Grade: 11, 12
Unit: Intro. to Astronomy
Content Area: The Universe
Standard: G1
Instructional Materials and Performance Tasks Assessment
The Night Sky Unit
ENGAGEMENT & ELICITATION
Make a set of astronomical tools students can use to do night time sky observations.
Uncle Al's Sky Wheel
Project 28: Making an Astrolabe
Project 11: Making a Night Clock (Nocturnal)

Show movies (with guided notes & open note quiz) from the Universe: The Infinite Frontier series
Lesson 1: Astronomer's Universe
Lesson 2: The Origin of Modern Astronomy
Lesson 4: The Tools of Astronomy

Use HOU Image processing software:
Book 1: Introduction to Image Processing
Activities I-IV
Book 2: Finding Features
Browser's Guide to the Universe
Moon Match Unit

EXPLORATION & DISCOVERY
Measuring Angles in the Sky
Pinhole Protractor
Cross Staff Projects
Quadrant Projects
Finding Your Latitude

CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT
Understanding the Starry Sky
Astronomy without a telescope
Three night sky observations per quarter

Future Units
Galilean & Keplerian Telescopes
Inv. 6: A Simple Refracting Telescope
Telescopes Tutorial
Spectroscopy and Types of Spectra
Identifying Lines in the Solar Spectrum
Supernova Chemistry
The Flame Test
Hubble Law Lab, the Short Version

Astronomical Tools Practicum
Investigation 5: The Astrolabe
The Milky Way: Past and Present