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High School Astronomy

Teacher: Christine Filipek

Thursday 1:00PM – 2:30PM (ET)

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High School Astronomy Course Description

This class is approved by the NCAA.

Psalms 19:1 says: “The Heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims His handiwork.”

Look up. What do you see? Our universe is truly an amazing thing and the vastness of space boggles the mind. Experience the truly awesome power of God through a glimpse into His vast creation.

The Psalmist wrote in Psalm 8:3-4, “When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have ordained, what is man that You are mindful of him, and the Son of man that You visit him?”

Discover the wonders of the night sky as we take a tour through the universe. Learn to identify stars, constellations, and even planets. We will answer important questions about the stars, planets, and the place of Earth in this vast creation. Explore numerous evidences that point to a young universe: magnetic poles of planets, the spiral shape of galaxies, comets and how long scientists think they can last, and much more.

This is one of my favorite subjects to teach. To see how small we are in our universe, yet to know God’s great love for us. I work in research with a local telescope company. My research has included dwarf stars and dwarf binary stars. Over the past 5 years, I have written 3 articles that have been published.

Grade Levels

  • 9th – 12th grade

Prerequisites

  • None

Curriculum

  • Introduction to Astrophysics Student Text by Masterbooks ISBN-13: 9781683442462
  • Our Created Moon, Earth’s Fascinating Neighbor by Don DeYoung and John Whitcomb (book)
  • The Stargazer’s Guide to the Night Sky by Jason Lisle

Course Outline

  • Motions in the Sky
  • Understanding the Eye
  • Astronomy with the Unaided Eye
  • Celestial Events
  • Telescopes
  • Moon and Sun
  • Planets
  • Deep Sky Objects
  • History of the Moon
  • Purpose of the moon
  • Moon in Scripture
  • Splendor of God’s Creation
  • The Universe confirms the Bible
  • Age of the Universe
  • The Bible and Modern Astronomy
  • War of Worldviews

Estimated Workload

  • 1 hour weekly

Christine Filipek

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Christine Filipek lives on a small farm in southeast Michigan with her wonderful family. Her husband, who is a music teacher, and Christine homeschooled their children for over 20 years. They LOVE animals, have 2 horses, a goat, tons of chickens, 3 turkeys (named Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter), a bunny, several cats, a parrot, a lovebird and 3 dogs, Pete, Gus and Tucker. Christine and her family have had the opportunity to raise many domestic and wild animals. She loves making pottery, gardening, reading, sewing, watching movies (going to the drive-in), and hanging out with her family!

Christine graduated from Pensacola Christian College with a major in education, minoring in Bible and psychology. She taught for several years before having her own children. Besides teaching her children over the years, Christine also helped several families in her home by sharing her love for science. She loves the hands-on aspect of science. It helped her family understand more about what they were learning and was so much FUN!

Christine owns and operates REACH Tutorial, teaching a variety of science classes and Latin to all ages. She has taught science online for over a dozen years and enjoys seeing her students learn the love of science. She and her husband were active in our local and state homeschool groups. They served on the boards of two local homeschool groups for over 15 years. Education is important to Christine Filipek and her family, and their children's right to homeschool is very dear to their hearts. Christine looks forward to helping other homeschool families continue on this awesome journey.

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