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Polaris Project
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	North Star
		Activity 1
		Unit 1
			Talking About Things in the Sky
			"Which Way is North?"
			What's Up?
			End of unit assignment
		Activity 2
		Unit 2
			The Terrestrial Coordinate System
			Longitude and Time Zones
			Earth Clock
			End of unit assignment
		Activity 3
		Unit 3
			Earth's Rotation
			The Sky's Apparent Daily Motion
			Equatorial Coordinates
			Meridian Diagrams
			End of unit assignment
		Activity 4
		Unit 4
			Apparent Motions of the Sun
			Sidereal Time
			End of unit assignment
		Activity 5
		Unit 5
			Latitude and Climate
			Reason for the Seasons
			Seasonal Delay
			Special Reference Page
			End of unit assignment
		Unit 6
			Equatorial Sundials
			Variations
			Horizontal and Veritcal Sundials
			Optional: Tech Notes
			End of unit questions
		Unit 7
			Latitude
			Longitude
			Directions
			End of unit questions
		Unit 8
			Calendar System
			Ancient Astronomy
			Babylonian Astronomy/Origin of Astrology
			End of unit questions
		Unit 9
			Introduction
			Circumpolar Constellations
			Spring Constellations
			Summer Constellations
			Autumn Constellations
			Winter Constellations
			End of unit questions
	Evening Star
		Activity 1	Note: This is in .pdf format.
		Unit 1
			Sunrise, sunset ...
			Crescent Venus
			Wanderers
			End of unit assignment
		Activity 2	Note: This is in .pdf format.
		Unit 2
			Ptolemaic model
			Copernican model
			Brahe
			Kepler
			Galileo
			Newton
			End of unit assignment
		Activity 3	Note: This is in .pdf format.
		Unit 3
			Moving around in space
			Solar system distances
			End of unit assignment
		Activity 4	Note: This is in .pdf format.
		Unit 4
			Gravity
			Circling Earth
			Types of orbits
			End of unit assignment
		Activity 5	Note: This is in .pdf format.
		Unit 5
			Moving around in space
			Changing orbits
			End of unit assignment
		Unit 6
			Elliptical Orbits again
			Hohmann Transfer orbit and travel time
			Launch windowss
			End of unit assignment
		Unit 7
			Manned or unmanned?
			One way or round trip?
			How long a trip?
			To land or not to land?
			Plan a mission to Mars
	Destination Star		UNDER CONSTRUCTION