Worksheets for lessons

     Intro lesson

Unit 1

1.  The Earth

1a. A Question of Scale

2.  Latitude and Longitude

3.  Distances

4.  Tides

5.  The Atmosphere

6.  Days and Years

7.  Time Zones

8.  Sundials

9.  The Equation of Time

Unit 2

1. The Moon

2. Moon Features

3. Gravity

4. The Sun

5. Features

6. Absorption Spectra

7. Solar Eclipses

8. Lunar Eclipses

 

Unit 3

1. Planet facts

2. Some Moons

3. Planets in Orbit

4. Asteroids

5. Copernicus

6. Kepler

7. Galileo

8. Newton

9. Meteors

10. Comets

Unit 4

Constellations

Star Maps

Declination Calculations

R A Calculations

Apparent magnitude

Absolute magnitude

Cepheids and other Light Curves

Stellar Spectra

Life Cycles

The Milky Way and other Galaxies

Nebulae

The Expanding Universe

Dark Matter

Unit 5

Refracting telescopes

Reflecting Telescopes

Objects in the Sky

Using other Wavelengths

Getting into Space

The Hubble Telescope

Space Research