions)

Quiz: Astronomy Intro

Quiz: Geocentric vs Heliocentric (2 versions)

Quiz: HR Diagram 1 (classifying stars)

Quiz: HR Diagram 2

Quiz: Planets (2 versions)

Quiz: Stars and Sun

Retrograde Motion (supplemental notes)

Solar System Data Worksheet

Stellar Spectra Homework

Tides Graphing Activity

Unit Handout

Unit Plan

Unit Outline

Notes on other good resources that I can't include here because they're copywrighted.

All graphs and (most) pictures are created as shapes in MS Word, so their quality does not degrade when printed.

I do not want these quizzes or their answer keys floating around the internet. Please keep the quiz answer keys for your eyes only, and don't allow students to take the quizzes home, take pictures of their quiz, etc.

Note: Parts of the unit refer to the ESRT. This is New York State's Earth Science Reference Tables. Even if you don't teach in New York State, they are a fantastic resource (both of information and to help students practice finding information elsewhere, which they will often do in the real world). Printable copies can be found here or here.