Zero to Hero Astronomy: Basic Space Science 1

Explore how our ancestors unlocked the secrets of the cosmos using simple observations. This engaging course takes you from ancient skywatchers to Newton’s laws, with hands-on math activities to calculate the size of the Earth and the distance to the Moon.We take a step by step approach to explain how we got to Newton. Basic Space Science Part I covers astronomy's incredible journey from about 10,000 BC to 0. This is the PERFECT course for amateur astronomers or parents that want an easy to learn way to understand astronomy and space. This course starts at the beginning with the basic observations all astronomers can see. We then gently add some math to help us unravel, step by step, the key mysteries in the universe. In Part 1 you'll learn to figure out:how studying the sun led us to the first mystery (the seasons),*the shape of the Earth, the size of the Earth, the size of the Moon, the distance to the Moon, the distance to the Sun, andand the size of the Sun. *Please note that this course is based on a 'Northern Hemisphere' perspective. This means some lessons will be 'backwards' for students who are located south of the Equator. In Part 2 we'll continue this awesome story with Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, Cassini, and Newton. We'll learn how we went from an Earth centered universe to the first time someone calculated the size of the solar system (in 1672).