Schedule and Assignments

Date Topic or Happening and Reading

9/26 W Overview ch. 1

9/27 Th Intro & overview

9/28 F Historical development 2.1-2.3

10/1 M History; Cosmic setting 8.1

10/2 Tu Distance & time scales

10/3 W Cosmic setting 3.1-3.3

10/4 Th Cosmology & Galaxies

10/5 F

10/8 M Earth’s History 4.1-4.3

10/9 Tu Homework #1 due, Radiometric Dating

10/10 W 4.4

10/11 Th Quiz #1

10/12 F 4.5

10/15 M Nature of Life 5.1-5.2, 5.6

10/16 Tu Act. #5

10/17 W 5.3-5.4

10/18 Th Act. #8

10/19 F Extremophiles 5.5

10/22 M Origin & history of life 6.1-6.2

10/23 Tu Act. #4; Homework #2 due

10/24 W 6.3-6.4

10/25 Th Quiz #2

10/26 F 6.5

10/29 M AB tour of solar system 7.1

10/30 Tu Act.- Spectra of planets 3.4

10/31 W 7.2-7.3

11/1 Th (Continue Act.)

11/2 F 8.2

11/5 M Mars 8.3

11/6 Tu Act. – Mars images; Homework #3 due

11/7 W 8.4-8.5

11/8 Th Quiz #3

11/9 F Europa 9.1-9.2

11/12 M Veterans Day

11/13 Tu

11/14 W Titan 9.3

11/15 Th Gravity & orbits 2.4

11/16 F Habitable zones 10.1-10.3

11/19 M Future of Earth; Habitable zones of other stars 10.4-10.5, 11.1

11/20 Tu Act. #12

11/21 W Extrasolar planets 11.2

11/22 Th Thanksgiving

11/23 F Holiday

11/26 M

11/27 Tu Act. – 51 Peg planet

11/28 W Rare Earth? 11.3

11/29 Th Quiz #4

11/30 F SETI 12.1, 12.4

12/3 M 12.2-12.3

12/4 Tu Act. #13

12/5 W

12/6 Th

12/7 F Wrap-up (last class)

12/11 Tu Final Exam (2:30-3:30 in lecture room)