Astronomy 101 Fall '06 Sections BA & BD

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My Info:

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.)
Office Hours: Mondays and Wednesdays at 2:30-3:30 or by appointment

Important Dates:

Wednesday, November 1stMIDTERM 1
Friday, November 10thVeterans Day (NO CLASS)
Thursday/Friday November 23/24Thanksgiving (NO CLASS)
Friday, December 8thMIDTERM 2
Monday, December 11thFINAL EXAM

Announcements:

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.

Download Chris's syllabus.

Here's what went on during section...

See the Assignments page for due dates.
Thursday, September 28Intros, passed out syllabus
Tuesday, October 3Review, Phases of the Moon
Thursday, October 5Quiz #2, Planetarium
Tuesday, October 10Passed back HW2 and Quiz 2. Energy, Conservation of Energy, Conservation of Angular Momentum
Thursday, October 12Quiz #3, Light (wavelength, energy, frequency), Electromagnetic Spectrum, Emission Spectra
Tuesday, October 17Passed back HW3 and Quiz 3. Quiz #4. Thermal, Absorption, Emission Spectra.
Thursday, October 19Telescopes
Tuesday, October 24Passed back HW4 and Quiz 4. Terrestrial and Jovian Planets
Thursday, October 26Quiz #5 Solar System Formation
Tuesday, October 31Passed Back HW5 and Quiz 5. Quiz #6. Reviewed for midterm.
Thursday, November 2Passed Back Quiz 6. Apparent Brightness, Luminosity, and Magnitudes
Tuesday, November 7Quiz #7. Passed back HW6. Stars, HR diagram
Thursday, November 9Passed back exam multiple choice and quiz 7. Reviewed stars, stellar evolution.
Tuesday, November 14Quiz #8. Passed Back HW7. Red Giants and Stellar Evolution
Thursday, November 16Passed Back Quiz 8. Supernovae
Tuesday, November 21Quiz #9. Passed Back HW8. Black Holes andstructure of the Milky Way.
Thursday, November 23THANKSGIVING
Tuesday, November 28Passed Back Quiz #9 and HW9. Hubble's Law, Lookback Time, Galaxy Evolution
Thursday, November 30Quiz #10. Gravitational Lensing, Dark Matter, Scenarios for the Evolution of the Universe