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Kevin's Teaching Page

This page contains information pertinent to classes and sections Kevin instructs. However, it is designed to supplement, not replace, the professor's own webpage for the class. So don't forget to look at the Spring 2005 Astro 101 webpage!

Section Information
Section AB - 8:30-9:20 T Th
Section AD - 9:30-10:20 T Th
Section Room: Tues: 210, Thurs: 216
Section Syllabus: http://www.astro.washington.edu/covey/teaching/syllabus101.html

See the Lecture Duty Schedule to figure out when you should be sending me a brief paragraph covering the important points from the day's lecture, as well as a list of confusing concepts...

Contact Information
email: covey-AT-astro.washington.edu (replace the -AT- with @: I'm trying to keep spammers at bay)
phone: 1-(206)-543-6276
office hours: Monday @ 4:00-5:00 PM, in my office (PAB 333 - directions below)
Wed @ 11:30-12:30 AM, in my office


Not officially office hours, but I'll also be running a CLUE session 8-9:30 Thursdays.


Section Schedule
Week of... Tuesday Thursday
March 27th Section Topic: Introductions, syllabus, Scales, Powers of 10 Section Topic: Sky Motions -- Planetarium
Quiz 1 Review Sheet
Sky Motion Glossary (from Jill Meyer -- Word Document)
April 3rd Section Topic: Phases of the Moon, Gravity Ratios
Quiz 1
Quiz 1 with answers
Section Topic: Observatory Visit
Gravity & Orbits Practice Problems (word file)
Answers
Quiz 2 Review Sheet
April 10th Section Topic:Light Basics
Quiz 2
Quiz 2 with answers
Section Topic: Spectra Lab
Quiz 3 Review Sheet
April 17th Section Topic: Meteorite Lab
Quiz 3
Quiz 3 with answers
Section Topic: Review for Midterm
Answers for practice problems
Due: Spectra Lab
April 24th Section Topic: Midterm debriefing
NO QUIZ -- Midterm the day before!
Section Topic: The outer layers of the Sun
Quiz 4 Review Sheet
May 1st Section Topic: Hydrostatic Equilibrium, Fusion
Quiz 4
Section Topic: Basic Stellar properties
Spectral classification lab
Quiz 5 Review Sheet
May 8th Section Topic: A deathly horrible attempt to
teach the Red Giant Phase.
Quiz 5
Section Topic: Eclipsing binary lab
Stellar death worksheet page 1 (pdf)
Stellar death worksheet page 2 (pdf)
Quiz 6 Review Sheet
Due: Spectral classification lab
May 15th Section Topic: H-R Diagram Lab and the HR diagram itself (pdf)
Quiz 6
Due: Stellar Death Worksheet (Key -- pg. 1 and pg. 2)
Section Topic: Review for Tomorrow's Midterm
Quiz 7 Review Sheet
Due: Eclipsing Binary Lab
May 22nd Section Topic: Galaxy Classification & the Distance Ladder
Quiz 7 CANCELLED
Due: HR Diagram Lab
Section Topic: Hubble Law Lab Intro
Dark Matter Tutorial
MACHOs and WIMPs
Quiz 8 Review Sheet
May 29th Section Topic: Expansion of the Universe
& The Big Bang

Quiz 8
Section Topic: Review for Final
Evaluations


How to Find Kevin's Office
The directions below should be helpful, but if they aren't clear try using a campus map to find the physics complex and a map of the third floor of the Physics and Astronomy building to find my office (B333).

  • Start at the peanut looking sculpture outside the physics buildings, facing the tallest of the physics buildings.
  • Enter the long, squat building to your right through the set of doors to the left of 3 rows of bike racks.
  • Once inside the doors, the second door on your left is an elevator. Take it to the third floor.
  • Upon exiting the elevator on the third floor you should find a set of double doors to your immediate right. Go through them and turn right.
  • Continue down the long hallway until you get to my office, B333. It will be on the left side of the hall, and if I am in it the door will be open. The sign next to the door has, among other names, "Kevin Covey". Walk in and say hi!

    Though most of my students will be uninterested, I'll still provide a link to the Astronomy Education Review and to CIDR for my own personal benefit.

    Last modified: Friday, 29-April-2005 12:41 PST
    by: K. R. Covey