Astronomy Lesson 1 Year 1 : Intro to Astronomy

Roselle waits standing on the astronomy deck, waiting for students to enter the deck, very nervous for her very new Hogwarts students, and to attend to them. When they enter, she is drawing a diagram of the planets and collecting images.

Prologue

Welcome to the class of Astronomy! I am Professor Roselle Foster, also known as Rosella Foster. I am happy that you chose Astronomy, and you like Astronomy. All of you please tell me where have you heard the mention of Astronomy before?

As for my background and experience, let me introduce myself in detail.

I was born in the country of the United States, distinctly in the town of Atlanta in the year 1993. I was a muggle-born and had an elder brother. By fate, both of us turned out magical. We, being born in America, received a letter from Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where I was sorted out to be a Horned Serpent. 

However,  my brother was sorted out to Wampus. I advanced from Ilvermorny with top N.E.W.Ts in Astronomy, Charms, Defense Against the Dark Arts, History of Magic, Potions, Ancient Runes, and Mythology. I then attended a university where I immensely enjoyed the class of Ancient Runes and History of Magic.

I then decided to teach Astronomy and Ancient Runes there for five years. Then, one of my school friends, "Professor Serafina Jenkins" invited me to work at Hogwarts, and I accepted her invitation and submitted my application.

After some days, I was contacted back by Headmistress Sterling that I was accepted as a Staff Member and the rest you know.

Room for the Tower Astronomy

Thus, this is the astronomy tower. The tower is the tallest in Hogwarts, ever. It is used to view planets and different cosmic objects in the sky. Your class occurs here at midnight on Wednesday and Thursday.

Astronomy. The term 'Astronomy' means the study of planets, moons, and other cosmic objects in space and the night sky. Astronomy is a very interesting topic, I bet you'll find it interesting, at least, not boring.

I yearn that all students stay with me for all seven years at their time at Hogwarts, but it solely counts on your verdict and grade on your O.W.L examination.

As I will always mention for any course, there are no prerequisites for this course, but please be enrolled as a first-year student before you even start taking assignments.

Class Procedures and Formalities

Therefore, this classroom is an online classroom, there are not many rules you need to follow, but the basic disciplinary rules need to be followed.

There are some materials and supplies that you must bring. Regularly bring your textbook once it is given to you, and you must bring sufficient parchments and a quill daily to this class. Then, you must bring your telescopes from the third week of this class.

This class happens every Wednesday and Thursday at midnight, so please complete your assignments for the class by the time you attend the next class of mine.

There is no textbook for this course, except for Astronomy: A Journey to Space which will be out here very soon.

Then, I would like to start with basic information about the course and its assignments. Each lesson, you will be given a mandatory/extra credit quiz and/or essay.

You may solicit your grade for an assignment if you are not convinced of a grade you received on it, may it be an essay or quiz, but the condition is, you must have got a lesser grade than 90℅.

Please think twice before you submit an appeal for your assignment, as the Astronomy Staff is very knowledgeable about the lesson content, and be liberal and tolerant of me, or your appeal will be repudiated.

Now, on this website, selected candidates in a formal way who are knowledgeable about the subject are called Prefects, who grade assignments and assist the professor with the course. Respect and regale them as you treat me. You can ask questions to them as well as me.

You may not plagiarize, which means copy-pasting content from a source, which includes your lessons and results from Google, Bing, or any other search engines.

You are advised to take notes in every class at the start of each semester, but that's discretionary. Note Taking helps you advance in your years, and is very important in Astronomy.

You are expected to show respect to everyone, despite their cast, religion, practices, or blood status to every person here, without any insult or comment that may upset them to your best.

Astronomy isn't inevitably difficult, and if you take notes, read lessons, and grasp them quickly, it would be a piece of cake for you.

Lesson Plan & Syllabus

L1 -     Introduction to Astronomy

L2 -    Solar System: Space and Universe

L3 -    Tools and Parts in Astronomy

L4 -    Parts and Functions of Telescope

L5 -    Satellites, Radar, and Earth

L6 -    Magical and Non Magical Effects

L7 -    Stargazing and Constellations

L8 -    New Inventions & Foundations

L9 -    Astronomers, Finals, Review & Overview of Year

We would be doing a lot this year for Astronomy, so please follow all the formalities for this class.

In the first lesson, we will be focusing on a basic introduction to the class and astronomy. In the next lesson, we will be going into the world of the solar system and will be exploring all the celestial objects in space.

In the third lesson, we will be focusing on the basics of astronomical tools that will be helpful in this class, and besides, you will need to be familiar with their functions, as the practical usage of the equipment will also be tested in your examinations.

In lesson 4, you will learn about the parts of the telescope and their major functions and the practical usage.

In lesson 5, as the title says, you will focus on satellites, radars, and similar objects like this, including the detail of the planet 'Earth'.

Then, in the sixth lesson, anticipate magical and non-magical effects on planets on other metals, other heavenly bodies, and et cetera.

When we converse about the seventh lesson, it focuses on stargazing, where can stars be gazed from, the accounts of stargazing, how to gaze at stars, and glance at constellations in the sky.

In the eighth one, we go on about the new inventions and new techniques of linking astronomy and gazing.

Finally, in lesson 9, your final examination will be conducted.

Grading Rubrics

• Content - 70%

• Mechanical - 10%

• Manifestation - 15%

If you get all questions correct for a normal quiz or essay, you will acquire twenty points for your house, with a 100℅. You will be acquainted via the H.I.M messaging services with the score for your assignment, with the house points.

Astronomy: Why Study It?

Astronomy. Astronomy is the study of the heavenly bodies in the universe, and the night sky. There are many celestial bodies such as Planets, Cosmetic Stars, and more.

There are three types of planets in the universe too: scilicet Gas Giants, Rock Giants, and Ice Giants.

Rock Giants are planets from Mercury to Mars. They are mostly made up of rock, and other solid dust material, hardly consisting of any gaseous materials.

Gas Giants are Jupiter & Saturn. They are made up of gases such as helium and hydrogen and contain a lot of gaseous content inside them.

Ice Giants are mostly made up of ice blocks scarcely made up of gas, and the rest of the part is made out of ice. I.e: Uranus and Neptune.

Conclusion

You learned a lot about the introductory basics of astronomy, and I think this is enough for your first lesson. Class dismissed.

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