*SOUTHWORTH PLANETARIUM* *DAY COURSES* *2016 AUTUMN SCHEDULE* *To register and/or to ask questions, please e-mail* *[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>* *or call 207-780-4249* *We are looking forward to an exciting new school year!* *MIDDLE SCHOOL ASTRONOMY*Wednesdays10:30 a.m. - noon September 7 - October 26 Enrollment fee: $75.00 [image: horsehead nebula] A course that makes good use of the star dome theatre. Topics include lunar phases, constellation mythology, planisphere usage, planet motions, explanation of the seasons, meteor showers, aurora, star location, galaxies, and more. Each student also "adopts" a star and will learn about its different aspects. *HIGH SCHOOL ASTRONOMY/WITH LAB* Tuesdays 10:00 a.m. - noon September 6 - November 15 Enrollment fee: $85.00 [image: Whirlpool Galaxy] This course involves the star dome theatre and includes lab sessions with solar scopes and celestial spheres. Topics include: Solar astronomyUsing planispheres/reading star charts Seasons Constellations/equatorial coordinate system Stellar astronomy/fusion and nucleosynthesis Galactic astronomy Basic cosmology/Big Bang Planetary motions/synodic periods *PHYSICS/WITH LAB*Mondays 10:00 a.m. - noon September 12 - November 14, 2016 Enrollment fee: $85.00 [image: physics] A rigorous physics course which, however, still begins at the foundations. Vectors, motions in one and two dimensions, falling body problems, projectile motion, forces, work, impulse, momentum, gravity, thermodynamics. We also discuss concepts in relativity and quantum physics. Each student is given a "Universe," which is a bound notebook of blank paper. Their Universe will contain anything they want to include about the physics concepts we'll be discussing, including diagrams, stores, solved problems or any other additions. As we know, the science of physics involves the art of creative thinking. This course includes lab sessions, as well, with inclined planes and other mechanical devices. *CELESTIAL MYTHOLOGY*Wednesdays November 9, 16, 30 and December 7 10:30 a.m. - noon For middle and high schoolers - [image: Valhall]A fun class for all ages. We spend an hour and a half in the dome telling star stories. Over the course of four weeks, we cover all four seasons and fifty constellations altogether.This course is conducted entirely in the star dome