Astronomy - Reach for the Stars
"Reach for the Stars" is one of the topics in 2024 Science Olympiad National Tournament.
This course is basically a study material/notes composed on the text book referenced for "Reach for the Stars" topic in Science Olympiad website. Students can use this comprehensive notes for preparing on the same or related topics.
For overall term and condition of the event referred here https://www.soinc.org/2024-national-tournament.
Reach for stars topic link: https://www.soinc.org/reach-stars-b
Complete book link: Openstax Astronomy Textbook https://openstax.org/details/books/astronomy-2e
Curriculum
- 12 Sections
- 49 Lessons
- 3 Quizzes
- 0m Duration
Chapter 1: Introduction
2 Lessons
- Preface
- Early astronomy and Pioneers
Chapter 2: Law of nature
3 Lessons1 Quiz
- Kepler's law
- Newton's Laws of motion
- Kepler's, Newton’s gravity laws and Vis-viva equation
- Quiz: Laws of nature
Chapter 3: Electromagnetic spectrum
5 Lessons
- Nuclear Reaction
- Maxwell’s theory of Electromagnetism and Wave form
- The Bohr Atom
- Formation of Spectral Lines
- Electromagnetic spectrum
Chapter 4: Number in Astronomy
2 Lessons
- Number in Astronomy
- The Nearest Stars
Chapter 5: Characteristics Star
7 Lessons
- Luminosity & Apparent Brightness
- Color and temperature
- Color index
- The Spectra of Stars (and Brown Dwarfs)
- Classification of Stellar Spectra
- Classification of Star
- Spectral Class FAQs
Chapter 6: Clues to the Size of a Star
9 Lessons1 Quiz
- Diameters of Stars
- Luminosity-Radius-Temperature Relation
- Radial Velocity
- Celestial Distance
- Masses from the Orbits of Binary Stars
- The Range of Stellar Masses
- The Mass-Luminosity Relation
- The H–R Diagram
- Variable Stars
- Quiz :
Chapter 7: Life cycle of Star
6 Lessons1 Quiz
- Interselluar matters
- Evolution of Star
- Life cycle of Star and protostar
- Planetary Nebulae
- Cosmic Recycling
- The Red Giant Sun and the Fate of Earth
- Quiz: Life of star
Chapter 8: Constellation
2 Lessons
- Orion constellation
- Viewing Angle- Above the Sky
Chapter 9: Astronomical Instruments
7 Lessons
- Hubble Space Telescope
- James Webb Space Telescope
- Spitzer
- Chandra
- The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
- Atacama Large Millimeter Array - ALMA Radio Telescope
- Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA)
Chapter 10: Tour of Universe
4 Lessons
- Solar system - Sun
- Planets - Earth
- Zodiac signs and Earth’s path
- The Horoscope
Chapter 11: Mathematical calculations
1 Lesson
- Calculations
Bonus: FAQs and few question papers
1 Lesson
- Question bank
