1. Astronomy I

2. Astronomy II

3. Current information 31 May 2008

4. Images 20 June 2006

5. Links  21 August 2006

6. Pictures of Class Activities 4 July 2008

7. Astronomy Club 28 October  2006

8.  Hall of Fame 10 June 07

9. Tonight's Sky over Chaffey High School  Note: Java must be installed and enabled and any pop-up blocker turned off.

Chaffey High School offers two courses in Astronomy.  Both are University of California approved as meeting the University's A-G entrance requirements for a science elective. Astronomy I is a one semester course that introduces students to the universe, its motions and the laws that govern it.  We engage in many hands on activities in the classroom and outside the classroom.  Since Ontario suffers from severe light pollution, we spend many evenings viewing the sky from the Mt. Baldy area using several telescopes ranging in size from a 6-inch Newtonian reflector to Mr. James' 16-inch Dobsonian (shown at right). We also are privileged to have on-line use of the Telescopes in Education (TIE) facilities, including telescopes at Mt. Wilson, in Chile and in Australia.  The course pre-requisite is a B or better in Algebra I, a B or better in both Physical Science and Earth Science, and instructor approval. Click here for the course syllabus.

Our second course is Astronomy II, also a one semester course focusing on student research and communication of learning in a scientific format. Our investigations are selected from a diverse array of topics such as the solar system, the Milky Way Galaxy, other galaxies, cosmology and computer modeling of stars.  The pre-requisite is completion of Astronomy I with a grade of C or better.  As in Astronomy I, sky viewing and the use of the TIE facilities are important components of our course. Click here for the course syllabus.

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