Things to do this week:
Get a twitter account. Seriously, you need it. Expect 2-3 quizzes per week using twitter
Get a blog by going to www.blogger.com and following the directions. Your blog is your personal diary of what is happening in the class.
Put my contacts into your phone: follow mapowell (twitter) email: marciarpowellATgmailDOTcom phone 6081900
Our first links:
Skymaps
Astronomy aGOGO
Space Weather
Stellarium
Monday, March 22, 2010
Friday, March 19, 2010
Final Assessment
Thank you for taking my class. I have enjoyed working with you, and it is the hope that you leave this class with a sense of wonder.
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Thursday, March 11, 2010
Watch the video segments found at http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/origins/program-3114.html as a class on the video projector.
As you do that, you need to answer the following Questions
After Segment 1:
What is the difference between the steady state theory and the big bang theory?
What did Robert Wilson and Arnio Penzias do?
How did Robert Wilson feel when compared to Einstein?
What do we call the radiation they discovered?
After Segment 2:
What is COBE and what does it study?
After Segment 3:
How is CBI different than WMAP?
What problems did the astronomers have with the equipment?
What successes did they have?
After Segment 4:
What will happen to the blotchy dense microwave parts shown in the videos?
After Segment 5:
Why can't you make an element higher than iron in a star?
How do we get the elements that are heavier than that one?
Why do we say humans are made of stardust?
After Segment 6:
How do light waves tell us about the properties of elements?
Is their life out there?
When you get done, you need to hand in the answers to your questions, and go to the Origins website to take a look at the Drake equation and the Alien arguments that are pro and con. You will be asked to defend your ideas on life in the universe later.
As you do that, you need to answer the following Questions
After Segment 1:
What is the difference between the steady state theory and the big bang theory?
What did Robert Wilson and Arnio Penzias do?
How did Robert Wilson feel when compared to Einstein?
What do we call the radiation they discovered?
After Segment 2:
What is COBE and what does it study?
After Segment 3:
How is CBI different than WMAP?
What problems did the astronomers have with the equipment?
What successes did they have?
After Segment 4:
What will happen to the blotchy dense microwave parts shown in the videos?
After Segment 5:
Why can't you make an element higher than iron in a star?
How do we get the elements that are heavier than that one?
Why do we say humans are made of stardust?
After Segment 6:
How do light waves tell us about the properties of elements?
Is their life out there?
When you get done, you need to hand in the answers to your questions, and go to the Origins website to take a look at the Drake equation and the Alien arguments that are pro and con. You will be asked to defend your ideas on life in the universe later.
Monday, March 8, 2010
Hubble Deep Field
Go to the Hubble Galaxy Hunt activity. Take the time you need to explore, but when you are done, I need you to write a 3-4 paragraph reflection on your impressions, including data, statistics, and size factors. Do this on your blog. I will know it is the right post because I want you to link the image that is found here as a picture on your blog.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
What is out there?
Today you will be going to SDSS, the biggest astronomy database in the world! Your goals: learn about the technology, the project, and a scavenger hunt.
Start HERE
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Tuesday, March 2, 2010
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