This PowerPoint is one small part of the Astronomy Topics unit from www.sciencepowerpoint.com. This unit consists of a five part 3000+ slide PowerPoint roadmap, 12 page bundled homework package, modified homework, detailed answer keys, 8 pages of unit notes for students who may require assistance, follow along worksheets, and many review games. The homework and lesson notes chronologically follow the PowerPoint slideshow. The answer keys and unit notes are great for support professionals. The activities and discussion questions in the slideshow and meaningful. The PowerPoint includes built-in instructions, visuals, and follow up questions. Also included are critical class notes (color coded red), project ideas, video links, and review games. This unit also includes four PowerPoint review games (110+ slides each with Answers), 38+ video links, lab handouts, activity sheets, rubrics, materials list, templates, guides, and much more. Also included is a 190 slide first day of school PowerPoint presentation. Teaching Duration = 5+ weeks. Areas of Focus in the Astronomy Topics Unit: The Solar System and the Sun, Order of the Planets, Our Sun, Life Cycle of a Star, Size of Stars, Solar Eclipse, Lunar Eclipse, The Inner Planets, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Moon, Craters, Tides, Phases of the Moon, Mars and Moons, Rocketry, Asteroid Belt, NEOs, The Torino Scale, The Outer Planets and Gas Giants, Jupiter / Moons, Saturn / Moons, Uranus / Moons, Neptune / Moons, Pluto's Demotion, The Kuiper Belt, Oort Cloud, Comets / Other, Beyond the Solar System, Types of Galaxies, Blackholes, Extrasolar Planets, The Big Bang, Dark Matter, Dark Energy, The Special Theory of Relativity, Hubble Space Telescope, Constellations, space time and much more. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me. Thanks again and best wishes. Sincerely, Ryan Murphy M.Ed www.sciencepowerpoint@gmail.com

1. • Which are the Ellipitical Galaxies from the
group below?
A B
C D
A
C D
BB
C
B
D

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3.  Galaxy: Large group of stars, gas, and dust
that constitute the Universe.
 Hundreds of billions of stars
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4.  Galaxy: Large group of stars, gas, and dust
that constitute the Universe.
 Hundreds of billions of stars
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Galaxy

5.  Galaxy: Large group of stars, gas, and dust
that constitute the Universe.
 Hundreds of billions of stars
Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy
Billions of
Stars

6.  Galaxy: Large group of stars, gas, and dust
that constitute the Universe.
 Hundreds of billions of stars
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Billions of
Stars

7. • Think of a CD with a gum drop in the middle.
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8. • Think of a CD with a gum drop in the middle.
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9. • Think of a CD with a gum drop in the middle.
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10. • Think of a CD with a gum drop in the middle.
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11. • Think of a CD with a gum drop in the middle.
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12. • Think of a CD with a gum drop in the middle.
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13. • Think of a CD with a gum drop in the middle.
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14. • Think of a CD with a gum drop in the middle.
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15. • Think of a CD with a gum drop in the middle.
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16. • Think of a CD with a gum drop in the middle.
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17. • Think of a CD with a gum drop in the middle.
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18. • Galaxies can be…

19. • Galaxies can be…
– Spiral

20. • Galaxies can be…
– Spiral

21. • Galaxies can be…
– Spiral

22. • Galaxies can be…
– Spiral

23. • Galaxies can be…
– Spiral

24. • Galaxies can be…
– Spiral

25. • Galaxies can be…
– Spiral

26. • Galaxies can be…
– Spiral

27. • Galaxies can be…
– Spiral

28. • Galaxies can be…
– Spiral
– Barred

29. • Galaxies can be…
– Spiral
– Barred

30. • Galaxies can be…
– Spiral
– Barred
– Elliptical

31. • Galaxies can be…
– Spiral
– Barred
– Elliptical
– Irregular

32. • Galaxies can be…
– Spiral
– Barred
– Elliptical
– Irregular

33. • Which is the Spiral Galaxy from the group
below?
A B
C D

34. • Which is the Spiral Galaxy from the group
below? Answer: D
A B
C D

36. • Which is the Barred Galaxy from the
group below?
A B
C D

37. • Which is the Barred Galaxy from the
group below? Answer: A
A B
C D

40. • Which is the Elliptical Galaxy from the
group below?
A B
C D

41. • Which is the Elliptical Galaxy from the
group below? Answer: C
A B
C D

43. • Which is the Irregular Galaxy from the
group below?
A B
C D

44. • Which is the Irregular Galaxy from the
group below? Answer: B
A B
C D

46. • Which is the Barred Galaxy from the group
below?
A B
C D
A B
C D

47. • Which is the Barred Galaxy from the group
below?
A B
C D
A B
C D

49. • Which are the Irregular Galaxies from the
group below?
A B
C D
A
C D
BB
D

50. • Which are the Irregular Galaxies from the
group below?
A B
C D
A
C D
BB
D

52. • Which are the Barred Galaxies from the
group below?
A B
C D
A
C D
BB
C

53. • Which are the Barred Galaxies from the
group below?
A B
C D
A
C D
BB
C

55. • Which are the Ellipitical Galaxies from the
group below?
A B
C D
A
C D
BB
C
B
D

56. • Which are the Ellipitical Galaxies from the
group below?
A B
C D
A
C D
BB
C
B
D

58. • Which are the Spiral Galaxies from the
group below?
A B
C D
A
C D
BB
C
B
D
A

59. • Which are the Spiral Galaxies from the
group below?
A B
C D
A
C D
BB
C
B
D
A

74. • Right now, you are…

75. • Right now, you are…
– Traveling around the sun at 66,000 miles per
hour.

