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Astronomy 001 Pennsylvania State University
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3.5 • 37 Ratings
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Astronomy 001, Section 005 is a web-based course, complete with online presentations, interactive media, and video demonstrations. This course covers everything from mankind’s first understanding of the heavens out to other planets, galaxies, and the edge of the known Universe!
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01 - Introduction
An introduction to the ASTR 001 online course, with a brief description of the format of the course and the various assignments.
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02 - Rotation & Revolution
A demonstration of the difference between a sidereal day and a solar day. This difference occurs due to the fact that Earth rotates about its axis while also revolving around the Sun.
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03 - Galileo's Experiment
A demonstration recreating Galileo’s experiment, where he dropped two objects of different masses, to see which would hit the ground first.
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04 - Newton’s First Law – the Tablecloth Trick
A demonstration of Newton’s First Law. As a tablecloth is pulled out from under a place setting, the place setting remains unmoved.
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05 - Newton’s First Law – Ball & String
A demonstration of Newton’s First Law. A ball is swung in circular motion, then let go, demonstrating that when no forces act upon an object, it will move in a straight line.
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06 - Blackbody Radiation
A demonstration of two laws that govern blackbody radiation. As a stove top becomes hotter, it radiates first in infrared, then red (visible) light. Comparing two stove top burners, given two burners at the same temperature, the one with the larger surface area will boil water faster.
Customer Reviews
Cute, but...
The "comedy" bits are actually a little distracting.
More slapstick than astronomy
I'm far beyond teenager, so not impressed by 10% information & the rest joking around at assistant's expense.
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My 9 year old son loves your program and his middle school sister is always sneaking in to watch some too. My son loves all space science and he watches Discovery shows, Stephen Hawkings and more. But he’s never laughed out loud while doing any of this. He laughs at every episode. We’re on #13 now and already sad it will be over too soon. Any more guys??
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