ASTR 150 Sections AE and AH
Spring 2008

Announcements: (make sure to refresh the page just in case) Toby's review session is 6:30 pm on June 10th (the night before the final), in the big auditorium room downstairs from where we have section. Lab #10 (extra-solar planets) was due Monday June 2nd Labs 8 and 9 were both due on Wed. May 21st Midterm curve is: 0.7 = 41 1.0 = 46 2.0 = 62 3.0 = 79 4.0 = 96 Actual formula is: score (out of 4.0) = raw score (out of 100) * 0.06 - 1.7533 Average raw score: 74.5 (standard deviation is 16.5)

Lab Schedule: (Lab instructions/worksheets are in Class Notebook) Day Activity for Section AE Activity for Section AH Mon Mar 31: Intro Intro Wed Apr 2: Lecture on Gravity/Kepler's Laws Lecture on Gravity/Kepler's Laws Mon Apr 7: Lab #1 - Lunar Geological Mapping (you need to bring course pack starting on this day) Lab #2 - Moon Rocks (you need to bring course pack starting on this day) Wed Apr 9: Lab #2 - Moon Rocks Lab #1 - Lunar Geological Mapping Mon Apr 14: Lab #4 - Crater Counting Lab #3 - Radioactive Dating Wed Apr 16: Lab #3 - Radioactive Dating Lab #4 - Crater Counting Mon Apr 21: Lecture on electromagnetic spectrum Lecture on electromagnetic spectrum Wed Apr 23: Lab #6 - Atmospheric Escape Lab #6 - Atmospheric Escape Mon Apr 28: Quiz on E&M spectrum, Begin Midterm review Quiz on E&M spectrum, Begin Midterm review Wed Apr 30: Review for midterm Review for midterm Mon May 5: Lab #7 - Impactors and the Impacted Lab #7 - Impactors and the Impacted Wed May 7: go over midterm/Planetarium! go over midterm/Planetarium! Mon May 12: Lab #9 - Reflectance Spectroscopy Lab #8 - Volcanoes of Io Wed May 14: Lab #8 - Volcanoes of Io Lab #9 - Reflectance Spectroscopy Mon May 19: Finish labs 8 and 9 Finish labs 8 and 9 Wed May 21: Comets Comets Mon May 26: No class! No class! Wed May 28: Lab #10 - Extra-Solar Planets Lab #10 - Extra-Solar Planets Mon June 2: Evaluations Evaluations Wed June 4: Review for final. Review for final.