Astronomy 211 -- Assignments and Due Dates -- Winter 2008

See our Course Calendar for a daily play-by-play of what we will be doing

Week starting Sunday: Reading Graded Work Due Date Class Participation
6-Jan Boynton Ch. 1, 2, 3 (up to p. 14) Size of Earth and Distance to Sun and Moon PDF (01/11/08) 16-Jan Misconceptions; Celestial motions; Ancient astronomers
13-Jan Boynton Ch. 3, 4 (+handouts) Frames of Reference (01/18/08) 28-Jan Reading Questions for Boynton Ch. 3 & 4 for discussion on Mon. 14-Jan.
Retrograde motion; DVD discussion
20-Jan

Boynton Ch. 5, 6, 7
Lecture Notes Light

Finding g (pendulum)
Finding g (dropping) (01/25/08)

1-Feb Reading Questions for Boynton Ch. 5-7 (discussion 01/23/08)
27-Jan

Boynton Ch. 15;
Zee P, Ch. 1, 2
Notes for 28-Jan
Notes for 30-Jan
Notes for 1 Feb

    Stellar Evolution "game"
3-Feb Zee Ch. 3
Notes for 4-Feb
Notes for 8 Feb
    Reading questions for B.15; Z.1,2,3 for 4-Feb
Tutorials
10-Feb Zee Ch. 4
Lecture Notes
Hubble's Law MEET MGH 044 (02/15/08) 22-Feb Reading questions for Z.4 for 13-Feb
Tutorials
17-Feb   Topic chosen 22-Feb Hubble Deep Field; Discussion
24-Feb Zee Ch. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 Abstract posted 29-Feb Reading questions for Z.5-9 (10 pts) for all week
2-Mar Zee Ch. 10, 11, 12     Reading questions for Z.10-12 for 3 & 5 Mar
9-Mar   Student Presentations   Critiques and Comments