ASTRONOMY 30500 PR
COURSE NUMBER: 27132
FALL 2018
Tuesday and Thursday 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM – Room MR 3
COURSE SCHEDULE
Day | Date | Class | Explorations 8th Ed. | Topic | Assignment: Chapter* & Test Yourself | Video |
Tu | Aug 28 | 1 | Preview, 1.1-1.2 | Cosmic Landscape, Cycles of the Sky | P(TY 2,3,4) 1(TY 1,3,4) | HC II [5] Backyard Astron 1-7 |
Th | Aug 30 | 2 | 1.3-1.4, 2.1-2.4 | Cycles of the Sky, History | 1(TY 7,11) 2(TY 2,5,6,7) | HC I [4] Beyond Big Bang 1-6 |
Tu | Sep 4 | 3 | Essay* 1, 3.1-3.5 | Backyard Astronomy, Gravity & Motion | E1(TY 2,4,6) 3(TY 2,4,5,6) |
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Th | Sep 6 | 4 | 3.6-3.8, 4.1-4.3 | Gravity, Motion, Light & Atoms | 3(TY 7,8,9) 4(TY 1,2,3) | HC II [5] Gravity |
Th | Sep 13 | 5 | 4.4-4.7, Essay* 2 | Light, Atoms & Relativity | 4(TY 6,7,8) E2(TY 1,2,4) |
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Th | Sep 20 | 6 | 5.1-5.5 | Telescopes | 5(TY 1,2,4,6,8,9) |
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Tu | Sep 25 | 7 | 6.1-6.5 | The Earth | 6(TY 1,2,3,5) |
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Th | Sep 27 | 8 | 6.6-6.7, Essay* 3 | The Earth & Keeping Time | 6(TY 7) E3(TY 2,3,4) |
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Tu | Oct 2 | 9 | 7.1-7.5 | The Moon I | 7(TY 1,3,5,6) | HC I [2] The Moon |
Th | Oct 4 | 10 |
| The Moon II & Review |
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Tu | Oct 9 | 11 | Exam I: 1 Hr | All Topics through Chapter 7 |
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Th | Oct 11 | 12 | 8.1-8.3 | Solar System Survey | 8(TY 2,3,5,6) |
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Tu | Oct 16 | 13 | 9.1-9.4 | Terrestrial Planets I | 9(TY 3,4,6,8) |
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Th | Oct 18 | 14 |
| Terrestrial Planets II & Outer Planets I |
| HC I [2] Mercury & Venus |
Tu | Oct 23 | 15 | 10.1-10.5 | Outer Planets II & Meteors | 10(TY 1,2,3,4,5) |
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Th | Oct 25 | 16 | 11.1-11.4 | Asteroids, Comets & The Sun I | 11(TY 1,2,4,8,9,11) | HC I [3] Outer Planets |
Tu | Oct 30 | 17 | 12.1-12.5 | The Sun II | 12(TY 1,2,4,6,7) |
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Th | Nov 1 | 18 | 13.1-13.3 | Measuring Properties of Stars I | 13(TY 1,3,5) | HC I [1] Secrets of the Sun |
Tu | Nov 6 | 19 | 13.4-13.6 | Measuring Properties of Stars II | 13(TY 6,7,8,9) |
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Th | Nov 8 | 20 | Exam II: 1 Hr | Topics in Chapters 8 - 13 |
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Tu | Nov 13 | 21 | 14.1-14.8 | Stellar Evolution | 14(TY 1,5,6,7,9.10) |
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Th | Nov 15 | 22 | 15.1-15.3 | Stellar Remnants | 15(TY 1,4,5,7,8) | HC II [4] Nebulas |
Tu | Nov 20 | 23 | 16.1-16.4 | The Milky Way I |
| HC I [3] Life/Death Star; |
Tu | Nov 27 | 24 | 16.5-16.8 | The Milky Way II | 16(TY 1,3,7,8,9) | HC II [1] Milky Way |
Th | Nov 29 | 25 | 17.1-17.4 | Galaxies I | 17(TY 1,2,3,9,10) | HC I [3] Alien Galaxies |
Tu | Dec 4 | 26 | 17.5-17.6, 18.1-18.3 | Galaxies II & Cosmology | 18(TY 1,2,3) | HC I [4] Beyond Big Bang 7-12 |
Th | Dec 6 | 27 | 18.4-18.6, Essay* 4 | Cosmology & The Origin of Life | 18(TY 5,7,9) E4(TY 1,2,7) | HC I [2] Space Ship Earth |
Tu | Dec 11 | 28 |
| Review |
| HC I [4] Search for ET |
| TBD | 29 | Final Exam: 1.5 Hr | All Topics |
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* “Essay” refers to the four chapters in the book so named.
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