MAJOR TOPICS:

1) Motions of the Stars and Planets in the Sky:

Earth rotating on axis

2) Ancient Astronomy:

How we learned about the Earth as a planet

and the Existence of the Solar System

3) Light, Telescopes, Observatories (ground-based and space-based)

How we study objects that are not on the Earth

4) The Solar System as we know it:

Inner Rocky Planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Earth's Moon, and Mars

Global Warming: What it is and how it will affect us.

Outer Giant Gas Planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto

(Emphasize-->results of Flybys and Landings)

5) The Remains (left-overs) of the Formation of the Solar System:

Comets, Meteors, Meteorites, Meteoroids, and Asteroids

6) Intelligent Life in the Universe (is there any at all?)