DATE
|
MATERIAL
|
TOPICS
|
Aug.
26
|
Introduction
|
Describe
course,
Tour of the Universe,
Powers of 10, (animation)
|
| Aug.
28
|
Chap.
1
|
Night Sky, Units
Very cool Night
Sky
Video found by student Jordan Hall
Another cool Night
Sky
Video by student Javier Cobas
|
Sep. 2
|
Labor Day |
No classes |
Sep. 4
|
Chap. 1
|
Seasons and Eclipses
Is
the Earth really flat?
Mini-Quiz 1 (solution)
|
Sep. 9
|
Chap. 2 |
History of Astronomy
|
| Sep. 11 |
Chap.
2
|
Kepler and Newton
Mini-Quiz
2 (solution)
|
| Sep. 16 |
Chap.
5
|
Formation
of
the Solar System
Mini-Quiz
3 (solution)
|
| Sep. 18 |
Chap. 6 |
Earth
Comedy:
John
Oliver
on
Cimate
Change
Leonardo
Di
Caprio
on
Climate
Change
Air
streams
in
motion!
|
| Sep.
23 |
MID-TERM I
|
Chaps. 1-2
Mid-Term Exam 1 (solution)
|
| Sep. 25 |
Chap.
6
|
Moon
|
Sep. 30
|
Chap.
7,8
|
Inner and Outer Planets
New
discoveries
about
Venus!
Earth:
Magnetic
Fields
from
Iron
Core
|
Oct. 2
|
Chaps. 9
|
Comets and Asteroids
Mini-Quiz 4 (solution)
|
Oct.
7
|
Chap.
3
|
Light and Telescopes
|
Oct.
9
|
Chap. 4 |
Light and Spectra |
Oct.
14
|
Chap.
4,
11
|
Properties of Stars
Mini-Quiz 5 (solution)
|
| Oct.
16
|
Chap.
11
|
Properties of Stars
Mini-Quiz 6 (solution)
|
| Oct.
21
|
Chap.
10
|
Sun |
Oct. 23
|
MID-TERM II
|
All
material, chaps. 1-9, 11 (no Sun)
Mid-Term
Exam 2 (solution)
|
Oct.
28
|
Chap.
12
|
Birth of Stars
NEW
OBSERVATIONS!
|
Oct.
30
|
Chap
13
|
Death of Stars
Mini-Quiz 7 (solution)
|
| Nov.
4
|
Chap.
13
|
Neutron Stars
|
Nov.
6
|
Chap.
14
|
Einstein's Relativity, Black Holes
Travel inside
a Black Hole
Making the movie
Iterstellar
Mini-Quiz 8 (solution)
|
Nov. 11
|
Veteran's Day Observed
|
No classes |
Nov.
13
|
Chap.
15
|
Milky Way
Mini-Quiz 9 (solution)
|
Nov.
18
|
Chap.
16,
17
|
Galaxies, Quasars
|
Nov. 20
|
Chap.
18 |
Big Bang, Cosmology
Mini-Quiz10 (solution)
|
Nov. 25
|
Planetarium show |
Black Holes!
|
Nov. 27-30
|
Thanksgiving Day Holiday |
EAT TURKEY! |
Dec.
2
|
Chapter
19
|
Astrobiology
Dark
Matter
as
origin
of
Life
- Lisa Randall
Mini-Quiz 11 (solution)
|
Dec.
4
|
Preparing
for
Final!
|
Final Exam Review |
Mon.
Dec.
9
12:30pm - 2:30pm
HCB
101
|
FINAL
EXAM
|
All materials chaps.
1-19
|