76. • Right now, you are…
– Traveling around the sun at 66,000 miles per
hour.
– We are also traveling around the spiral arm of the
Milky Way Galaxy at 483,000 miles per hour.

77. • Right now, you are…
– Traveling around the sun at 66,000 miles per
hour.
– We are also traveling around the spiral arm of the
Milky Way Galaxy at 483,000 miles per hour.
– And the Milky Way Galaxy is traveling through
space at 1.3 million miles per hour.

78. • Which are the Irregular Galaxies from the
group below?
A B
C DC D
BBA B
C D

79. • Which are the Irregular Galaxies from the
group below?
A B
C DC D
BBA B
C D

81. • Which are the Elliptical Galaxies from the
group below?
A B
C DC D
BBA B
C D
B
C

82. • Which are the Elliptical Galaxies from the
group below?
A B
C DC D
BBA B
C D
B
C

84. • Which are the Barred Galaxies from the group
below?
A B
C DC D
BBB
C D
B
C
B
C DD
A

85. • Which are the Barred Galaxies from the group
below?
A B
C DC D
BBB
C D
B
C
B
C DD
A

86. • Which are the Barred Galaxies from the group
below?
A B
C DC D
BBB
C D
B
C
B
C DD
A

87. • Which are the Barred Galaxies from the group
below?
A B
C DC D
BBB
C D
B
C
B
C DD
A

89. • Which are the Spiral Galaxies from the
group below?
A B
C DC D
BBA B
C D
B
C
B
C
A
D

90. • Which are the Spiral Galaxies from the
group below?
A B
C DC D
BBA B
C D
B
C
B
C
A
D

98. • We are on the spiral arm of the Milkyway
Galaxy.
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99. • We are on the spiral arm of the Milkyway
Galaxy.
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225-250 million years

100. • We are on the spiral arm of the Milkyway
Galaxy.
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225-250 million years

104. The most distant
object that can
be seen with the
naked eye in the
night sky.

105. The most distant
object that can
be seen with the
naked eye in the
night sky.

106. The most distant
object that can
be seen with the
naked eye in the
night sky.
The Milky
Way
Galaxy is
on a
crash
course
with it.

107. The most distant
object that can
be seen with the
naked eye in the
night sky.
The Milky
Way
Galaxy is
on a
crash
course
with it.

113. • Activity Sheet Available. Hubble and
Google Sky.

114. • Activity Sheet! Visiting Google Sky.
• http://hubblesite.org/gallery/tours/
• http://www.google.com/sky/
• You must visit and record some basic information
and include a sketch when possible.
– Visit and describe 2 planets.
– Sketch 2 constellations.
– Visit and describe 2 Hubble Showcase Images.
– One Backyard and one X-Ray Image.
– Two Galaxies from the GALEX Ultraviolet.
– An Image from the Spitzer Telescope.
– Visit and describe Two Pod Casts.

115. • Try and guess the picture beneath the
boxes.
– Raise your hand when you know. You only
get one guess.
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Unit, The Astronomy Topics Unit, The Weather and Climate Unit, and The
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and Periodic Table Unit, The Energy and the Environment Unit, and The
Introduction to Science / Metric Unit.
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132. • This Solar System Basics and the Sun lesson is just one
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includes
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roadmap full of activities, review questions, games, video
links, materials list, and much more.
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134. Areas of Focus in the Astronomy Topics Unit:
The Solar System and the Sun, Order of the Planets, Our Sun, Life Cycle
of a Star, Size of Stars, Solar Eclipse, Lunar Eclipse, The Inner Planets,
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Moon, Craters, Tides, Phases of the Moon, Mars
and Moons, Rocketry, Asteroid Belt, NEO’s, The Torino Scale, The Outer
Planets and Gas Giants, Jupiter / Moons, Saturn / Moons, Uranus /
Moons, Neptune / Moons, Pluto's Demotion, The Kuiper Belt, Oort Cloud,
Comets / Other, Beyond the Solar System, Types of Galaxies, Black holes,
Extrasolar Planets, The Big Bang, Dark Matter, Dark Energy, The Special
Theory of Relativity, Hubble Space Telescope, Constellations, Age of the
Earth, Time, Earth events in a 12 hour day, Principle of Superposition,
Geologic Timescale, Extinction Events, Dinosaurs, and much more.
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137. • More Units Available at…
Earth Science: The Soil Science and Glaciers Unit, The Geology Topics
Unit, The Astronomy Topics Unit, The Weather and Climate Unit, and The
Rivers and Water Quality Unit, The Water Molecule Unit.
Physical Science: The Laws of Motion and Machines Unit, The Atoms
and Periodic Table Unit, The Energy and the Environment Unit, and
Science Skills Unit.
Life Science: The Diseases and Cells Unit, The DNA and Genetics Unit,
The Life Topics Unit, The Plant Unit, The Taxonomy and Classification
Unit, Ecology: Feeding Levels Unit, Ecology: Interactions Unit, Ecology:
Abiotic Factors, The Evolution and Natural Selection Unit and The Human
Body Systems and Health Topics Unit
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