Fall 2007 Syllabus AST BASIC ASTRONOMY Page 1 of 15 MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY PHY2049L /2814 9:00-11:50

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1 Fall 2007 Syllabus AST BASIC ASTRONOMY Page 1 of 15 Location: Instructor: Tuesday and Thursday 4:30 PM 5:45 PM, Building 39 (College of Health) /Room 1016 John Anderson, BS Physics (Univ of Florida), PhD Biophysics (Harvard Univ) Senior Research Lecturer and Director, Center for Science and the Public Department of Chemistry & Physics Office: 50/1508 (1 st floor of the Science & Engineering Building) jeanders@unf.edu phone and voice mail: Here is my schedule, including office hours and other classes I teach or supervise this term: MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY PHY2054L /2814 9:00-11:50 OFFICE 50/ :00-13:00 PHY2049L /2814 9:00-11:50 OFFICE 50/ :00-13:00 PHY2049L /2814 9:00-11:50 OFFICE 50/ :00-13:00 OFFICE 50/ :00-16:00 OFFICE 50/ :00-16:00 AST / :30-17:45 AST / :30-17:45 AST / :30-17:45 AST / :30-17:45 AST2002L (supervisor) 50/ :30-22:20 You can make an appointment to see me at a time other than during office hours, or you can contact me by or by telephone. is best. I will get back to you as soon as possible. IMPORTANT THINGS TO DO 1. MAKE SURE YOU CAN READ YOUR UNF ! RECOMMENDATION: DON T FORWARD. I will use your unf.edu address to communicate with you via a class distribution list that contains only that address. To ensure that you receive s from me and other UNF instructors, I recommend that you read your UNF directly, rather than having it forwarded to another account. Go to for more information. 2. WHEN YOU SEND TO ME, BEGIN THE SUBJECT LINE WITH YOUR COURSE AND SECTION NUMBER! This will help me recognize messages from students. The subject line should also include a brief description of the topic of the message, as in this example subject line: Subject: AST Put a brief description of what your is about here 3. LEARN HOW TO USE BLACKBOARD! I will post online quizzes, grades, and documents there. UNF Information Technology Services will offer several mini-workshops on how to use both Blackboard and UNF , which you can find out more about at the following web page: REQUIRED MATERIALS (Bring all of these to every class) The Essential Cosmic Perspective, 4 th edition, Bennett, Donahue, Schneider, & Voit (2007) The Night Sky (a star wheel ) Sky & Telescope Magazine, January 2007, containing the 2007 Skygazer s Almanac

2 Fall 2007 Syllabus AST BASIC ASTRONOMY Page 2 of 15 NATURE, CONTENT, GOALS, AND OBJECTIVES This course is designed to help you learn about the current scientific understanding of the astronomical universe and how that understanding came about. It provides three lecture credits in the Natural Sciences category of UNF s General Education program. The course addresses several of UNF s Central Student Outcomes of General Education: Central Student Outcomes of General Education addressed by AST2002 (see I. Skills: Students should be able to: B. demonstrate competence in the use of information technology, as demonstrated by the ability to 1. locate, retrieve, and filter information using appropriate resources 2. use appropriate software for developing written and graphic materials and for organizing, analyzing, and presenting data 3. use appropriate network communications software C. communicate effectively, as demonstrated by the ability to: 1. write coherent analytical and persuasive papers using effective expression II. Knowledge: Students should know: A. The natural and designed world, 1. demonstrating a general knowledge of current scientific understanding of the history and nature of the universe, the earth, and of life forms C. History, literature, art, music, and philosophy, 1. demonstrating a general knowledge of the nature, origins, and contributions of major civilizations D. Mathematical and Quantitative Reasoning 2. demonstrating proficiency in solving problems using mathematical concepts and quantitative reasoning A separate one-credit laboratory course, Basic Astronomy Laboratory (AST2002L), is available for general education science laboratory credit. The lab provides more personalized instruction on many of the topics covered in this lecture course. Taking the lab course has helped students do better in the lecture course in the past, so you may want to consider enrolling in the lab if you can, but unfortunately all lecture students cannot be accommodated in the lab. ATTENDANCE To encourage you to attend class regularly, attendance will be graded, and will count 3% of your final grade. Statistical analysis of the correlation between lecture attendance and final grade in previous terms suggests that regular attendance has a considerably larger effect on your final grade than the 3% it counts for, so try to attend each and every class. Due to the size of the class, I will distribute attendance sheets near the end of class instead of calling the roll. You must sign the attendance sheet to get credit for attending. ASKING QUESTIONS IN CLASS Do not be shy about speaking up in class if you have a question about something. Even if you think it is a dumb question, it is dumber not to ask if you really want to know the answer. Besides, you are probably not the only