Now that we’re done with the planets, asteroid belt, and comets, we’re …
Now that we’re done with the planets, asteroid belt, and comets, we’re heading to the outskirts of the solar system. Out past Neptune are vast reservoirs of icy bodies that can become comets if they get poked into the inner solar system. The Kuiper Belt is a donut shape aligned with the plane of the solar system; the scattered disk is more eccentric and is the source of short-period comets, and the Oort Cloud which surrounds the solar system out to great distances is the source of long-period comets. These bodies all probably formed closer to the Sun and got flung out to the solar system’s suburbs by gravitational interactions with the outer planets.
Chapters: Introduction: Where Do Comets Come From? Kuiper Belt, Scattered Disk, and Oort Cloud Long-Period Comets come from the Oort Cloud Short-Period Comets come from the Scattered Disk Pluto, Plutinos, and other Kuiper Belt Objects Oort Cloud Objects Review
This sample shell is produced by the California Community Colleges CVC-OEI to …
This sample shell is produced by the California Community Colleges CVC-OEI to support faculty in the use of Open Educational Resources and development of courses aligned to the OEI Course Design Rubric. The shell may be used for online, hybrid, &/or face-to-face classes. The shell is available for all faculty, not just those faculty in the CCC system. The team producing this shell includes Helen Graves, Liezl Madrona, Cyrus Helf, Nicole Woolley & Barbara Illowsky. If you are having challenges importing the shell, here are some steps to take. (1) Create an empty shell in your sandbox. (2) Import the Canvas Commons course into your shell. (3) Adapt the content as you wish. (4) If all else fails, contact your college IT person or Canvas administrator.
The Key Terms resource is provided in .docx format. It includes terms …
The Key Terms resource is provided in .docx format. It includes terms extracted directly from the textbook and organized by chapter. Each key term is bolded and followed by its definition in context.
This document contains links to a set of Video Lectures I have …
This document contains links to a set of Video Lectures I have created for the second edition of OpenStax Astronomy. I have previously loaded a set from about five years ago - these have been updated to include many updates and discoveries that have occurred over the past five years. The document contains links to each individual lecture as well as a link to the complete YouTube playlist for these videos and a link to the Google Drive that contains the lecture slides in PowerPoint, Apple Keynote, and pdf formats.
Lecture slides have been updated to include alt-text for all images used. Lecture Videos have all be captioned with captions reviewed and updated by me before loading these to YouTube.
All materials are openly licensed and released under a CC-BY license. I hope that others may find these useful. Do feel free to contact me if there are any questions.
These data sets include astronomical constants, physical and orbital data for the …
These data sets include astronomical constants, physical and orbital data for the planets, selected moons, future total solar eclipses, and related data regarding nearby stars, chemical elements, and constellations.
This document is an attempt to correlate the free OpenStax Astronomy textbook …
This document is an attempt to correlate the free OpenStax Astronomy textbook and several other resources including lecture tutorials and lab activities. Below is a list of the items in the correlation followed by a chapter breakdown of the text and where one of the resources could be used.
The slideshows that go with OpenStax Astronomy are PowerPoint, which is great …
The slideshows that go with OpenStax Astronomy are PowerPoint, which is great for editing and improving, but a bit awkward for instructors who need to load MS PowerPoint in order to present. I used the cc-by license to place them on Wikiversity.
I also invite others to collaborate on developing OpenStax materials on Wikiversity and/or Miraheze.
This is a list of video lectures that I have created for …
This is a list of video lectures that I have created for an online class that I teach. These are lectures from each of the 30 chapters in the OpenStax textbook. The lectures generally run between 10 and 20 minutes and I have created 2-4 per chapter. The links are all to videos loaded to YouTube and are all captioned (edited by me, not YouTube auto captioning). Images were obtained from Wikimedia Commons and were limited to those in the public domain or under a CC license and are credited in the footer of each slide.
Feel free to use any that you find useful or provide the list to students who may want to review the materials.
For anyone interested, I can provide access to the lecture slides as well so that they could be modified to fit your specific requirements. You can contact me directly at: rmwagner@hacc.edu
This resource has been updated to a full list of 99 lectures covering all 30 chapters in the book.
These are files that I have created for each chapter of the …
These are files that I have created for each chapter of the OpenStax Astronomy textbook. They are my summary of the chapter in outline/question form. I suggest that my students use these to review each chapter and the material in it that I feel to be most important. The files are provide through the link in Pages, Word and pdf format. Please feel free to use/modify any of these as you feel works best in your class.
These are a set of lecture slide that I have created for …
These are a set of lecture slide that I have created for the OpenStax astronomy textbook. For each chapter, there are between 2 and 4 sets of slides broken down into topics following the flow of the chapter. In each case, the slides come in three formats: Keynote, PowerPoint and pdf. Note that the slides were created using Keynote so there may be some minor formatting issues in the PowerPoint versions.
Please feel free to use/modify any of these as you find useful for your classes.
Against the backdrop of the devastating 1930's Dust Bowl, this video segment …
Against the backdrop of the devastating 1930's Dust Bowl, this video segment adapted from Interactive NOVA profiles an organic farmer and the techniques he uses to conserve topsoil.
This video segment adapted from NOVA follows the Apollo 15 astronauts as …
This video segment adapted from NOVA follows the Apollo 15 astronauts as they collect samples of ancient rock from the Moon's crust, whose discovery helps lead to a radical new theory about the Moon's origin.
Lets us look over the shoulders of scientists and glimpse the often-unseen …
Lets us look over the shoulders of scientists and glimpse the often-unseen moments of investigation. Take virtual field trips to eight observatories -- Arecibo, where astrobiologists search for signs of life beyond the solar system; Las Cuevas, a research station in Central America's largest remaining rainforest; and others. See interviews, photos, and broadcasts that explore the origins of matter, the universe, and life itself.
The purpose of this lesson is to introduce the students to the …
The purpose of this lesson is to introduce the students to the Sun. They explore various aspects of the Sun including its composition, its interior workings, and its relationship to the Earth.
Students are introduced to the fabulous planet on which they live. Even …
Students are introduced to the fabulous planet on which they live. Even though we spend our entire lives on Earth, we still do not always understand how it fits into the rest of the solar system. Students learn about the Earth's position in the solar system and what makes it unique. They learn how engineers study human interactions with the Earth and design technologies and systems to monitor, use and care for our planet's resources wisely to preserve life on Earth.
Textbook for ASTRON 102 THE SOLAR SYSTEM at College of the Canyons …
Textbook for ASTRON 102 THE SOLAR SYSTEM at College of the Canyons Surveys the solar system, including the earth and its motions and seasons; the moon, eclipses, and tides; the content and dynamics of the solar system; planets and their satellites, asteroids, comets, and meteorites; and the evolution of the solar system.
Students explore the outermost planets of our solar system: Saturn, Uranus and …
Students explore the outermost planets of our solar system: Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. They also learn about characteristics of Pluto and its interactions with Neptune. Students learn a little about the history of space travel as well as the different technologies that engineers develop to make space travel and scientific discovery possible.
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