LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1. STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND EXPLAIN THE TOOLS , AND

THEIR CHARACTERISTICS , USED FOR STUDYING THE STARS

2. STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND EXPLAIN THE

CHARACTERISTICS OF STARS

SHORT SUBJECT VIDEO > THE EDGE OF THE UNIVERSE

1. THE MOST IMPRESSIVE THING ABOUT THE UNIVERSE IS ITS ___________

2. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THERE ARE MORE THAN ___________ BILLION

GALAXIES AND OVER ___________ BILLION STARS IN EACH GALAXY

TOOLS FOR STUDYING THE STARS

TWO TYPES OF ANCIENT TOOLS :

1. GNOMON / SUNDIALS -

SHORT SUBJECT VIDEO > SUNDIALS

1. SUNDIALS WERE USED TO TELL ____________ IN EGYPT __________

YEARS AGO

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2. QUADRANTS , SEXTANTS , OCTANTS AND ASTORLABES -

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CHAPTER # 2 - THE GLORY OF THE STARS

FIVE TYPES OF TELESCOPES :

1. REFRACTING -

1. REFRACTION -

2. OBJECTIVE LENS -

3. OCULAR LENS -

4. COMPOUND LENS -

2. REFLECTING -

1.

2.

3. COMPOSITE -

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SHORT SUBJECT VIDEO > HOW TELESCOPES WORK

1. DISTANT OBJECTS , LIKE STARS , ARE HARD TO SEE BECAUSE LIGHT

_____________ _____________ AND TELESCOPES HELP US SEE IT BY

_____________ THE LIGHT

2. THE FIRST TELESCOPES WERE __________________ TELESCOPES

3. WATER VAPOR , DUST , AND HEAT CAN ALL _____________ LIGHT

4. OBSERVATORIES ARE OFTEN BUILT ON ____________________ TO AVOID

OR LIMIT DISTORTION

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4. RADIO -

5. ORBITING -

SHORT SUBJECT VIDEO > HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE

1. THE HUBBLE TELESCOPE TRAVELS AT _______ MILES PER SECOND

2. HUBBLE IS THE _____________ AND MOST ______________ TELESCOPE

EVER PUT INTO ORBIT

3. HUBBLE IS IN A _________________ ORBIT

FIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE STARS

1.

2. MAGNITUDE -

1.

2.

3.

1. LIGHT YEARS -

SHORT SUBJECT VIDEO > LIGHT YEAR

1. LIGHT TRAVELS AT A SPEED OF __________________ MILES PER SECOND

2.

4.

1. PROPER MOTION -

2. RADIAL MOTION -

5.

SPECIAL CONDITIONS REGARDING THE STARS

1. NOVAS -

1. NEUTRON STAR -

2. NEBULAE -

3. BLACK HOLES -

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SHORT SUBJECT VIDEO > SUPER NOVAS

THE THREE EXPLANATIONS FOR SUPERNOVAS :

1. THERMO NUCLEAR SUPERNOVA USUALLY THE RESULT OF A __________

______________ STAR FADING OR DYING OUT

2. A COLLAPSE OF A SUN’S _______________

3. AN EXPLODING ________________ STAR

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2. CONSTELLATIONS -

3. GALAXIES -

SHORT SUBJECT VIDEO > WONDER OF THE HEAVENS

THE LARGEST CELESTIAL BODY SHOWN IN THIS VIDEO IS A STAR CALLED

______________ ___________________