one in the class with that question, and you will be helping those students as well as yourself. However, if you don t feel comfortable asking questions in class, please see me after class or in my office, or contact me by or by phone. People tend to learn things better when their minds are actively engaged, so I will try to encourage you to be actively engaged by asking you questions and possibly involving you in other classroom activities on a regular basis! STUDENT RESOURCES The textbook publisher provides an excellent online study guide called MasteringAstronomy at The course ID is AST An access code for the site comes with a new textbook. Just enter the access code according to the instructions in the textbook. If you buy a new book and return it, please be sure to return the access code with it so that any students who buy it to use in

3 Fall 2007 Syllabus AST BASIC ASTRONOMY Page 3 of 15 future terms will also have access to the online study guide. If you bought a used book, hope that the previous owner did the same. In the study area on the site, you will find chapter summaries, quizzes, tutorials, interactive figures, a glossary, flashcards, and movies. Take advantage of these, because they can only help you in the course. Your textbook also comes with a CD containing a planetarium program called Skygazer that will be useful for your Constellation Project (see below). STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES The following is a statement the UNF Disability Resource Center has asked me to include: Students with disabilities who seek reasonable accommodations regarding their coursework must first be registered with the UNF Disability Resource Center (DRC). The DRC will work with the student to obtain required documentation of disability and to partner with the student to determine accommodations as required under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). When all required documentation is received, the student will deliver a letter from the DRC that advises faculty about approved accommodations. If students registered with the DRC do not receive approved accommodations, they should immediately contact the DRC. CHEATING AND PLAGIARISM JUST DON T DO IT! Cheating and plagiarism are equivalent to stealing, and I will not tolerate them. If you are caught cheating or plagiarizing on any assignment, quiz, or test, you will receive a zero on it, and your final grade will be adversely affected as well. THE COMPONENTS OF YOUR GRADE Read this section carefully. There are a total of 100 percentage points possible at the end of the course, not counting extra credit (see below). Those 100 percentage points are broken up as follows: 1% Connectivity Check On the Tuesday of the second week of the term (one week after the first class), I will send an message to the class distribution list with the subject Connectivity Check. When you receive the Connectivity Check message, follow the instructions by the deadline given in it to receive credit. The purpose of the Connectivity Check is to ensure that you are able to receive messages sent to the class distribution list. Send yourself a Cc of this so that you have a record of what you sent and when you sent it. 1% , Internet, and Personal Information (EIPI) Assignment This assignment, which is described in detail on page 7 of this syllabus, must be submitted by to me (jeanders@unf.edu) by 11:00 PM on the Friday of the second week of the term. Send yourself a Cc. 3% Attendance You must sign in (see previous page) in order to get credit for attending class. 5% Current Astronomy Starting September 14 th you will periodically a Current Astronomy assignment, or CA, to my grader, Rozmin Sachedina, at sacr0002@unf.edu. Each CA will consist of a summary in your own words of a news story about the science of astronomy that you find on one of the following astronomy news web sites: or CA s must come from one of those web sites, must be about the science of astronomy (not about the politics of the space program, for example), and must be submitted by by 11:00 PM on the Fridays indicated in the class schedule on page 5. Indicate which CA it is in the subject line, along with the title of the article. For example: Subject: CA1 Life discovered in Room 1016 of UNF College of Health In the body of the not as an attachment give the following information: - your name - the title of the news story - the complete URL of the story (not just the home page of the web site where you found it) - a one-paragraph summary of the story in your own words, written according to the applicable guidelines found on page 6 of this syllabus Be sure to send yourself a Cc. If you don t provide all of the information just described, you will not get full credit. Each CA must be based on a news story that appeared after the previous CA was due. Otherwise it would not be current! You cannot submit them all at the beginning of the term. You may miss one CA assignment. 10% Constellation Project Due Tuesday, November 6 th. See the last several pages of this syllabus for a detailed description of the project and the forms you will need to complete it. IMPORTANT: You must sign and date both certification statements to get full credit for the project (see the detailed description).

