The word astronomy comes from the Greek words astron "star", and nomos "law". Astronomy is the study of stars, planets, galaxies and the universe! At Ridgewood High School Astronomy is an elective and is taught as a research class. Each student engages in one major astronomy related research project throughout the year. Please be sure to visit link “Astronomy Research” on this page and the “About Me” page to learn more about my personal astronomy interest.
This may possibly be one of the most influential photographs ever taken by a NASA mission. The photograph has been dubbed "Earth-rise" and was taken on December 24, 1968.
"For the first time in history, humankind looked at Earth and saw not a jigsaw puzzle of states and countries on an uninspiring flat map – but rather a whole planet uninterrupted by boundaries, a fragile sphere of dazzling beauty floating alone in a dangerous void. There was a home worthy of careful stewardship."
Author: Dauna Coulter
Astronomy Curriculum 2009-2010
Prologue Our Address in the Universe
Unit 1 The Night Sky
Unit 2 The Nature of Light and Telescopes
Unit 3 Star Light Star Bright the First Star I See Tonight
Unit 4 Our Best Star – The Sun
Unit 5 The Birth and Death of Stars
Unit 6 Our Galaxy and our Neighbor Galaxies
Unit 7 The Universe – It’s a Big Place
Unit 8 A Tour of Our Solar System
Unit 9 The Planets
Unit 10 “Blue Moon, you saw me standing alone”
Unit 11 Comets, Meteors, and Asteroids – Oh My!
Unit 12 Hello Any One Out There – Can You Hear Me Now
