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Middle school astronomy syllabi
January #DiscoverThis Homeschool Planner
The January #DiscoverThis Homeschool Planner includes 85+ ideas for exploring different topics in fun and unusual ways. Priced at $5, it is the perfect cost-effective monthly homeschool resource for:DIY homeschool parentsCommunity-based learnersSecular Charlotte Mason styled familiesChild directed learning famliesRelaxed homeschoolersFamilies thinking about unschooling but not ready to take that plunge just yetEach month, I put together a daily calendar of historical events, commemorative events
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K - 8th
Astronomy Solar System Science Unit Overview & Vocabulary Key Words
This 5-page Unit Overview and Key Words product serves as a student handout that introduces an upper middle school or early high school unit on astronomy, including the Earth, moon, Sun and our solar system. It includes enduring understandings, essential questions, science skills or outcomes, relevant unit sections, and key vocabulary terms, all in one condensed document. Finally, this document features a multi-page glossary of key vocabulary terms and their definitions, in alphabetical order.
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Unit Overviews and Vocabulary Key Words for Earth Science Bundle
Astronomy Stars Galaxies & Universe Earth Science Unit Overview & Vocabulary Key
This 5-page Unit Overview and Key Words product serves as a student handout that introduces an upper middle school or early high school unit on cosmology, including the stars, star formation, galaxies and our universe. It includes enduring understandings, essential questions, science skills or outcomes, relevant unit sections, and key vocabulary terms, all in one condensed document. Finally, this document features a multi-page glossary of key vocabulary terms and their definitions, in alphabet
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7th - 9th
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Also included in: Unit Overviews and Vocabulary Key Words for Earth Science Bundle
Solar System Baby Book
I created this project for my middle school Earth Science class. We were in our astronomy unit and I did not want to lecture over every single aspect of our solar system since each student is at varying degrees of familiarity with it. So, I put together this "Solar System Baby Book" that includes information on the sun, rocky planets, gas giants, and small bodies. It allows students to be creative while they demonstrate their knowledge of the subject.
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6th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS1-2
, MS-ESS1-3
Signs and Seasons Schedule
This is a 30-week schedule for covering the book Signs and Seasons by Jay Ryan. The schedule is meant to be used over a traditional Aug-May school year. It assigns book work twice a week, and field activities to be done any night that week that the sky is clear.If you like to coordinate science and history, this course works well when studying Ancient times (traditionally 5th grade or 9th grade). If you do not follow the 4-year cycle and want to coordinate a non-traditional history course with t
Apologia Astronomy - Editable Syllabus
Apologia Elementary Astronomy Editable Syllabus. Feel free to use and/or change to your liking. This was used for a homeschool co-op class teaching Apologia Astronomy. Thanks and Happy Homeschooling!
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1st - 8th
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Astronomy Unit VI Outline/Activators "Radiation & The Sun"
Semester B Unit VI guideline with activator questions; objectives and a general timeline on lessons. Terms may include:
Electromagnetic waves, radio waves, infrared rays, ultraviolet rays, x rays, gamma rays, wavelength, frequency, spectrum, blackbody radiation, Doppler effect, redshift / blueshift, transverse and radial velocity
Emission lines, absorption lines, ground state / excited states, photons or quanta
Core, radiation zone, convection zone, photosphere, chromosphere, transition zone,
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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Astronomy Semester B Course Outline
An outline for the second semester of Astronomy B. Semester B includes all of the following terms (below) and more - see Units VI - XI in Astronomy for a complete semester of lessons and materials (all units beginning with Unit VI "Radiation & The Sun" will be posted soon!)
Sun
fusion
core
chromosphere
photosphere
radiation
Electromagnetic spectrum
wavelength
spectra
light
stars
galaxies
doppler effect
star motion
star clusters
star evolution
white dwarfs
supernovae
neutron stars
pulsars
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
Cosmology Course Syllabus
Cosmology is a discipline of Astronomy focusing on the origin and the development of the Universe. This syllabus provides the overview of the course without active links. An active link syllabus is available as well as a complete Cosmology course packet provided by the same educator.
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6th - 9th
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