4 Fall 2007 Syllabus AST BASIC ASTRONOMY Page 4 of 15 15% Blackboard Quizzes These will be administered on Blackboard approximately weekly starting in the third week of the term, and are intended to help you study and to touch on topics for which there is no time in lecture. Some of the questions may appear on exams. You will be allowed to take these open-book quizzes as many times as you like during the week in order to improve your score if necessary. The last score you earn will go into your grade. I will drop your lowest quiz grade. 30% Midterm Exam (TENTATIVE date is Thursday, October 18 th ) The midterm will be comprehensive. Makeup exams will be given only for valid and documented reasons, and will be at my convenience. You may use one (1) crib sheet, containing any information you wish, written in your original handwriting on the front and back of a standard sheet of printer paper. 35% Final Exam (Thursday, December 13 th, 3:00 PM 4:50 PM, in the regular classroom) The final exam will be comprehensive, but will be weighted toward material covered since the midterm. Makeup exams will be given only for valid and documented reasons, and will be at my convenience. This time you may use two (2) crib sheets, once again containing any information you wish, written in your original handwriting on the front and back of two standard sheets of printer paper. Extra Credit: You will receive extra credit for attending occasional observing sessions, signing a signin sheet, and submitting a brief (no more than one single-spaced page) hard-copy report of what you observed, using the form for extra credit reports in Course Documents on Blackboard, and written according to the guidelines on page 6 of this syllabus. The report is due in the first class of the following week, and must contain the following information, typed or word-processed on the Extra Credit Report Form downloaded from Blackboard: NAME: Your Name THE DAY OF THE WEEK YOU DID THE OBSERVATION: e.g., Tuesday THE DATE YOU DID THE OBSERVATION: e.g., September 4 th 2007 WHERE YOU DID THE OBSERVATION: e.g., Roof of Building 50 SUMMARY OF YOUR OBSERVATIONS: What you observed and what you observed it with (naked eyes, a specific type of telescope, etc.) in paragraph form and NOT handwritten. Some observing sessions will be at UNF in conjunction with the astronomy lab course (contact Lawrence Mao, , around 7:10 pm on the day of the session for details) and will be worth one unit of extra credit. Other dark sky observing sessions will involve travel to the Osceola National Forest in conjunction with the Northeast Florida Astronomical Society (NEFAS, ). Because of the travel involved, the dark sky sessions will be worth three units of extra credit. The exact value of a unit of extra credit will be determined at the end of the course and will depend on how many sessions actually occur. Observations happen only if the weather permits. Your units of extra credit will be added to your overall score after the above components of your grade are added together. You may do some of your Constellation Project observations at the observing sessions, but don t plan on doing all of them there. The tentative dates of observing sessions are in the course schedule below. Other observing opportunities may occur, and you will be notified of them if they do. GRADING SCALE A A- B+ B B- C+ C D F < < < < < < < 70 < 60 I do NOT round up grades MATERIAL COVERED The textbook contains 18 chapters divided into six parts. It will simply not be possible to cover everything in every chapter in the book in class, because astronomy is a huge field. Nevertheless, you are responsible for all of the material in each chapter, even if we do not cover it in class. This may sound like a big responsibility and it is but fortunately the book is well-written and not too difficult to understand if you apply yourself. It will be helpful for you to make use of and to do the end-ofchapter questions and problems, and of course, to ask questions if you don t understand something. A tentative schedule for the course is on the next page, in which exams, due dates for assignments, and other important time-sensitive events are bold, italicized, and arrowed, and holidays and potential extra credit observing sessions are italicized.

