1. Astronomy 101 Intro Stuff 08/29/2012 © 2010, 2011, 2012
D Taylor, Fizzix Guy
Greenwich HS, CT & Rowan University, NJ
NASA Astrophysics Educator Ambassador
Daryl_Taylor [AT Thingee] Greenwich [DOT Thingee] k12 [DOT Thingee] ct [DOT Thingee] us [DOT Thingee] com

2. Study (-onomy) of astros “It’s the ‘space’ dummy!”
Just What IS Astronomy?
Duh…
Study (-onomy) of astros
Baseball team from Houston, TX…
“It’s the ‘space’ dummy!”
Study of all things in the Universe

3. Just HOW IS Astronomy?
GRADES???
50% Exams
30 % LABS
20% HW

4. Just HOW IS Astronomy? EXAMS 50% Exams 3 of ‘em
1st is boring in-class paper typical “I hate this” thingee
2nd is online (GoogleForms)
3rd is dirty takehome.

5. Just HOW IS Astronomy? LABS 30% of Grade Most are “Design” type
“Design an investigation to determine the properties of an orbit past Neptune using only a pencil, a shoe, and toilet paper.”
Can be redone  times…

6. Just HOW IS Astronomy? HW 20% of Grade Some online Some in-class
Some WS’s
NEVER really ‘graded’…
Allow me to explain…

7. Basic Taylor-Rools Just HOW IS Astronomy? Be on time!
Given ~3 extra since Sci is >2.5mi
& I always start late…
1st : Stern look!
2nd : Stern look & a scream!
3rd = 1 UA

8. Basic Taylor-Rools Just HOW IS Astronomy? Keep NOTES!
EACH exam is open-NOTE!
Watch Taylor-Sites for
Class notes on TabletPC
All WS’s, quizzes, Labs, Class Schedule…

9. Basic Misc-Rools: Just HOW IS Astronomy? NO FOOD OR DRINK!
Free Potty Pass
Till further notice…
MUST MAKE OBVIOUS CONTACT!!!
4th Lunch 1st Sem

10. Help/Tutoring/Bribing?
Just HOW IS Astronomy?
Help/Tutoring/Bribing?
Before school
M-F 6:15 AM…
After School
T & Th 2:30-3:00pm
Official PeerStudy

11. Class Notes: Astro Notes Class PPT’s DTFizzix BLOG
Posted weekly at DTFizzix.com
Class PPT’s
DTFizzix BLOG
Taylor’s Science News Blog

14. HW Tonight
Look at the pictures in Preview Chapter, including the foldout.
IF you need a book, take one.
IF NOT, Text is online
Submit Info2010 w/text number
Root around DTFizzix.com

15. HONORS Option Slightly different requirements MANDATORY night viewings
Scheduled for a few Tuesdays
Fewer exams
3 Q1 & 1 Q2
Culminating GROUP project and presentation

16. HONORS Option Slightly different requirements High standard
MUST be here for PPT’s
See Posted Schedule
Different tests & slightly larger HW’s
DTFizzix.com Shtuff…

17. Ready for Preview Chapter stuff?
Let’s go!

18. Scale of the Universe???
Do you know how incredibly SMALL you are?

24. Interferometer image of Betelgeuse

25. Interferometer image of Betelgeuse
780,000,000 Km
1,400,000 Km

26. Betelgeuse
Sirius
Antares

27. Submit Info2012 w/textbook number? Root around DTFizzix.com
HW Tonight
Submit Info2012 w/textbook number?
Root around DTFizzix.com
Start Intro HW
ALL Q’s at end of Intro Chapter
The Cosmic Landscape

28. HW NOTE…
HW is on Google Calendar and you are SUPPOSED to be able to get to it directly.
There is a link to it from DTFIZZIX.COM
Due date is by 11:59:59 PM ET
Hand in?
Dead trees by 2:30 PM ET
Scan and send as attachment
Smartphone picture and send
FAX to
Interdimentional Wormhole PO BOX 

30. HW NOTE…
ALL HW is same each chapter
ALL Q’s & P’s at end of chapter.

31. Scale the Universe Daryl Taylor - Greenwich, CT
Exploring your Universe from
Inner to Outer Space
Presented by:
The Baffling and Curmudgeonly,
Daryl Taylor - Greenwich, CT
&
The Incomparable and Delectable,
Mike Ford – Holton HS, KS
NASA Astrophysics Educator Ambassadors

32. What about the most distant object?
Smallest to Largest
Name the smallest things that you can think of. Obama’s brain excluded…
What are some of the largest things you can think of? Federal deficit excluded…
What about the most distant object?

33. In your group - place these in order on your table; small to large
Distance Tabs
On your desk there is an envelope marked with ‘A’ or ‘B’ & a #; with pieces of paper. Open the envelope, please…
In your group - place these in order on your table; small to large
Small on left, large on right
Some you won’t know; GUESS!
GO!

