Chapter One: Astronomy

Activiy One

History & scale of the Solar System

• Build a Solar Syatem
• Formation of the Solar System
• Solar System
• What is a planet?
• Planetesimals
• Protoplanets

Activity Two

Earth - Moon System

• The age of Earth
• Moon Formation Theories
• Lunar Tides: Juorney through Astronomy

Blue Moon

The Sun and its Effects

• Structure of the Sun
• Sunspots
• Solar Flares
• Solar Rotation
• Birth of a Star (Sun)
• Death of a Star (Sun)
• Solar Eclipses

Understanding & Applying Questions

Topo

Chapter One: Study Guide Help

Electromagnetic Spectrum

• Windows to the Universe: EM Spectrum
• Windows to the Universe: Visible Light
• Windows to the Universe: Wavelength

Origin of the Solar System

Tides: Types/Sun/Moon gravitational pull (animation)

Earth's Rotation/revolution Cycle

• Perihelion & Aphelion
• Reasons for the Seasons

Heat Transfers

How They Proved the Earth Rotates

How we know the Earth rotates