Course title

Pre-requisite

Course description

The Solar System

The Lives and Deaths of Stars

Galaxies and Cosmology

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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 Country

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High school

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Requested competency code

Date submitted

Approved

Approved competency code

• LPHY
• Physics

Approved date

Online / Virtual