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Astronomy 101 Fall '06 Sections BA & BD |
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Rich Plotkin
206-543-1979
PAB 323 (Look at this map of the 3rd floor of the Physics and Astronomy building to find my office.)
| Friday, December 8th | MIDTERM 2 |
| Monday, December 11th | FINAL EXAM |
Midterm 1 grades can be found here, along with notes on interpreting Chris's comments on your essays.
Section Grades are listed here by the last 4 digits of your student ID. Please take a look and make sure what I have listed here is correct.
No Office Hours Wednesday, October 25th and Monday, October 30th
Thursday, October 19 -- Meet directly at the Theodor Jacobsen Observatory at the North end of campus near the Burke Museum. (See campus map.)
Download my syllabus.
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| Thursday, September 28 | Intros, passed out syllabus |
| Tuesday, October 3 | Review, Phases of the Moon |
| Thursday, October 5 | Quiz #2, Planetarium |
| Tuesday, October 10 | Passed back HW2 and Quiz 2. Energy, Conservation of Energy, Conservation of Angular Momentum |
| Thursday, October 12 | Quiz #3, Light (wavelength, energy, frequency), Electromagnetic Spectrum, Emission Spectra |
| Tuesday, October 17 | Passed back HW3 and Quiz 3. Quiz #4. Thermal, Absorption, Emission Spectra. |
| Thursday, October 19 | Telescopes |
| Tuesday, October 24 | Passed back HW4 and Quiz 4. Terrestrial and Jovian Planets |
| Thursday, October 26 | Quiz #5 Solar System Formation |
| Tuesday, October 31 | Passed Back HW5 and Quiz 5. Quiz #6. Reviewed for midterm. |
| Thursday, November 2 | Passed Back Quiz 6. Apparent Brightness, Luminosity, and Magnitudes |
| Tuesday, November 7 | Quiz #7. Passed back HW6. Stars, HR diagram |
| Thursday, November 9 | Passed back exam multiple choice and quiz 7. Reviewed stars, stellar evolution. |
| Tuesday, November 14 | Quiz #8. Passed Back HW7. Red Giants and Stellar Evolution |
| Thursday, November 16 | Passed Back Quiz 8. Supernovae |
| Tuesday, November 21 | Quiz #9. Passed Back HW8. Black Holes andstructure of the Milky Way. |
| Thursday, November 23 | THANKSGIVING |
| Tuesday, November 28 | Passed Back Quiz #9 and HW9. Hubble's Law, Lookback Time, Galaxy Evolution |
| Thursday, November 30 | Quiz #10. Gravitational Lensing, Dark Matter, Scenarios for the Evolution of the Universe |