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Week 11 (13th December 2009)

 

· Examples from past papers of Kepler’s laws and planetary orbits

 

· Newton’s Laws of Gravity

 

· Mercury to Mars PPt – Introduction to Solar System and Mercury

 

· Coursework session – how to draft a project report

 

· This was last lesson of the term

 

Work in the holidays

 

· Coursework

 

· Three questions from past papers on Orbits and Kepler’s Laws – 2008 Q 19 and 2003 Qs 6 and 17

 

 

 

Week 12 (10th January 2010)

 

· Postponed due to bad weather

 

 

 

Week 13 (17th January 2010)

 

· Planetarium session – constellation coursework; Mars motion coursework and three celestial objects coursework ideas

 

· Stars – distances, magnitudes (apparent and absolute) and luminosity (more about this material later in the course)

 

 

 

 

 

GCSE Astronomy — Lesson Summary Sheets—Year 2009/10—Greenwich G&T

 

· Compare two inner planets  - Venus and Mars

 

Composition

Topography

Structure

Temperature

Magnetic filed

Surface activity

Atmospheric composition and pressure

Number of satellites

Exploration missions

 

· Optical instruments – aperture, resolution, light gathering and magnification – an introduction

 

Work in the week

 

· Read two powerpoints on the Solar System for discussion next week

 

· Study the reasons for Pluto being re-classified from a planet

 

 

 

Week 14 (24th January 2010)

 

· Discoveries of Uranus, Neptune and Pluto (Powerpoint Jupiter to Pluto)

 

· Status of Pluto (same Powerpoint)

 

· Optical instruments – making a simple telescope – magnification, resolution, light gathering etc.

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