Summer 2021 Syllabus Astronomy 30500 Course Schedule

Day

Date

Lecture

Reading

Topics

Assignment for Participation

Check Your Understanding

Number

Explorations 9^th Ed.

Covered

 Chapter (Test Yourself Questions)

Questions for Review

Mo

June 7

1

Preview

Cosmic Landscape

P(TY 2,3,4)

P(1-7)

Tu

June 8

2

1.1-1.4, 2.1-2.2

Cycles of the Sky + History I

1(TY 1,3,4,7,11)

1(1,4,5) 2(1,5,7)

We

June 9

3

2.3-2.4,

History II 

2(TY 2,5,6,7)

2(9,11)

Mo

June 14

4

Essay^* 1, 3.1-3.5

Backyard Astronomy + Gravity & Motion I

E1(TY 2,4,6) 3(TY 2,4,5,6)

E1(2-4) 3(1,5)

Tu

June 15

5

3.6-3.8, 4.1-4.3

Gravity & Motion II + Light & Atoms I

3(TY 7,8,9) 4(TY 1,2,3)

3(7,9,10) 4(1,5,7)

We

June 16

6

4.4-4.7, Essay^* 2

Light & Atoms II + Relativity

4(TY 6,7,8) E2(TY 1,2,4)

4(9,12) E2(2,3,7)

Mo

June 21

7

5.1-5.3

Telescopes I

5(TY 1,2,4,6)

5(1,2,5)

Tu

June 22

8

5.4-5.5, 6.1-6.3

Telescopes II + The Earth I

5(TY 8,9) 6(TY 1,2,3)

5(7,9) 6(1,4,5,)

We

June 23

9

6.4-6.7, Essay^* 3

The Earth II + Keeping Time

6(TY 5,7) E3(TY 2,3,4)

6(10,15,16) E3(2,5)

Mo

June 28

10

7.1-7.5, 8.1

The Moon + Survey of the Solar System I

7(TY 1,3,5,6)

7(2,6,7,8) 8(1,3,7)

Tu

June 29

11

8.2-8.3, 9.1

Survey of Solar System II + Terrestrial Planets I

8(TY 2,3,5,6)

8(17,18,20) 9(4,5)

We

June 30

12

9.2-9.4

Terrestrial Planets II

9(TY 3,4,6,8)

9(8,14,18)

Tu

July 6

First Exam 30 Min

All Topics through Chapter 8

Tu

July 6

13

10.1-10.5, 11.1

Outer Planets II + Meteors

10(TY 1,2,3,4,5)

10(8,11,16) 11(2,3,4)

We

July 7

14

11.2-11.4, 12.1

Asteroids & Comets + The Sun I

11(TY 1,2,4, 8, 9, 11)

11(10,13,14,19) 12(2,3,7,9)

Mo

July 12

15

12.2-12.5

The Sun II

12(TY 1,2, 4, 6, 7)

12(10,11,14,16,20)

Tu

July 13

16

13.1-13.6

Properties of Stars

13(TY 1,3,5,6,7,8,9)

13(5,6,7,8,9)

We

July 14

17

14.1-14.8

Stellar Evolution

14(TY 1,5,6,7,9,10)

14(8,11,14,19,23)

Mo

July 19

18

15.1-15.3, 16.1-16.4

Stellar Remnants + The Milky I

15(TY 1,4,5,7,8) 16(TY 1,3,7)

15(3,9,13,20) 16(3,5,10,14,16)

Tu

July 20

19

16.5-16.8, 17.1-17.6

The Milky Way II + Galaxies I

16(TY 8,9) 17(TY 1,2,3,9,10)

16(17,18) 17(2,6,10,12,19,20)

We

July 21

20

18.1-18.6

Cosmology I

18(TY 1,2,3, 5, 7, 9)

18(5,8,9,12,14,19,20)

Mo

July 26

21

Essay* 4

The Origin of Life

E4(TY 1,2,7)

E4(6,9)

We

July 28

Second Exam 30 Min

Topics in Chapters 9 – E4