The course is designed to give students an appreciation of the order and complexity of creation, and of the order and complexity in the cosmos. Revelation and science complement each other in illuminating God’s glory. The course covers the different kinds of celestial objects, their characteristics, how they formed and developed, and their eventual fates. This includes a discussion of stars (including our sun), star groups, black holes, asteroids and comets, the earth, moon, and planets. It also covers the theories of the origin, development, and future of the universe, as well as whether other planets and life forms exist in space. The student will study, and have the opportunity to observe, the main stars and constellations for both summer and winter.
This course is typically done as an elective physical science or academic elective course in the 12th grade and includes the following topics: history of astronomy, modern astronomy, electromagnetic waves, the universe, cosmology & theology, stars & constellations, sky observations, the solar system.
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