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Program Schedule for 2006 Teacher Professional Developement

Unit	Date	Topics Covered
Unit 1 VCE Physics Detailed study 3.1 Astronomy	2nd March 2006	celestial coordinate systems the motions of stars and planets early models of the Solar System overview of telescopes and data collection
CSF II Space Sciences Levels 3 & 4	19th April 2006	the day/night cycle and the Earth’s rotation the motion of the stars across the sky a detailed look at the members of our Solar System the Earth’s seasons
CSF II Space Sciences Levels 5 & 6	18th May 2006	the Earth’s seasons the phases of the moon and the lunar cycle the Earth’s tides annual movement of stars and constellations across the sky an overview of what lies outside our Solar System theories of the origin and evolution of the universe
Unit 2 VCE Physics Detailed study 3.1 Astrophysics	13th July 2006	Stellar Evolution and the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram properties of stars what the H-R diagram tells us how stars evolve on the H-R diagram evolution of low-mass stars evolution of high-mass stars star clusters, their ages and the H-R diagram
Unit 2 VCE Physics Detailed study 3.1 Astrophysics	3rd August 2006	Galaxies galaxy types galaxy formation and evolution (simulations in 3D) dark matter in galaxies measuring distances to galaxies how does the Milky Way compare to other galaxies
Unit 2 VCE Physics Detailed study 3.1 Astrophysics	24th August 2006	Cosmology theories about the origin of the universe the ultimate fate of the universe dark energy and the accelerating universe large-scale structures in the universe (simulations in 3D) Hubble’s Law and the Hubble constant

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