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A-Level Astrophysics unit - AQA - 12 lessons and PowerPoints

A-Level Astrophysics unit - AQA - 12 lessons and PowerPoints

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This is an entire twelve lesson scheme of work, designed to assist teachers in the delivery of the AQA Astronomy optional section.

 

This unit would also be ideal for running an astronomy club where the teacher would like to push the students to a better understanding of astronomy in general. The following topics are covered:

 

  • Lenses and Telescope
  • CCD
  • Non-optical telescopes (e.g radio dishes)
  • Magnitude and parallax
  • Black Body Radiation
  • Hertzsprung Russell diagram
  • Fusion and the life of stars
  • Black holes and supernova
  • Doppler effect
  • Distance ladder
  • Exoplanets
  • File format

    Files are downloaded as a ZIP file - WinZip or WinRar can be used to unzip the files into the directories.

     

    Lesson plans are in microsoft word and / or adobe PDF and PowerPoints use microsoft office.

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