34. Now, collaborate with your CONTERPART group
Distance Tabs
Now, collaborate with your CONTERPART group
Each group updates tabs in order with your partner group (A1 & A2…)
Report and record.
Now, collab with a Mega-group (Other A’s…) reviews and edits.
Discussion & review.

35. Answers?

36. Answers?

37. Answers?

38. Answers?

39. Ordering Distance Objects
Quark Radius (NA)
*1x10-LOTS m
(Shown actual size…)
*Quark size is a quantum mechanical thing and may even be zero.

40. Ordering Distance Objects
Proton Radius
*9x10-16 m
(Shown actual size…)
*Best estimate of quark orbital range circa 2010

41. Ordering Distance Objects
Au Nuclear Radius
7x10-15 m
(Shown actual size…)

42. Ordering Distance Objects
H Atom
5x10-11 m
(Shown actual size…)

43. Ordering Distance Objects
Individual Atoms! (Xe on Ni)
5x10-11 m

44. Ordering Distance Objects
Width of DNA Helix
2x10-9 m

45. Ordering Distance Objects
“Average Virus”
7.5x10-8 m

46. Ordering Distance Objects
“Average Bacterium”
0.2 – 2.0x10-6 m
Staphylococcus
Credit: E. Coli; Rocky Mountain Laboratories, NIAID, NIH

47. Ordering Distance Objects
Width of Human Hair
6x10-5 m

48. Ordering Distance Objects
Radius of a Pinhead
9x10-4 m

49. Ordering Distance Objects
One Inch
2.54x10-2 m

50. Ordering Distance Objects
One Foot
3x10-1 m
Bigfoot excluded!

51. Ordering Distance Objects
Height of “Average” Human
1.7x100 m

52. Ordering Distance Objects
Basketball Court
2.56 x101 m

53. Ordering Distance Objects
Football Field
9.15 x101 m

54. Ordering Distance Objects
Distance Sound Travels in 1 sec
3.43 x102 m

55. Ordering Distance Objects
One Mile
1.61 x103 m

56. Ordering Distance Objects
Mount Everest (
8.85x103 m

57. Ordering Distance Objects
Moon Radius
( images/d4/moon.jpg)
1.74x106 m

58. Ordering Distance Objects
Earth Radius (
6.24x106 m

59. Ordering Distance Objects
Jupiter Radius (
7.15 x 107 m

60. Ordering Distance Objects
Moon’s Orbital Radius & Sun Radius
3.84x108 m & 7x108m

61. Ordering Distance Objects
Earth Orbital Radius
1.5x1011 m

62. Ordering Distance Objects
Pluto Orbital Radius
5.9x1012 m

63. Ordering Distance Objects
Oort CloudRadius
7.5x1015 m
50,000 AU
~1 light year

64. Ordering Distance Objects
Distance to Sirius (Dog Star)
8.6x1016 m

65. Ordering Distance Objects
Distance to HD70642
(APOD 07/09/03)
9.4x1017 m

66. Ordering Distance Objects
Distance to Crab Pulsar
7x1019 m
And

67. Ordering Distance Objects
Distance to Galactic Center
(APOD 09/08/95)
5x1020 m

68. Ordering Distance Objects
Radius Milky Way
(APOD 09/08/95)
5x1020 m

69. Ordering Distance Objects
LMC – Large Magellanic Cloud
(APOD 02/22/00)
1.8x1021 m

70. Ordering Distance Objects
Distance to Andromeda
(APOD 03/14/04)
2.9x1022 m

71. Ordering Distance Objects
Radius of Virgo Supercluster
(APOD 03/14/04)
6x1023 m

72. Ordering Distance Objects
Distance to AGN 3C 273
7x1025 m

73. Ordering Distance Objects
Distance to GRB990123
(APOD 01/29/99)
1x1026 m

74. Ordering Distance Objects
Distance to Edge of Observable Universe
(Personal Picture)
1.5x1026 m

75. The Universe is a VERY Big Place
At least 13.7 billion light-years
(or about 100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 kilometers)
It is full of VERY big numbers!
And very very small!
This activity book covers a variety of both math and science classroom related materials. Students can do activities that don’t involve much math or they can do activities that involve a fair amount of mathematics. The majority of math covered in this booklet involves the understanding of orders of magnitude and scientific notation. Just in case you’ve forgotten here is a quick reminder…

76. Scientific Notation and tens
10000 = 1x 104
1000= 1x 103
100 = 1x 102
10 = 1x 101
1 = 1x 100
0.1 = 1x 10-1
0.01 = 1x 10-2
0.001 = 1x 10-3
= 1x 10-4