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Weekly Reading Assignment
Lecture Topic / Tutorials
Section Work
Mastering Astronomy (on-line)
Course code: ANALARSON64802
Due this Day
September
 Chapters for 5th ed. Cosmic Perspective
Tutorials are not turned in nor graded; they are for learning.
Every section meeting is important
Benchmarks (not graded;
get participation points)
Surveys close at 11 pm.
Milestones - Graded
W 30
Ch. 1;
Ch. 2 (2.1);
Ch. 3 (3.1, 3.4)
Introduction | Syllabus | Cosmic Voyage
 
Ch. 1 Scale of the Universe
(self-guided tutorial)
Tutorial Survey (15 Oct.)
‡ symbol = Graded Exercise!
(all reading quizzes are graded)
October
 
Deadlines apply for
participation points
Strict deadlines
Th 1
Overview | Planetarium
Ch. 1 Process of science: observations vs explanations
Process Survey (16 Oct.)
F 2
‡ Math-Sci Methods (12 Oct.)
Celestial Sphere[.mov] [PDF]
Tutorial: Star Charts
Ch. 3 Process of Science: Identifying Falsifiable Statements
Process Survey (17 Oct.)
M 5
Ch. 4, 5
Motion, gravity[.mov] [PDF]
Tutorial: Ranking Gravity
Reading Quiz 1 (5 Oct. 11 pm)
T 6
Overview | Planetarium
Ch. 5 Light and Spectroscopy (self-guided tutorial)
Tutorial Survey (20 Oct.)
W 7
Electromagnetic radiation [.mov] [PDF]
Tutorial: Analysis Spectra prep.
Ch. 5 Process of Science: The Solar Spectrum
Process Survey (21 Oct.)
Th 8
‡Analysis Spectra
(due Oct. 15)
F 9
Light (blackbodies) [.mov] [.PDF]
Tutorials: Blackbody Radiation & Kirchhoff's Laws
Reading Quiz 2 (9 Oct. 11 pm)
M 12
Ch. 15
Light (Kirchhoff's Laws) (.mov) [.pdf]
[Tutorials: Parallax & App/Abs
Magnitudes did not do]
Ch. 15 Process of Science: Direct vs Indirect Measurements of Stellar Properties
Process Survey (26 Oct.)
‡Review Mathematical Scientific Methods (12 Oct. due 5 pm)
T 13
‡Analysis Spectra
(due Oct. 20)
W 14
Intro. to Stars (.mov) [PDF]
Intro. to Project 1
Reading Quiz 3 (14 Oct. 11 pm)
Th 15
‡ Proj.1 Ex. 1 (Check with TA for due date)
‡Analysis of Spectra (15 Oct. Thursday sections)
F 16
H-R Diagam (.mov) [PDF]
Tutorial: Stefan-Boltzmann & HR Diagram
Ch. 15 HR Diagram (self-guided tutorial)
Tutorial Survey (30 Oct.)
M 19
Ch. 14
Star clusters (.mov) [PDF]
Tutorial: Lifetimes and Stellar Properties
T 20
‡ Proj. 1 Ex. 1 (Check with TA for due date)
‡Analysis of Spectra (20 Oct. Tuesday sections)
W 21
Solar interior (.mov) [PDF]
Ch. 14 The Sun (self-guided tutorial)
Tutorial Survey (4 November)
Reading Quiz 4 (21 Oct. 11 pm)
Th 22
Review; Proj. 1 Ex. 1
Ch. 14 Process of Science: Observations versus Model-Based Statements
Process Survey (5 Nov.)
F 23
Sun-Earth connection (.mov) [PDF]
‡ Proj. 1 Exercise 1 - Check with TA
M 26
Ch. 17
Evolution of low-mass stars (.mov) [PDF]
Ch. 17 Stellar Evolution (self-guided tutorial)
Tutorial Survey (9 Nov.)
T 27
Review; Proj. 1 Ex. 1
Reading Quiz 5 (27 Oct. 11 pm)
W 28
Project 1 Exercise 2
‡ Proj. 1 Exercise 1 - Check with TA
Th 29
‡ Proj. 1 Ex. 2 (due Nov. 12)
F 30
Evolution high-mass stars (.mov) [PDF]
 
