Before class preparation
- Read galaxies Powerpoint
- BYOD for Kahoots
In class activity
- Counting galaxies using sampling technique
- Before & After Kahoots!
After class work
- Google Classroom Pre-Lab Questions
Author: Albert Fong
Cosmos – Sky Full of Ghosts
Before class preparation
- Read and print or copy the questions here
In class activity
- Video: A Sky Full of Ghosts
- 3 things you learned
- 2 questions you have
- 1 thing that interested you
- How would you use a Balloon to model the Big Bang Theory?
After class work
- Edpuzzle
Balloon Expansion Activity
Before class preparation
- Video: Do we expand with the universe?
- Print and Read this handout
- Answer pre-lab questions on the Google Classroom
In class activity
- Gather data from laboratory and other sources, and organize and record the data using an appropriate format, including tables, flow charts, graphs, and/or diagrams
- Record raw data for balloon expansion activity
After class work
- Videos:
- Big Bang Write Up in Google Classroom
Gizmo: Star Spectra
Before class preparation
- Make sure you have your gizmo login
- BYOD laptop or sign out Chromebook from library
In class activity
- Complete the Gizmo
After class work
- Finish Gizmos worksheets first
- Complete the assessment questions
Spectral Lines of an Atom
Before class preparation
- Read and think about the questions here (to be discussed in class)
In class activity
- Pear Deck: Star Spectra
- Observing spectral lines w/gas tubes
- Spectrum lines demonstration of 3 “Mystery Stars”
After class work
- Video: Emission & Absorption Spectra
- Use this website to help you identify the element in the 3 “Mystery stars” today.
- (Helium, Hydrogen, Xenon)
Flame Tests
Before class preparation
- Read this handout
- How do we determine the composition of far away objects in space?
In class activity
- Day 1: Bunsen Burner / Star Spectra Gizmo
- Day 2: Flame tests for elements
After class work
- Video: Flame Tests
- Finish the handout
- Research the colours of the elements you tested today to make sure they match your observations
- CK12: Atomic Emission Spectra
Cosmos: Sisters of the Sun
Before class preparation
- Read & take notes on this powerpoint
- Print & Read questions about the video
In class activity
- Cosmos: Sisters of the Sun
- 3 things you learned
- 2 questions you have
- 1 thing that interested you
- Quiz-Quiz-Trade
After class work
- Complete Solar System Map
Modeling the solar system (Multiple Days)
Before class preparation
- Complete Scientific Notation Worksheet
- Video: How far away is the moon?
- BYOD laptop (You can sign one out from the library as well)
In class activity
- Google Classroom:
- “Modeling the Solar System” chart
- Modeling the solar system:
- Calculate distances in a model of a Solar system based on different scales
- Calculate lengths by converting between familiar (eg; km to ly) and unfamiliar units
- Mapping your own model of the Solar System
After class work
- Finish the model
- Check your answers once it’s posted
- CK12
Scale of the Universe
Before class preparation
- BYOD if you have a laptop, or sign one out in the library
- What is the largest object that you can think of?
- What is the smallest object that you can think of?
In class activity
- Google Classroom Activity: Prediction of relative sizes of objects in the universe & Scientific Notation
After class work
- Finish Activity
Observing the Night Sky
Before class preparation
- Are there constellations during the day? What about during different seasons?
- How can we tell a planet from a star in the night sky?
- BYOD for Kahoots!
- Videos:
In class activity
- Finish “Using Constellations”
- Finding Saturn in the constellation Leo
- “Seasonal constellations”
- Identify simple astronomical phenomena (revolution, rotation, gravitation..etc)
- Identify the names different things we can see in the night sky (stars, planets, constellations, asterisms…etc)
- Introduction to Scale of the Universe assignment
- Kahoots!
After class work
- For next class:
- What is the largest object that you can think of?
- What is the smallest object that you can think of?
- Video: Retrograde motion of Mars
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