5 Fall 2007 Syllabus AST BASIC ASTRONOMY Page 5 of 15 T-E-N-T-A-T-I-V-E CLASS SCHEDULE Week Day Date Event T Aug 28 Introduction, Overview, and begin Part I Developing Perspective 1 R Aug 30 Continue Part I Sat Sep 1 Third Quarter Dark Sky Observation in Osceola Forest (weather permitting) T Sep 4 Continue Part I R Sep 6 Finish Part I 2 T Sep 4 Connectivity Check will be sent out (be able to read UNF by now) F Sep 7 EIPI due by 11:00 PM T-R Sep 4 - Sep 6 Lab Observation at UNF (weather permitting) Sat Sep 8 New Moon Dark Sky Observation in Osceola Forest (weather permitting) T Sep 11 Begin Part II Key Concepts for Astronomy 3 R Sep 13 NO CLASS - ROSH HASHANAH F Sep 14 Current Astronomy assignment #1 (CA1) due by 11:00 PM T Sep 18 Continue Part II 4 R Sep 20 Continue Part II M-R Sep 17 - Sep 20 Lab Observation at UNF (weather permitting) T Sep 25 Finish Part II 5 R Sep 27 Begin Part III Learning from Other Worlds F Sep 28 Current Astronomy assignment #2 (CA2) due by 11:00 PM T Oct 2 Continue Part III 6 R Oct 4 Continue Part III M-R Oct 1 - Oct 4 Lab Observation at UNF (weather permitting) Sat Oct 6 Third Quarter Dark Sky Observation in Osceola Forest (weather permitting) T Oct 9 Continue Part III 7 R Oct 11 Continue Part III F Oct 12 Current Astronomy assignment #3 (CA3) due by 11:00 PM Sat Oct 13 New Moon Dark Sky Observation in Osceola Forest (weather permitting) 8 T Oct 16 Finish Part III R Oct 18 MIDTERM EXAM (T-E-N-T-A-T-I-V-E D-A-T-E) T Oct 23 Begin Part IV Stars 9 R Oct 25 Continue Part IV F Oct 26 Current Astronomy assignment #4 (CA4) due by 11:00 PM M-R Oct 22 - Oct 25 Lab Observation at UNF (weather permitting) T Oct 30 Continue Part IV 10 R Nov 1 Continue Part IV Sat Nov 3 Third Quarter Dark Sky Observation in Osceola Forest (weather permitting) T Nov 6 Continue Part IV R Nov 8 Finish Part IV T Nov 6 Constellation Project due at beginning of class 11 F Nov 9 Current Astronomy assignment #5 (CA5) due by 11:00 PM F Nov 9 LAST DAY TO WITHDRAW FROM CLASSES M-R Nov 5 - Nov 8 Lab Observation at UNF (weather permitting) Sat Nov 10 New Moon Dark Sky Observation in Osceola Forest (weather permitting) T Nov 13 Begin Part V Galaxies and Beyond 12 R Nov 15 Continue Part V T-R Nov 13 - Nov 15 Lab Observation at UNF (weather permitting) T Nov 20 Continue Part V 13 R Nov 22 NO CLASS - THANKSGIVING DAY M-W Nov 19 - Nov 21 Lab Observation at UNF (weather permitting) T Nov 27 Continue Part V 14 R Nov 29 Finish Part V F Nov 30 Current Astronomy assignment #6 (CA6) due by 11:00 PM Sat Dec 1 Third Quarter Dark Sky Observation in Osceola Forest (weather permitting) T Dec 4 Begin Part VI Life on Earth and Beyond 15 R Dec 6 Finish Part VI Sat Dec 8 New Moon Dark Sky Observation in Osceola Forest (weather permitting) 16 R Dec 13 FINAL EXAM 3:00 PM 4:50 PM

6 Fall 2007 Syllabus AST BASIC ASTRONOMY Page 6 of 15 Guidelines for good writing: The following was written by Jeff Bennett, the lead author of our textbook (who also writes children s books), with some minor modifications by me. You should keep it in mind when you write throughout your career in college and beyond Presenting Homework and Writing Assignments 1 All work that you turn-in should be of collegiate quality, which means neat and easy to read, well-organized, with proper spelling and grammar, and demonstrating mastery of the subject matter. Future employers and teachers will expect this quality of work. Moreover, although submitting homework of collegiate quality requires "extra" effort, it serves two important purposes directly related to learning. 1. The effort you expend in clearly explaining your work solidifies your learning. In particular, research has shown that writing and speaking trigger different areas of your brain. By writing something down even when you think you already understand it your learning is reinforced by involving other areas of your brain. 