Astronomy

 Key Documents

Useful Links

• We Chose the Moon
• Your Age on Other Worlds
• How Many People are in Space Right Now?
• The Heavens Above
• Stellarium
• Hubble Site
• Google Sky
• Make Your Own Planisphere
• Eclipse Calendar
• Zoom Astronomy
• Moon Phase Interactive
• Lunar Phase Quizzes
• Tide Simulator
• Eccentricity Calculator
• Planetary Orbit Simulator
• Stellar Property Explorer
• Interactive Journey Through Space
• SETI
• Size of the Universe
• Extreme Makeover:  Planet Edition
• Your Weight on Other Worlds

  Please check the parent portal or with Ms. Bloch to see if you are missing any of the following labs - extra copies are located at school!  Below are the labs we are going to do within this unit

•  Characteristics of Stars
• Calculating the Eccentricity of an Ellipse
• Calculating the Eccentricity of an Ellipse II
• Calculating the Eccentricity of an Ellipse III

In this picture of Saturn, you can see a small, pale-blue dot. 

That's Earth!   

Watch this for a review of the moon phases.

Please note, I do not have any control over the commercial that plays before this video!