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Most recent update on Saturday April 7 at 5 PM
Reading Legend:
X: [Chapter name] = Chapter number: Chapter name |
Assignment Legend:
RX= Review and Discussion X
PX = Problem X
SX = Supplementary Problem X
PX-SX = Problem X with associated
supplementary problem X
PL[name] = Physlet name
T[name] = Tutorial name
L[name] = Follow link
A[subject] = Article on subject |
Day |
Reading For |
Assignments Pertinent to Reading |
Lab |
Special Events |
Week 1
3/22 - 3/26 |
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| Monday (1) |
Prologue: Charting the Heavens |
R2-S1, R4, R6-S2, P2-S3, P4,
P5,
PL Solar vs. Sidereal Day |
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Short organizational class at 9AM. Reconvene at 1PM for class. |
| Tuesday (2) |
1: The Copernican Revolution |
R2, R14, P5, P6, P9
L Animation:
Heliocentric Solar System |
Parallax with trees |
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| Wednesday (3) |
2: Light and Matter |
R4, R9, P2, P4, P6-S4,
P9, PL Basic Wave Properties, PL The Bohr Atom, T The Doppler Effect |
Mass of Jupiter computer lab |
Essay 1 due |
| Thursday (4) |
3: Telescopes |
R4, R6-S5, R14, P3, P4,
P5-S6
T Reflecting Telescopes |
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Note 1 |
| Friday (5) |
Selections from 4: The Solar System- 4.1, 4.3, 4.4
Selections from 5: Earth and Its Moon- 5.1, 5.2, More Precisely 5-1, 5.6, 5.8 |
C4: R9, P6, P7, C5: R1, P1-S7, S8, A on solar system
formation, A
on detection of new extrasolar planet |
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Quiz 1 covering Chps P, 1, 2, 3 at 1:30PM |
Week 2
3/29 - 4/2 |
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| Monday (6) |
Selections from 6: The Terrestrial Planets- pgs 158-179 Selections from
7: The Jovian Planets- pgs 188-198, 207 |
C6: R11, P7 C7: R3, P2, S9,
S10, S11
A overview of
recent Mars missions
A evidence
for water on Mars I
A evidence
for water on Mars II
A life of scientist exploring Mars
Mpeg movie showing Jupiter comet impact |
Scaling
Solar System lab |
|
| Tuesday (7) |
9: The Sun |
R3-S12, R5, R11, P3,
P4, P7, P9, Video "May 12 1997 Solar Flare Event" |
|
Quiz 2 covering Chps 4, 5, 6,7 at 1 PM |
| Wednesday (8) |
10: Measuring the Stars- Main Sequence |
R5-S13, R8-S14, R10, P2, P4, S15,
PL Blackbody and stellar temperature |
Stellar Classification lab
at 1:30 |
|
| Thursday (9) |
11: The Interstellar Medium: Star Formation |
R7-S16, R9, R11, P6,
P7-S17, S18 |
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Talk entitled: How special are we? The tale of Copernican
humiliation. Dr. George Seielstad. 7:30 PM. Packard Hall. Extra credit! |
| Friday (10) |
No additional reading |
Review problems |
|
Review Session at 10AM. Midterm Exam at 1PM. |
Week 3
4/5 - 4/9 |
|
| Monday (11) |
12: Stellar Evolution |
P1, P2, P5, P8, S19, S20, S21, S22, S23,
Animation HR Diagram tracks stellar evolution, Animation Recurrent Nova, Animation
Evolution of a 1 solar mass star |
Learn to use telescopes |
No class in morning. Class will be at cabin. Leave for Cabin at 1PM
from the plaza north of Barnes and east of Tutt. |
| Tuesday (12) |
13: Neutron Stars and Black Holes |
R7, R9, P2, P4, P7-S24, S25, S26, S27 |
Observational lab at night |
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| Wednesday (13) |
14: The Milky Way Galaxy |
R11, R12, P6-S28, P10, S29, S30, PL The
Mass of a Galaxy |
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Back from Cabin at 2PM. |
| Thursday (14) |
15: Normal and Active Galaxies |
R7, R10, R11, P6-S31, P8, S32, S33 |
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| Friday (15) |
16: Hubble's Law and Dark Matter |
R1, R2, R5, P2, P4, P7, P10, S34 Contest!-
Anyone who turns in a correct solution to problem P5 from this chapter by Tuesday 4/13
wins an exciting prize (and gets great practice doing problems)! |
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Quiz 3- take home. Due Monday at the beginning of class. |
Week 4
4/12 - 4/14 |
|
| Monday (16) |
17: Cosmology- The Big Bang
18: Life in the Universe |
C17: R1, R5, R6, R9, R14, P6, P9, P10, S35,
S36
C18: R11, R14, S37 |
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| Tuesday (17) |
No additional reading |
Review problems |
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Review sessions |
| Wednesday (18) |
No additional reading |
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Final Exam |
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