Lesson 1 – Opening lesson

• Nask
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Science period 4

Astronomy

This lessons

• What is astronomy?
  
• What will we be covering in period 4?
  
• §3.1 – Astronomy research assignment
  

Learning goals

•  You can explain what astronomy is in your own words.
• You know what will be covered this period.

What is astronomy?

Exercise

Take out your notebook, open an empty page.

For 5 minutes, write down and answer the following questions:

• what you expect to learn this period?
  
• What do you already know about astronomy?
• What are three things about astronomy that you're curious about?

Astronomy is the scientific 

study of the universe

Go over what the terms scientific means and implies in that sentence.

- Based on what we can know for certain.

- This means that we have to make observations, measurements.

- How do we observe the universe in astronomy?

What you will learn

• What will we cover?
  
• Learning goals?
  
• What is expected of you?
  

What we will cover

• 3.1 – The night sky
  
• 3.2 – Day night
  
• 3.3 – The seasons
  
• 3.4 –  stars
  
• 3.5 – The solar system
  
• 3.6 – The moon
  
• 3.7 – The geocentric model
  
• 3.8 – The hello centric model
  

• Explain in your own words what astronomy is.
  

• Be able to describe what the terms planet, moon, star, solar system, galaxy, satalite, meteor, meteorite and comet mean. 
  

• Be able to name our galaxy and describe its basic structrue. 
  

• Describe what causest day and night. 
  

• Be able to explain what causes the seasons. 
  

•  Name the 8 planets in our solar system and put them in correct order. 
  

• Name the phases of the moon and explain what is meant by an eclipse. 

• Explain the geocentric and heliocentric centric model in your own words.

What is expected of you?

• Several homework assignments.
  
• A presentations about the solar system.
  
• A practical report during the project week.
  
• The assignments in the textbook and workbook.

Astronomy poster

Use an empty page of your notebook for this assignment.

Make a poster that explains what the following terms mean:

Planet, moon, orbit solar system, star, galaxy.

• Write down what each term means.
• Order these objects from smallest to largest.
  
• Explain through text and drawings how these terms go together.
  

The earth from

6 Billion kilometers

Learning goals

•  You can explain what astronomy is in your own words.
• You know what will be covered this period.