(1) SES4UI Astronomy – Week 1
Date
Topic/Activities
1
2
LABOUR DAY!
1) Course Administrivia:
 NO TEXTBOOK
 Desire to Learn/ClassNet
 Potential Field Trip? – Big /small - Costs involved
 Course Outline (PowerPoint)
 complete forms (SIS, Personal Info Sheets)
L1
3
L3
5
L4
Learning Goals
Students will:
Success Criteria
Students will display their learning by:
Return forms
 Understand the value of Earth Science education
in Canada’s economy and their opportunities for
future employment in the field.
 Understand the outline of the course
 Understand the student expectations of the
classroom.
 Understand the UW/Laurier dual credit
availability
 Use Earth-based observations to prove the
commonly understood notion that the sun is in
the center of our universe.
 Understand that ancient humans could only use
Earth-based observations to understand that our
solar system is heliocentric.
 Acquire the correct materials for the course.
 Understand the UW/Laurier dual credit expectations.
 Complete forms – SIS, Personal Information Sheets
 Using research skills to obtain information.
 Collecting data to disprove the points suggested by
geocentric theory.
1) Introduction to Astronomy – Geocentric vs. Heliocentric –
review the argument/challenge
 distribute the worksheet (an outline for researching the
debate)
 go to library to research the topic
 due date: Monday
Complete Research Assignment
due next Monday.
1) Features of the Night Sky – celestial objects
 Show PowerPoint presentation “Objects in Space”
 discuss common celestial objects.
 Distribute the summary sheet.
1) Tools of Astronomy
 Show PowerPoint presentation “Tools of Astronomy”
 distribute the summary sheet.
 discuss the History of Astronomy and the first tools used
to explore the skies.
 Discuss the various electromagnetic wavelengths used
to examine space.
complete the worksheet
 understand the terms for common celestial
objects and define the physical properties of
each.
 Defining the physical properties of each celestial
object.
complete the worksheet
 understand the technology used in Ancient and
Modern Astronomy.
 understand how different wavelengths of the
electromagnetic spectrum are used to study
space.
 understand the technology used in Ancient and
Modern Astronomy.
 understand how different wavelengths of the
electromagnetic spectrum are used to study space.
L2
4
Homework
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