2. By making your work clear and self-contained (that is, making it a document that you can read without referring to the questions in the text), it will be a much more useful study guide when you review for a quiz or exam. The following guidelines will help ensure that your assignments meet the standards of collegiate quality. Always use proper grammar, proper sentence and paragraph structure, and proper spelling. All answers and other writing should be fully self-contained. A good test is to imagine that a friend is reading your work, and asking yourself whether the friend would understand exactly what you are trying to say. It is also helpful to read your work out loud to yourself, making sure that it sounds clear and coherent. In problems that require calculation: - Be sure to show your work clearly. By doing so, both you and your instructor can follow the process you used to obtain an answer. - Word problems should have word answers. That is, after you have completed any necessary calculations, any problem stated in words should be answered with one or more complete sentences that describe the point of the problem and the meaning of your solution. - Express your word answers in a way that would be meaningful to most people. For example, most people would find it more meaningful if you point out that a result of 720 hours is approximately 1 month. Similarly, if a precise calculation yields an answer of 9,745,600 years, it may be more meaningful in words as "nearly 10 million years." Of course, if the answer calls specifically for a precise value, then give the precise value. Finally, pay attention to details that will make your assignments look good. For example: - Use standard-sized white paper with clean edges (e.g., do not tear paper out of notebooks because it will have ragged edges). - Staple all pages together; don't use paper clips or folded corners because they don t hold the pages securely and tend to get caught with other students' papers. - Use a ruler to make straight lines in sketches or graphs. - Include illustrations whenever they help to explain your answer. - Ideally, make your work look professional by using a word processor for text and equations and by creating graphs or illustrations with a spreadsheet or other software Jeffrey O. Bennett.

7 Fall 2007 Syllabus AST BASIC ASTRONOMY Page 7 of 15 , INTERNET, AND PERSONAL INFORMATION ASSIGNMENT (EIPI) DUE BY 11:00 PM, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 th 2007 Late submissions will NOT be accepted Be sure to follow the instructions carefully! EXPLORE ASTRONOMY-RELATED WEB SITES Visit the MasteringAstronomy web site, and register there (the course ID is AST ). Spend at least an hour exploring that site as well as the astronomy news web sites and (these are the same ones you use for Current Astronomy assignments). SEND ME AN MESSAGE After you ve finished your explorations, send a single message to me at jeanders@unf.edu, with the subject line: AST EIPI Assignment Make sure your subject line matches this exactly, with spaces between the words and spaces before and after the hyphen, and that the words are spelled correctly, because the subject line will be used to automatically collect your submissions into an folder for grading. If your message doesn t get collected in this way, it will not be accepted. Be sure to send yourself a CC. In the body of the message, include all of the information in the items listed below, numbered exactly as they are here. Be sure to follow the guidelines in Presenting Homework and Writing Assignments on the previous page. 1. Your name 2. Your UNF N-number (for verification of your identity). You will also use the last four of these numbers when you sign in to get credit for attending class. 3. Your telephone number where you can be reached during the semester 4. Your hometown and high school 5. Your status at UNF (e.g., freshman, sophomore, etc.) 6. A brief one-sentence description of your educational and career goals 7. Whether you are taking or have taken the AST2002L Basic Astronomy Laboratory course paragraphs saying briefly what you hope to get out of this class paragraphs briefly describing something you learned from your web surfing and which of the web sites you liked best.

