• Astronomy is not Divination.
• Astrology deals with the positions of planets
  as well but the two are completely separate subjects overall.
• Muggle Astronomy and Wizarding Astronomy are
  completely different

· 
Wizard astronomers study how
movements of the celestial bodies affect witches and wizards on Earth.

• Example: magical folk with
  the werewolf curse shifting only during a full moon.

“Astronomy is the study of astronomical objects that
are beyond Earth’s atmosphere.” (Including the eight planets, dwarf planets,
the stars and galaxies.)

“Astronomy is important because our culture has always
for the longest time become one with space and everything in space.”

• Basic Facts of the Solar System
• Our solar system is composed of various planets,
  asteroids, celestial bodies and other entities such as satellites.
• Main topics for this course include: Mercury, Venus,
  Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune.
  
• Pluto is a dwarf
  planet—not one of the main eight.
• Each planet orbits a single star known as the “Sun and
  has one or more moons—save Mercury and Venus who have none.
  
  

• Our solar system is more than four billion years old.

LESSON PLAN

Week One: Introduction  Week
Two: Mercury  Week Three: Venus and Earth

Week Four: Mars  Week
Five: Jupiter  Week Six: Saturn

Week Seven: Uranus  Week
Eight: Neptune  Week Nine: Final Review
and Examinations

GRADING CRITERIA

Lessons One through Eight will be graded on a medium scale.
With midterm included, Lessons make up 80% of the final average. The final will
be worth 20% of the overall grade and, with your midterm, shall be graded on a
harsher level than lesson.

Professor’s email: celeste.afolyan.gmail.com