Big Ideas:

To understand how matter/energy, forces/motion, and space/time can help explain stars, galaxies, and the universe.

Essential Questions:

What do astronomers learn from studying star properties? What stages make up the sun's life cycle? In what ways do galaxies differ from one another? What eveidence indicates that the universe is expanding and how did it begin?

Vocabulary:

spectrums, light, doppler effect, sunspots, prominence, solar flars, sun interior, magnitudes (apparent / absolute), HR diagram, main-sequence, neutron, white dwarfs, neutron stars, pulsars, supernova, block holes

Month

Content

Skills

Asessment

Standards

Instructional Activities, Strategies, and Differentiation

March

Stars, Galaxies, and Universe

Formative:

HS-ESS1-1; HS-ESS1-2,3; HS-ESS2-6

Provide Topic Reading Assignments and Vocabulary List

Deliver Information via Lecture, Discussion and Handouts

Electromagnetic Spectrum

Model the Sun’s outer atmospheres in order to get a better understanding of the Sun’s surface.

Student Partipiation and Dialog

Use Technology (ie Simulations/Illustrations/Videos), Various Manipulatives and Word Play

Sun Exterior

Model the various classifications of stars in order to help visualize the scope and diversity of Main Sequence stars in our galaxy.

Study Guide Assignments

Offer Review Opportunities (Study Guides and Study Sessions)

Stars

Construct a model of the Milky Way galaxy to help show the location of our own solar system.

Lab Practicles and/or Projects

Supplement Topic Discussion with Labs/Projects/Demonstrations

Hertzsprung-Russel Diagram

Create a scale model of our corner of the universe to allow students to put our universe into perspective regarding its immenseness.

Chapter Quizzes

Cepheids, Nova, Nebula

Reading / Vocabulary Exam

Constellations and Asterisms

Stellar Evolution

Summative:

Galaxies and Quasars

Universe: Hubble's Law / Big Bang

Chapter Exam

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