| 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 |
1-Feb | Reading Questions for Boynton Ch. 5-7 (discussion 01/23/08) | |
| 27-Jan | Boynton Ch. 15; |
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 |
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| 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 |