Astronomy Guide
The Guide
Exploring the Sky
Categorizing the Sky
1. Astrometry
2. Parallax
3. The Inverse Square Law
4. Flux and Luminosity
5. The Magnitude System
Light and Energy
1. Planck, Wien, Stefan-Boltzmann Laws
2. Rayleigh-Jeans and Wien approximations
3. The UV Catastrophe
4. Quantization of Light
5. Energy Level Diagrams
Atomic Physics
1. Emission and Absorption
2. Spectral Geometry
3. Atomic Models and Forces
4. Spectral Classification
The Behavior of Systems
1. The Maxwell-Boltzmann Distribution
2. The Boltzmann Equation
3. The Saha Equation
4. The Inside of a Star
The HR Diagram
1. The Main Sequence
2. The Mass Axis
Thesis
Focus Group Activities
1. Fully Functional Python Activity
2. Fully Functional Desmos Activity
3. Scaffolded Python Activity
4. Scaffolded Desmos Activity
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ICA 9 - MESA
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Make a White Dwarf Evolution Movie
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ICA 10 - Mysterious Experiments in Stellar Astrophysics
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