Duration
10 Months
Prerequisites
None
Requirements
None
Course Summary
This course covers astronomy basics, including the history of astronomy, celestial movements, solar system formation, and space exploration. Students will also learn about stars, galaxies, and cosmology through lessons, activities, and assessments.
This course will help you meet the following goals:
Describe the history of astronomy and contributions of famous scientists from ancient to modern times.
Describe and identify the movements of the Sun, Moon, planets, and stars across the sky.
Describe the formation of inner rocky planets and outer gas giant planets, and their unique features.
Explain Kepler’s laws of planetary motion and Newton’s law of universal gravitation.
Describe the properties of the Sun and the importance of sunspots.
Describe and observe lunar phases.
Describe the composition of Earth and the causes of seasons on Earth.
Identify different types tools used in astronomy, such as telescopes, observatories, electromagnetic spectrum, and astronomical spectroscopy.
Describe the properties of stars and measure their distances using the parallax method.
Describe the formation, components, and characteristics of the Milky Way.
Describe the usefulness of studying space and the advantages of various manned and unmanned missions to space.
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