Astronomy For VCE Physics

This course covers the content as prescribed by VCAA for the Unit 1,2 Physics Detailed Study of Astronomy.
The course includes audio/video instruction, running simulations, analyzing images and, importantly, your own observations of the night sky.

Each lesson typically involves:

- Introduction of the theory (video and/or text)
- Experiment/practical activity/night sky observation/simulation exercise
- Further reading/references

The final lessons will go through revision of course content, then a final test.

*WHAT YOU WILL LEARN*

✔ Introduction & Definitions of Astronomy
✔ Watching the night sky activity
✔ Further reading, things to watch and sites to look at
✔ Starry Night software demonstration showing the ecliptic
✔ Getting started with Stellarium
✔ The Ecliptic as seen from outside the solar system
✔ Stellarium ecliptic and key functions
✔ Co-ordinate systems
✔ Activity Recording positions of stars
✔ Activity Sidereal time
✔ A matter of time activity
✔ Checking your star sign
✔ Check your star sign activity
✔ Phases of the Moon information, lecture, activity
✔ Retrograde motion lecture & activity
✔ Historical research questions
✔ General Astronomy questions
✔ Telescope information
✔ Making a telescope activity
✔ Celestial objects activity

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Instructed By : Paul Fielding | Teacher

Paul Fielding Currently teaching Physics, Mathematics and Science. He has been teaching for ten years. Prior to this he was an Engineer at a factory manufacturing telecommunication grade optical fibre.

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