Lesson Plans for Astronomy for the week of: 01/09/12 –
01/13/12
MONDAY: Today you
will meet in class for role to be taken and then you will go to the library to
work on the nova/supernova assignment. You will work in your groups gathering
information for your table. This assignment is due Wednesday but this is the
only day class time can be given for your research. You may do today’s 3mQ on
Tuesday, when you will all have the information you need to answer the
questions. Homework: Download the chapter 13 notes for sections 5 and 6.
TUESDAY: Today you will gather as a class and put your N/.SN information in a table. Put the results of your labor on one of the deepest of Mr. Young’s whiteboards. The remainder of class can be used to work on your homework: Read 13:5-6 and using the book along with Mr. Young’s notes make notes of your own. Also, define these terms: nucleosynthesis, photodisintegration, type II supernova.
WEDNESDAY: Today you
will watch a movie. From the information in the movie you will be able to
answer today’s 3mQ. Homework: have today’s 3mQ done and ready to show Mr.
Young. The test over chapter 13 will be
one week from today.
THURSDAY: Discuss
the N/SN table you put on the board. We will verify the information on the
table and then give everyone a chance to copy this table into their notes. With
the time remaining we will discuss luminous super-giants and the type(s) of
supernovae events they create. We will also discuss cosmic rays and of what
they actually consist. This is amazing-scary stuff! (Remember page 407?)
Homework: Read 13:7-9 and using the notes on-line and your own reading make
your own notes.
FRIDAY: Finally! We
get to neutron stars! We will discuss what kind of stars
originate these death knells and along the way we will learn about LGM1
and pulsars. We will also discuss and define: magnetars, and neutron degeneracy pressure. Homework: Read 13:
10-11 and do the note thing.
3mQ Astronomy
Monday 01/09/12
1.
What kind of novae/supernovae (N/SN) event can a
single star experience more than once?
2.
What type of N/SN event occurs in/on a white dwarf?
3.
What type of N/SN event occurs in/on a Wolf-Rayet
star?
BONUS: What
type of N/SN event enriches its planetary nebula with the heaviest elements?
3mQ Astronomy
Tuesday 01/10/12
1.
What is the minimum mass a star can have and still
end its life as a white dwarf?
2.
Why does it take less and less time for a star to
fuse heavier and heavier elements?
3.
Why is Fe the heaviest element a star can fuse in its
core?
BONUS: Describe
‘core bounce’!
3mQ Astronomy
Wednesday 01/11/12
This 3mQ will be posted at a later date; after Mr. Young previews the movie.
3mQ Astronomy Thursday 01/12/12
BONUS: What is a cosmic ray?
3mQ Astronomy Friday 01/13/12
BONUS: Thursday: #3