Tutorials are not turned in nor graded; they are for learning.
Every section meeting is important
Benchmarks (not graded;
get participation points)
Surveys close at 11 pm.
Milestones - Graded
M 2
Ch. 18
Massive-star death (.mov) [PDF]
Reading Quiz 6 (2 Nov. 11 pm)
T 3
‡Proj. 1 Ex. 2 (due Nov. 17)
Ch. 18 Black Holes (self-guided tutorial)
Tutorial Survey (13 Nov.)
W 4
Black holes (.mov) [PDF]
Th 5
Proj. 1 Ex. 2 (cont)
F 6
Star birth [PDF]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou3TukauccM
YouTube Survey (16 Nov.)
M 9
Ch. 16
Star birth (cont) (.mov) [PDF]
Ch. 16 Process of Science: Pre-Main-Sequence Stellar Life Tracks
Process Survey (20 Nov.)
Reading Quiz 7 (9 Nov. 11 pm)
T 10
Proj. 1 Ex. 2 (cont)
W 11
Holiday!
Veteran's Day
Veteran's Day
Veteran's Day
Th 12
Lecture review: stellar evolution
Ch. 16 Formation of Solar System (self-guided tutorial)
Tutorial Survey (20 Nov.)
‡ Proj. 1 Ex. 2 (Thursday sections; start of class)
F 13
Formation of solar system (.mov) [PDF]
Tutorial: formation of solar system Tutorial: Looking at Distant Objects
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCz-uXRf4rA
YouTube Survey (20 Nov.)
M 16
Ch. 19
Milky Way; intro to galaxies (.mov) [PDF]
Reading Quiz 8 (16 Nov. 11 pm)
T 17
Lecture review: stellar evolution
‡ Proj. 1 Ex. 2 (Tuesday sections; start of class)
W 18
Introduction to Hubble's Law (PLEASE BRING LAPTOPS)
Th 19
Hubble Law (check with TA)
Ch. 19 Process Science: The Mysterious Galactic Center, 1
Process Survey (25 Nov.)
F 20
MW: observations & galactic center (.mov) [PDF]
Ch. 19 Process of Science: The Mysterious Galactic Center, 2
Process Survey (25 Nov.)
M 23
Parts of Ch. 20 (20.1)
Galaxies (.mov) [PDF]
Tutorial: Galaxy Classification
Galaxy Images
Reading Quiz 9 (23 Nov. 11 pm)
T 24
Hubble Law lab (check with TA)
W 25
Expanding Universe
Ch. 20 Hubble's Law (self-guided tutorial)
Tutorial Survey (4 Dec.)
Th & F
 
Holiday!
turkey
turkey
turkey
M 30
Parts of Ch. 20 (20.2, 20.3);
parts of Ch. 21 (21.1, 21.2)
Distance Scale
Tutorial: Expanding Universe
Ch. 20 Measuring Cosmic Distances Tutorial
Tutorial Survey (11 Dec.)
Reading Quiz 10 (30 Nov. 11 pm)
December
Benchmarks (not graded;
get participation points)
Surveys close at 11 pm.
Milestones - Graded
T 1
Hubble Law lab
W 2
Galaxy evolution
Th 3
Hubble Law lab
Ch. 21 Process of Science: Understanding a Correlation in Galaxy Data
Process Survey (11 Dec.)
F 4
The Runaway Universe (video)
Ch. 20 Process of Science: Testing the Expanding Universe
Process Survey (11 Dec.)
M 7
Ch. 22, 23
Dark stuff (matter & energy)
Ch. 22 Process of Science: Data to Distinguish among Expansion Models
Process Survey (11 Dec.)
Reading Quiz 11 (7 Dec. 11 pm)
T 8
Review for final
Ch. 23 Process of Science: Interplay of Observations and Models in the Big Bang Theory
Process Survey (11 Dec.)
Hubble Law (check with TA)
W 9
Big Bang I
Th 10
Review for final
Hubble Law (check with TA)
F 11
Overview of final exam
Review for Final Exam: PAA A102, 6:30 - 8:20 pm, Sunday, 13 December
Monday, 14 December - Final Exam 8:30 - 10:20 am Architecture 147