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What good is astronomy? Calendar Time Shade Driving Conditions Hunting Navigation Earth Orbit Seasons Sundial Shaded Parking Glare Shadow Moonlight North.

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1 What good is astronomy? Calendar Time Shade Driving Conditions Hunting Navigation Earth Orbit Seasons Sundial Shaded Parking Glare Shadow Moonlight North South East West

2 Sun Moon Stars Planets When is the sun out? Are all days the same length? Is the moon out tonight or today? How are planets different?

3 Inspiration Romance Art Music Literature

4 Astronomy/Disaster Dinosaur Extinction Asteroid Impact Can we prevent our own extinction?

5 Astronomy/Tragedy Moonlight Titanic Visibility of Icebergs

6 Astronomy/Warfare Glare Pearl Harbor They came from the west, but circled around and attacked from the east. Glare From Rising Sun

7 Astronomy/Warfare Moonlight Afghanistan Bombing of Afghanistan began on moonless night. They couldn’t see US planes.

8 Astronomy/Warfare Moonlight Sinking of Indianapolis Ship Delivered Atom Bomb Attack Defense Against Attack

9 Method of Astronomy Observe Summarize Model/Theory Test Model Other Models Accepted as Law

10 History Prehistoric Geography Ancient Heliocentric Revolution

11 History Prehistoric Geography Ancient Helicentric Revolution

12 Prehistoric Constellations Celestial Sphere Seasons/Calendars Ecliptic Navigation Shape of Earth Size of Earth

13 Constellations Familiar Groupings of Stars Named After Mythical Characters Stars Always in Same Place in Constellation Constellations Always in Same Order in Sky Stars Usually Not Related

14 Constellations Move Throughout Night Predictable Motion

15 Prehistoric Constellations Celestial Sphere Seasons/Calendars Ecliptic Navigation Shape of Earth Size of Earth

16 Prehistoric Constellations Celestial Sphere Seasons/Calendars Ecliptic Navigation Shape of Earth Size of Earth

17 Prehistoric Astronomy Calendar Development Observation of Stars at Sunrise/Sunset

18 Sunset and the Stars

19 Ecliptic

20 Prehistoric Astronomy Calendar Development Observation of Stars at Sunrise/Sunset Horizon at Sunrise/Sunset

21 Sunrise Calendar

22 Prehistoric Astronomy Calendar Development Observation of Stars at Sunrise/Sunset Horizon at Sunrise/Sunset ShadowsRise/Noon/set

23 The Sun and the Seasons Noon Sun High in Summer Noon Shadows Short Noon Sun Low in Winter Noon Shadows Long

24 Sunrise and Sunset Sunrise in the East? Sunset in the West? Noon Shadows Hours of Daylight

25 Sunrise and Sunset Shaded Parking Glare

26 Tonight Constellations Celestial Sphere Seasons/Calendars Ecliptic Navigation Shape of Earth Size of Earth

27 Circumpolar Stars

28 Geography and Seasons Arctic Circles Tropics Day and Night

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30 Tonight Constellations Celestial Sphere Seasons/Calendars Ecliptic Navigation Shape of Earth Size of Earth

31 Eratosthenes in Syene Sunlight

32 Eratosthenes in Syene Sunlight Reflection

33 Eratosthenes in Alexandria Sunlight

34 Eratosthenes

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37 Tonight Constellations Celestial Sphere Seasons/Calendars Ecliptic Navigation Shape of Earth Size of Earth


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