| Week |
Lecture |
Lab |
Multimedia/ Movies |
Assignment |
Quiz/ Exam |
Other |
| 8/21 |
Introductions and
Orientation |
Telescope Observing
(weather permitting) |
Powers of Ten |
Determine Moon visibility |
|
Celestial Coordinate
Handout |
| 8/28 |
Introduction:
Exploring the Heavens |
|
Cosmic Voyage; TheSky
Software Demonstration |
Determine Moon Visibility
(con't) |
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| 9/4 |
Chapter 1:
The Copernican Revolution |
Telescope Observing
(weather permitting) |
Hubble Space Telescope |
Motion
of the Sky Observing Project & Report |
|
Monday is a holiday! |
| 9/11 |
Chapter 1:
The Copernican Revolution |
|
Destiny in Space |
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| 9/18 |
Chapter 2:
Light and Matter |
Telescope Observing
(weather permitting) |
Origins |
|
Exam 1
(covers intro & ch. 1) |
|
| 9/25 |
Chapter 2:
Light and Matter |
Spectroscopy |
Magnetic Storm |
|
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| 10/2 |
Chapter 3:
Telescopes |
Telescope Observing
(weather permitting) |
If We Had No Moon |
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| 10/9 |
Chapter 3:
Telescopes |
|
BBC The Planets: Different
Worlds |
|
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| 10/16 |
Chapter 4:
The Solar System |
Telescope Observing
(weather permitting) |
|
|
Midterm Exam
(covers ch. 2 & ch. 3) |
Monday is a holiday! |
| 10/23 |
Chapter 5:
Earth and Its Moon |
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| 10/30 |
Chapter 5:
Earth and Its Moon |
Telescope Observing
(weather permitting) |
95 Worlds and Counting |
|
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| 11/6 |
Chapter 6:
The Terrestrial Planets |
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| 11/13 |
Chapter 7:
The Jovian Planets |
Telescope Observing
(weather permitting) |
|
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Exam 3
(covers
ch. 4, 5 & 6) |
|
| 11/20 |
Chapter 8:
Moons, Rings and Pluto |
|
Asteroids; Armageddon;
Deep Impact |
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| 11/27 |
Chapter 9:
The Sun |
Telescope Observing
(weather permitting) |
Solar Max |
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| 12/4 |
Chapter 9:
The Sun |
Telescope Observing
(weather permitting) |
Contact |
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| 12/11 |
Review |
None |
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Final Exam
(covers
ch. 7, 8 & 9) |
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