Course Title:
SCI227/228 – Astronomy
Course Description:
The Solar System
The Lives and Deaths of Stars
Galaxies and Cosmology
- History of Astronomy
- Measurements in Astronomy
- Space Exploration
- o Rocketry (if time allows)
- Constellations
- Formation of the Solar System
- Planets and Moons
- Comets and Asteroids
- Dwarf Planets and Beyond
- Characteristics of Stars
- Emission/Absorption Spectra
- Concepts of Fusion Reactions
- Stellar Parallax
- Stellar Nurseries
- Star Clusters
- Main Sequence Evolution
- Post Main Sequence Results
- Neutron Stars
- Black Holes
- Supernovae
- Galaxy Morphology
- The Local Group
- Galactic Collisions
- The Big Bang and the CMB
- The Doppler Effect
- Hubble’s Law
- Dark Matter and Dark Energy
- As time allows: special topics and current events in astronomy and astrophysics
Above are our major units of study. The special topics this year included astrobiology, light pollution, JWST, Perseverance Rover, Artemis, and Event Horizon Telescope. They include topics from biology (example - exoplanetary research, astrobiology, habitable zones), space science/astronomy (whole class), earth science (example - earth's composition, the earth/moon system, aurora), physics (example - gravitation, EM waves, rocket science), chemistry (example - spectroscopy, EM waves), and environmental science (light pollution, effects of light pollution on flora and fauna).
School Information:
State:
WA
City:
Sammamish
High school:
Skyline HS
Address:
1122 228th Ave SE
Zip code:
98075
No
Requested competency code:
- Lab Science
Date submitted:
Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Approved:
Approved:
Yes
Date:
Wednesday, May 3, 2023
Approved competency code:
- LPHY
- Physics
Denied:
Deferred:
Committee review :