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Information About Your Teacher:Also teaches chemistry.
B.A. from Case Western Reserve University, M.S. from Cleveland State U.
Married to Jane for 32 years. Two sons, David & Matthew.
Has been teaching in Lancaster for 18 years; worked in chemical industry for 15 years before that.
Lives in Circleville.
Stuff You’ll Need ASAP1. Pencils or pens, paper for notes
2. Scientific Calculator – EE or EXP
3. $5 fee – pay to Mrs. Gardner
The sky and its changes.Bright stars and constellations.
How astronomy came about anddeveloped into a science.
Gravity and motion in space.
Light & Telescopes
The Earth as our “model” planet.
The Moon & Mercury – dead worlds
Venus & Mars
Jupiter, Saturn, their moons
The Outer Solar System
HONK if you think Pluto is still a planet!
The Sun – how we understandother stars
The information in starlight
Stellar life cycles
Black holes, etc.