Planetary Astronomy 2015-2016
Unit 4 Schedule – The Planets
Class #
Date
27
11/12/15
28
11/16/15
29
11/18/15
Topics & Activities
Notes – Our Moon
Video Notes - 37 Formation of Planetary Systems
The Solar System’s Big Bang
The Solar System’s Big Bang (cont’d)
Video: Origins: Earth Is Born
Notes - Resonances
Video: BBC The Planets: Moon
Video: Origins: Earth Is Born (cont’d)
The Planets of Our Solar System PowerPoint
Solar System Travel Brochure
Solar System Research
Notes - Inner Planets
Water on Earth -
Assignment Due
 Video Notes - 27
Our Moon,
Earth’s Nearest
Neighbor
http://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=80757&cl=79173&tid=5122
30
11/20/15
Liquid Water in the Solar System http://www.hpcf.upr.edu/~abel/phl/Liquid_Water.jpg
Bodies in the Solar System with Water http://www.americaspace.com/wpcontent/uploads/2014/09/moons.jpg
Atmospheres of the Solar System -
 Video Notes – 28
Mercury and
Venus
http://www.compoundchem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/TheAtmospheres-of-the-Solar-System-with-Pressures.png
Measuring Mar’s Ancient Ocean -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH8kHncLZwM&t=10
Video: Origins: How Life Began
Happy Thanksgiving!
31
32
12/01/15
Video: Origins: How Life Began (cont’d)
Notes - Outer Planets
How to Get to Mars – Spirit & Opportunity
http://www.youtube.com/embed/XRCIzZHpFtY?rel=0
Mars: Dead or Alive? Video & Questions
12/03/15
Mars: Dead or Alive? Video & Questions
Curiosity Landing on Mars:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/video/index.php?id=1001
Solar System Bingo
33
12/07/15
34
12/09/15
Notes - Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
Relative Sizes in the Universe PowerPoint
Activity: Comparing Sizes in Our Solar System
Video: Bill Nye Video Comets & Meteors
Meteor Impacts
Meteor Impact Exercise
Video: Doomsday Asteroid
Meteor ALH840001
Catastrophes That Changed The Planets – The
Universe (Season 6)
 Video Notes – 29
Of Mars and
Martians
Solar System
Travel Brochure
 Video Notes – 30
Jupiter and Its
Amazing Moons
 Video Notes – 31
Magnificent
Saturn
 Notes – 32
Uranus and
Neptune, The
Small Giants
35
12/11/15
Unit 4 Key Terms
Unit 4 Test Writing Prompts
Unit 4 – The Planets Jeopardy
36
12/15/15
Unit 4 Test
37
12/17/15
The Pluto Files
Crash Landing on Mars – The Universe (Season 6)
38
12/21/15
LN2 Demos
AMNH: The Known Universe - http://vimeo.com/19568852
Hubble Detects Water on Exoplanets: http://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/hubbletraces-subtle-signals-of-water-on-hazy-worlds/#.Up8j9sRDsxG
Population of Known Solar System Objects:
http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/astro/sslist.html