Be sure to follow the Computer Room Rules
Tuesday May 30, 2006 and later
If the computer you are using has the correct Flash version, try the following Astronomy Final Exam Review Puzzle:
Wednesday, May 24, 2006. This is the 10th online lesson for the Astronomy Class at St. Joseph High School.
PROCEDURE:
1) For A-48, write the following on loose-leaf paper and hand-in by the end of class.
a) Complete the following notes from yesterday's class:
Cosmological Principle - The universe is homogeneous (the same everywhere) and isotropic (the same in all directions).
Copernican Principle - Earth, Sun, Milky Way Galaxy are not in a special place in the universe.
Cosmological Redshift - Light from distant galaxies is shifted in wavelength towards one end of the spectrum (part of the expanding universe model).
First new elements formed in the first few minutes of the universe - according to the Big Bang Model the elements were hydrogen and helium.
100, 000 Years Old Radio Waves - Arno Penzias and robert Wilson discovered these coming from distant space in 1965.
The Big Crunch - The theory that the universe will collapse in the future.
b) Explore all of the following terms using Wikipedia and take notes on them (number of sides as announced). . Go beyond the definitions that are in Chaper 16 of the Cliffs book.
exobiology
Search for extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI)
Drake Equation
Percival Lowell
Schiappareli (astronomer who thought he saw canals on Mars)
von Neumann machine
Fermi's Question
NASA' Mars Exploration
organic molecules
Principle of Mediocrity
c) Test on Friday - Know all of the above for it.
Friday, May 19, 2006. This is the 9th online lesson for the Astronomy Class at St. Joseph High School.
PROCEDURE:
1) For A-46, write notes (the amount will be announced) on the links below.
ST. JOSEPH HIGH SCHOOL ASTRONOMY STUDENTS BUILD A WORKING MODEL OF THE MARS SOJOURNER ROBOTIC VEHICLE
Thursday, May 18, 2006. This is the 8th online lesson for the Astronomy Class at St. Joseph High School.
PROCEDURE:
1) Check your current grades at www.gradeconnect.com You are required to do this and to inform (or show) your grades on gradeconnect to your parent or guardian.
2) For A-45, write notes (the amount will be announced) on the U.S. Naval Observatory Links Below.
Go to this link and write about it
Then go to this link and follow the directions below it:
U.S. Naval Observatory Data Services
Find and go to these tables and as many others as you can and record the data for the Virgin Islands, Frederiksted.
Thursday, 4/27/06. This is the 7th online lesson for the Astronomy Class at St. Joseph High School.
PROCEDURE:
1) Check your current grades at www.gradeconnect.com You are required to do this and to inform (or show) your grades on gradeconnect to your parent or guardian.
2) Do Objective A-36 (take notes or make sketches to hand-in) which consists of using 3D Anaglyph glasses to observe 3D images of Mars at
and the following as yhou have time for:
3) Enter the coordinates for St. Croix: 17d North Latitude and 64d West Longitude. (Use d for degrees since that is the only way to do it on the computer). Look for a write down if Sagittarius (and the Milky Way ) will be visible from St. Croix.
4) When the sky map comes up, Go down and select the various option s.
Go to YOUR SKY by John Walker
5) Check out the latest image of the sun and make a sketch of it showing the location of any sunspots.
SOHO Satellite for the very latest images of the Sun.
Friday, 3/24/06. This is the 6th online lesson for the Astronomy Class at St. Joseph High School.
PROCEDURE:
1) Do Objective A-28 which make use of 2 websites that you used before.
2) Enter the coordinates for St. Croix: 17d North Latitude and 64d West Longitude. (Use d for degrees since that is the only way to do it on the computer.) Make a sketch of the main stars over at 8 PM on Monday, 3/27/06. Make the sketch good enough so you can compare it to the positions on a star locator which you will make on Monday.
3) When the sky map comes up, Go down and select the various options.
Go to YOUR SKY by John Walker
4) Check out the latest image of the sun and make a sketch of it showing the location of any sunspots.
Friday, 2/17/06. This is the 5th online lesson for the Astronomy Class at St. Joseph High School.
PROCEDURE:
1) Check your current grades at www.gradeconnect.com You are required to do this and to inform (or show) your grades on gradeconnect to your parent or guardian.
2) Do Objective A-14. Explore all of the following and take some notes describing what is available at each web site. The amount of notes will be announced in class.
GOES 8 Satellite, Fulldisk InfraRed Image of the Earth (Western Hemisphere)
Meteosat Satellite Fulldisk InfraRed Image of the Earth with African Continent
GOES 9 Satellite Fulldisk InfraRed Image of the Earth with Pacific Ocean
Satellite Fulldisk InfraRed Image of the Earth with the Indian Ocean
3) Be sure to do all of the readings and study your notes and returned assignments for the Unit 2 Test on Friday, 2/24/06. If you have any questions, send email to the teacher from gradeconnect.
Friday, 2/10/06. This is the 4th online lesson for the Astronomy Class at St. Joseph High School.
PROCEDURE:
1) Check your current grades at www.gradeconnect.com You are required to do this and to inform (or show) your grades on gradeconnect to your parent or guardian.
2) Do Objective A-11. Explore all of the following terms using Wikipedia and take notes on them (number of sides as announced). . Go beyond the definitions
electromagnetic radiation
gamma rays
X-rays
ultraviolet radiation
visible light
infrared radiation
microwaves
radio waves
photon theory of light
wave theory of light
frequency and wavelength
telescopes
How do the the above terms relate to the science of astronomy?
Thursday, 1/26/06. This is the third online lesson for the Astronomy Class at St. Joseph High School.
PROCEDURE:
1) Do Objective A-05. Explore all of the following links and take notes on them.
Wednesday, 1/25/06. This is the second online lesson for the Astronomy Class at St. Joseph High School. Be sure to read and follow the rules on the handout
PROCEDURE:
1) Do Objective A-04 "More Sky Map Practice." Click on the "YOUR SKY" link below.
2) Enter the coordinates for St. Croix: 17d North Latitude and 64d West Longitude. (Use d for degrees since that is the only way to do it on the computer.) Make a sketch of the main stars over St. Croix at 2 PM and 8 PM today. Show where the North Star is located. Then use the location chooser and find Sydney, Australia and make a sketch of the stars located there at 8 PM today. Compare it to St,. Croix's. Identify star names as possible.
3) When the sky map comes up, Go down and select the various options.
Be sure to follow the
Friday, 1/20/06. This is the first online lesson for the AstronomyClass at St. Joseph High School. Be sure to read and follow the rules on the handout
PROCEDURE:
1) Register for Astronomy Class at www.gradeconnect.com Follow the instructions. You need a working email address before you register at gradeconnect.
2) Do Objective A-03 "Exploring an Internet Sky Map." Click on the "YOUR SKY" link below.
3) Enter the coordinates for St. Croix: 17d North Latitude and 64d West Longitude. (Use d for degrees since that is the only way to do it on the computer.)
4) When the sky map comes up, Go down and select the various options.
5) Write a page or more describing what you did on the computer and any actual sky observations based on the maps.
