Astronomy - Fall (Culver City High School) //cchs.ccusd.org/apps/classes/848291/assignments/ Class Name: Astronomy - Fall Instructor(s): Denise Greenberg en-us SchoolSitePro <![CDATA[Due: 12/22/2017]]> //cchs.ccusd.org/homeworkItem4849598 //cchs.ccusd.org/apps/classes/848291/assignments/ Here are all astronomy QOTD presentations, from August through December 2017.
]]> Mon, 18 Dec 2017 11:23:07 PST <![CDATA[Due: 12/22/2017]]> //cchs.ccusd.org/homeworkItem4849593 //cchs.ccusd.org/apps/classes/848291/assignments/ Here are ALL of our presentations and Prezis for the semester!
 
Note:  Google Slide presentations are listed as attached files.  Prezis are listed as links in the text body, here:
Chapter One:  History of Astronomy
History of Astronomy Part II
History of Astronomy Part III
History of Astronomy Part IV
History of Astronomy Part V
 
Chapter Three:  Light and Atoms
Wien's Law and Blackbodies
The Electromagnetic Spectrum
 
 

]]> Mon, 18 Dec 2017 11:17:55 PST <![CDATA[Due: 12/14/2017]]> //cchs.ccusd.org/homeworkItem4843899 //cchs.ccusd.org/apps/classes/848291/assignments/ Here are our notes for the next few days:    The order is:
 
3.1 Properties of Light (pdf)
3.2 The Electromagnetic Spectrum (Google Slides)
Prezi:  Wein's Law and Blackbodies

]]> Mon, 11 Dec 2017 13:52:56 PST <![CDATA[Due: 12/13/2017]]> //cchs.ccusd.org/homeworkItem4844756 //cchs.ccusd.org/apps/classes/848291/assignments/ Here is the reading and questions for you to answer on the "How Light Works" article.
 
Article file is attached.
 

FIRST:  Carefully read the entire article!
THEN:  On a separate piece of paper, answer the following questions in full sentences!:

  1. What is “undulatory theory?”  Given what you know about radiative energy and how it is transferred, how did Huygens misunderstand the nature of light?
  2. Why was Newton correct when he described light as corpuscles or particles? (Hint – you may need to read to page 3 of this article to arrive at the answer!)
  3. Imagine you are describing Thomas Young’s “double slit experiment?” to your bright 10 year old cousin, and she asks you draw a sketch of it.  What would it look like?  Draw this sketch and give it a captain to explain what is going on.
  4. Why is light also referred to as electromagnetic radiation?
  5. What are photons?  When is a photon ejected from an atom?
  6. What did Bohr propose to make sense of the fact that electrons do NOT fall into their nucleus?
  7. What is wave-particle duality?  Why do YOU think this concept might be confusing?
  8. What do YOU think might cause an electron to jump from its base orbital level to a higher orbital level?  What causes the electron to drop to its base level again?
  9. What is the main factor that causes the photons emitted by an atom to radiate a certain color?
  10. When did the universe “light up?”  WHY?

]]> Mon, 11 Dec 2017 13:57:27 PST <![CDATA[Due: 12/06/2017]]> //cchs.ccusd.org/homeworkItem4838652 //cchs.ccusd.org/apps/classes/848291/assignments/ Here is your study guide for your Chapter One test tomorrow.
 

Know the contributions of the following astronomers:

  • Eudoxus Aristarchus        Eratosthenes
  • Ptolemy Pythagoras        Aristotle
  • Galileo          Copernicus        Brahe
  • Thomas Diggs and Giordano Bruno
  • William of Occam

Know the following terms, places and contributions:

  • Heliocentricism vs Geocentricism
  • The Almagest;        Retrograde Motion
  • Epicycles;                Parallax
  • Stonehenge;           Occam’s Razor
  • Tychonic Solar System
  • Kepler’s Laws of Planetary Motion
  • Elliptical vs Circular Orbits

]]> Tue, 05 Dec 2017 11:06:29 PST <![CDATA[Due: 12/04/2017]]> //cchs.ccusd.org/homeworkItem4835185 //cchs.ccusd.org/apps/classes/848291/assignments/ Here is your worksheet on calculating force, acceleration and mass.  NOTE:  The slides of this attachment ARE the problems on your worksheet, but in PowerPoint form (long story).
 
 

]]> Fri, 01 Dec 2017 14:02:30 PST <![CDATA[Due: 11/29/2017]]> //cchs.ccusd.org/homeworkItem4829263 //cchs.ccusd.org/apps/classes/848291/assignments/ Remember - we need to speed through two chapters in the next 3.5 weeks! You'll be taking notes from online presentations at home, and at school we'll doing the enforcement/enrichment work in class OR grabbing more notes OR both.
 
Here is the presentation we'll be taking notes on for in-class and for homework.  MAKE SURE TO COMPLETE YOUR NOTES TONIGHT if we don't finish them today.  You'll be using the definitions for Newton's Laws of Motion to create a Foldable in class tomorrow.

]]> Mon, 27 Nov 2017 21:29:34 PST <![CDATA[Due: 11/28/2017]]> //cchs.ccusd.org/homeworkItem4826932 //cchs.ccusd.org/apps/classes/848291/assignments/ Here is the Google Presentation for our C-Notes today:  Temperature Conversion
]]> Sun, 26 Nov 2017 17:52:07 PST <![CDATA[Due: 11/27/2017]]> //cchs.ccusd.org/homeworkItem4825733 //cchs.ccusd.org/apps/classes/848291/assignments/ Thanksgiving break homework:
  • Take your notebook HOME! Update your Table of Contents and your pages.  The file is linked below.
  • Complete Galileo Prezi Notes.
  • Read Galileo’s FPD and answer the questions on the worksheet.  File for FPD is linked below.

]]> Mon, 20 Nov 2017 23:34:02 PST <![CDATA[Due: 11/21/2017]]> //cchs.ccusd.org/homeworkItem4816876 //cchs.ccusd.org/apps/classes/848291/assignments/ Here is the Prezi for your notes on Galileo and the evidence he provided to prove Copernicus' heliocentric Solar System.
 
History of Astronomy V - Copernicus is Confirmed!

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