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John Griffiths Astro Pages |
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VC3.1 |
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GCSE Astronomy — Detailed course breakdown Week-by-week breakdown What follows is an approximate week-by-week list of topics covered. They correspond to the individual presentations that you have on the course CD. Note: The order of teaching may change and anything typical and newsworthy in astronomy will be included in the lesson and integrated into the subject matter. |
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GCSE Astronomy > [Introduction] > Detailed Course Breakdown > Coursework |
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Image: Jupiter Reta Beebe, Amy Simon & NASA |
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(See the next pages for Edexcel course specifications) |
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Last updated 25 Sept 2007 |
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Content |
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1 |
The Earth as a planet |
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2 |
Calendars and seasons |
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3 |
Sundials and shadow sticks |
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4 |
Latitude, longitude and time zones |
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5 |
Celestial coordinates |
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6 |
The Moon |
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7 |
Phases and eclipses |
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8 |
The Sun |
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9 |
The Solar System — Overview |
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10 |
Solar System — Formation |
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11 |
The Solar System — Mercury to Mars |
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12 |
The Solar System — Jupiter to Pluto |
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13 |
Asteroids |
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14 |
Comets and meteors |
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15 |
Moving worlds — Orbits |
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16 |
Modelling the Solar System — Ptolemy to Kepler |
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Week |
Content |
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17 |
Gravity |
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18 |
Telescopes, optics and optical instruments |
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19 |
Measuring distances |
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20 |
Brightness and magnitude |
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21 |
The electromagnetic spectrum |
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22 |
Stars |
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23 |
Spectra |
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24 |
Stellar evolution |
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25 |
Variable and multiple stars |
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26 |
Clusters and nebulae |
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27 |
The Milky Way |
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28 |
Galaxies |
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29 |
Doppler shift |
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30 |
Cosmology |
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31 |
Space exploration |