<p>Astronomy Week 1 (8/12 – 8/16)</p><p>SAST1: Students will explain the tools used by astronomers to study electromagnetic radiation to determine composition, motions, and other physical attributes of astronomical objects.</p><p>SAST1a: Explain the challenges faced by astronomers due to the properties of light and the vast distances in the cosmos</p><p>Each of these stations need to be done on your own sheet of paper and stapled, in order, to this coversheet. When you have competed a station, put a check mark by it. Be sure when doing the left page assignment you use at least 5 different colors and they need to have purpose (i.e.- 5 squiggly lines each of different color drawn on the page does not count). Please talk to me if you don’t have any ideas. </p><p>Station 1: KhanAcademy– “Scale of the Large” & “Scale of the Small”. </p><p>Left Page: Look up William Blake – Auguries of Innocence. Write the first four lines and explain how they relate to astronomy. </p><p>Station 2: Read Chapter 1 in your books. Write down any notes you feel are relevant to standard SAST1a. Notes need to be 1 page (no more, no less). </p><p>Left page assignment: From the Review Questions at the end of the chapters; Chapter 1 (1 – 11) choose 8 questions to answer. Be sure to use different colors when answering the questions. </p><p>Station 3: Vocabulary (Ch 1, 9-1 & 9.2) - Use your book, or the internet, to write down the definitions of:</p><p>[15 terms] Scientific Notation, solar system, planet, star, astronomical unit (AU), light-year (ly), galaxy, Milky Way Galaxy, stellar parallax, parsec, magnitude-distance formula, distance modulus, luminosity, red- shifted, blue-shifted</p><p>Make a left page drawing a picture, sketch, or printout of at least 5 terms using colored pencils. </p><p>Station 4: Math Problems. Work out problems 1 – 10 from page 10</p><p>Make a left page showing all the equations needed to solve the problems. Include a legend that explains what each of the variables means. </p><p>Station 5: Lab – Introduction to Optics </p><p>Make a left page describing how the lab relates to parallax and the similarities between how you measured the height of the stadium and how astronomers use it to measure close-by stars.</p><p>Station 5: Take the quiz, either online or on paper. </p><p>Left Page Assignment: Quiz corrections for every question you missed </p>