Mr. Minor's Classes

School Year 2004-2005

Astronomy

The text we are using this year has a superb web companion home page,
Discovering The Universe.

We will follow the sequencing of this book during our semester long course.  Please visit this site to get an overview of the course.  Each chapter has a multitude of interesting links.  Explore!  Happy star gazing!              Mr. Minor

ASTRONOMY PROJECTS Spring 05

Homework assignments

Resolution 101

Resolving power

Atlas of the Universe

Course Information

Astronomy picture of the day

Emission line strength as a function of spectral type

Eclipsing binaries animation

Moon phases

Doppler effect and sonic booms

Solar sounds

Music from the sun

Space Weather Solar activity AstroCapella NOVA: The Elegant Universe Eclipses and the Saros Cycle The Best of Hubble Hubble views of Saturn

Planet Quest Search for Extrasolar Planets Terristrial Planet Finder

Links

Mass at center of Milky Way

Gravity Experiments described by Tom Butler

Celestia a free 3D Space simulator

Color and Stellar Temperature

Seth Shostak - Senior SETI Astronomer

National Geographic on Galaxies

Runaway Universe

NASA Cool Picks

Lunar Eclipse October 27, 2004

Eclipse Diagram for PDT (Pacific Daylight Time)

General Physics

Energy Projects 05 Homework assignments Mount St. Helens VolcanoCam Link to Textbook Physics Links Course Outline Lab Notebook Guidelines Need Extra Help? Featured links NASA Mars Expeditions Gravity Probe B Summary of Gravity Probe B Mt. Hopkins observatory The Supernova Nexus

Rainbows Auroras Flywheels Hubble UDF

Topics in Math

Homework assignments Course Expectations Featured links Sine wave animation Dave’s Short Trig Course Interactive trigonometry animations Pythagorean Triplets Metabolism .75 Rule Quadratic formula TI Interactive upgrade TI Connect download TI-Home TI-83 programs Seattle Earthquake Mega Earthquakes Download an oscilloscope

Math websites galore Logarithmic Links More math links Just for fun, try to figure out how this puzzle works

Schedule For details click here

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
1  Physics team	1  Physics team	1  Physics team	2  Topics in Math	1  Physics team
2  Topics in Math	2  Topics in Math			2  Topics in Math extra help
3	3	3	4 Physics S200b	3
4  Physics S200b	4  Physics S200b			4  Physics S200b
5  Astronomy extra help	5  Astronomy	5  Astronomy 5  Astronomy 5 Lunch	6 6 Lunch 6	5  Astronomy
6  Math Dept Meeting	6  Lunch			6 Lunch
7  Physics S200f	7  Physics S200f	7  Physics S200f	8	7  Physics S200f
8	8			8

Telephone: 206-440-2780
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Updated: 5/26/2005

Green Lake Elementary School Science

Mount St. Helens VolcanoCam

Lunar Eclipse October 27, 2004

Eclipse Diagram for PDT (Pacific Daylight Time)

Look ENE at sunset

Astronomy picture of the day

METEORITES!

Dr. Kress’s Antarctica Expedition

Dr. Kress’s home page

Dr. Kress in Antarctica, sporting her Green Lake gear

New Martian Meteorite Found in Antarctica

More news on Martian Meteorite

NASA Mars Expeditions

Other Mars Exploration information

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/06/01/mars.mission/index.html

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/05/28/mars.rover.ap/index.html

Project Week SY03

An animation of how your ear works and other info on hearing

Photos and a video of how your vocal cords work

More information about your vocal cords

Some animal sounds

Animal sounds from Costa Rica and many links to other animal sounds

Remember Ms. Bastasch’s visit your first day of swimming?

To understand Bruno’s x-rays better, check this out

Miscellaneous sites

The Official U.S. Time, including sun clock

Try to figure out how this math puzzle works