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Quarter 1. Greek views of matter, Cite examples of astronomical phenomena known to Week 1
motion, and the universe astronomers before the advent of telescopes
2. competing models of the Week 1
universe by Eudoxus, Aristotle,
Aristarchus, Ptolemy, Explain how Brahe’s innovations and extensive collection
3. Copernicus, Brahe, and
of data in observational astronomy paved the way for
Kepler
Kepler’s discovery of his laws of planetary motion
4. evidence that the Earth is
not the center of the universe
1. Aristotelian vs. Galilean Compare and contrast the Aristotelian and Galilean Week 2
views of motion conceptions of vertical motion, horizontal motion, and
2. how Galileo used his projectile motion.
discoveries in mechanics
(and astronomy) to address
scientific objections to the explain how Galileo inferred that objects in vacuum fall Week 2
Copernican model with uniform acceleration, and that force is not necessary
3. mass, momentum, and to sustain horizontal motion
energy conservation
Week 2
Explain the subtle distinction between Newton’s 1st Law
of Motion (or Law of Inertia) and Galileo’s assertion that
force is not necessary to sustain horizontal motion
Light as a wave and a particle Design and create a useful product for Describe how the propagation of light, reflection, and Week 3
practical purposes that uses mirrors refraction are explained by the wave model and the
and lenses particle model of light
Explain how the photon concept and the fact that the Week 3
energy of a photon is directly proportional to its
frequency can be used to explain why red light is used in
photographic dark rooms, why we get easily sunburned in
ultraviolet light but not in visible light, and how we see
colors
