See our Course Calendar for a daily play-by-play of what we will be doing; see the Course Pack listing for an itemized list of the documents you need to print (also linked below) and bring to class according to the schedule shown below. [Course pack is also available at the University Book Store.]
Week of Monday: |
Reading |
Graded Work |
Due Date |
Class Participation (+ unannounced tutorials) |
Participation Date
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| Jan-5 | Boynton Ch. 1, 2, 3 (through p. 14) Reading Quiz 1 (due Jan-9, 1:30 pm) |
Size of Earth and Distance to Sun and Moon (01/09/09) Exercise Answer Sheet |
Jan-16 | Misconceptions; Ancient astronomers | Jan-5 Jan-7 |
| Jan-12 | Boynton Ch. 3, 4 Reading Quiz 2 (due Jan-12, 1:30 pm) |
Frames of Reference (01/16/09) | Jan-30 | Retrograde motion Venus | Jan-14 |
| Jan-19 | Boynton Ch. 5, 6, 7 |
Jan-30 | Telescopes; Kepler's Laws I Kepler's Laws II; Orbit to Mars | Jan-23 Jan-28 |
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| Jan-26 | Boynton Ch. 15;
Zee Ch. 1, 2, 3 |
Black Hole video discussion | Jan-26 Jan-30 |
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| Feb-2 | Midterm | Beyond Big Bang DVD discussion | Feb-6 | ||
| Feb-9 | Zee Ch. 4 Reading Quiz 5 (due Feb-9, 1:30 pm) |
Hubble's Law (02/13/09) |
Feb-20 | Expanding Universe | Feb-9 Feb-11 |
| Feb-16 | Look-back time Hubble Deep Field DVD Discussion |
Feb-18 Feb-20 |
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| Feb-23 | Zee Ch. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 Reading Quiz 6 (due Feb-23, 1:30 pm) |
Talk topic posted
Cosmos Conference Possible Topics |
Mar-2 | Curvature of Space | Feb-27 |
| Mar-2 | Zee Ch. 10, 11, 12 Reading Quiz 7 (due Mar-6, 5:00 pm) |
Abstract posted
Example's of past abstracts |
DVD Discussion | Mar-6 |
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| Mar-9 | Rubric for class presentation | Student Presentations | Critiques and Comments | ||
| Mar-16 | Final Exam | Mar-16 | |||