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9 CONSTELLATION PROJECT Due in class on Tuesday, November 6 th 2007 This project is designed to help you learn how to find objects in the sky such as planets, stars, and constellations on your own. NOTE: You must do both the observation log and the research paper. THE OBSERVATION LOG IMPORTANT: Observation logs not signed and dated as described below will NOT be accepted From among the constellations that will be visible well up in the night sky during September, October, and November, pick a constellation that you would like to learn more about and that also contains at least one bright star. Use your star wheel (The Night Sky) to help you choose an appropriate constellation (bright stars are represented by large dots on the star wheel). (NOTE: your bright star CANNOT be Polaris, the North Star, in the constellation Ursa Minor, because it hardly moves at all). Choose a single bright star in your constellation, and make at least five naked eye observations of the altitude and azimuth of that star approximately every two weeks starting in the second week of the term. Here are some definitions that might be helpful: The altitude is the number of degrees that the star is above the horizon when you observe it. See Figure 2.5 in the textbook. The horizon is what you are looking at when you stand up and look straight ahead. The azimuth is the number of degrees between the point on the horizon directly below the star and true north, measured clockwise from north. In Figure 2.5 in the textbook, direction is the same thing as azimuth, except that azimuth is measured in degrees clockwise from true north, so that North is 0, East is 90, South is 180, and West is 270. You find true north by finding the North Star, Polaris, by following the pointer stars of the Big Dipper (see your star wheel). True north is the point on the horizon directly below Polaris. (But remember you can t use Polaris as your star.) You use a very simple tool to measure altitude and azimuth your hand on the end of your outstretched arm! It turns out that if you hold your arm straight out and spread your fingers wide, the angular distance from your thumb to your little finger is about 20, the angular width of your clenched fist is about 10, and the angular width of the tip of your finger is about 1 (see Figure 2.6 in the textbook). By moving various combinations of these from the horizon up to the star you can measure the altitude, and by moving various combinations of them sideways from true north to the point on the horizon directly below the star you can measure the azimuth. You should be able to measure altitude and azimuth to within a few degrees of the correct value using this technique. Try it, and check your result with Skygazer, the planetarium program that comes with your textbook, to see how well you did. However, do not use Skygazer to make your measurements. Those must be made out in the real night sky, and you have to sign a statement certifying that you did indeed make the measurements outdoors looking at the real sky. Try to make your observations at about the same time each night and about every two weeks. Spacing your observations out and making them at the same time will give you a better sense of how the constellation seems to move in the sky over time as a result of the Earth s motion around the Sun. Take advantage of every clear night that you can. For each observation, you must legibly record the following information in the log sheet I have provided you at the end of this document: THE NAMES OF THE CONSTELLATION AND THE STAR THE DATE AND TIME YOU MADE THE OBSERVATION YOUR APPROXIMATE LOCATION IN LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE (Jacksonville is approximately 81 W 30 N) THE AZIMUTH OF THE STAR IN DEGREES (North is 0, East is 90, South is 180, West is 270 ) Use the angle estimation methods described above to get the azimuth THE ALTITUDE OF THE STAR IN DEGREES (horizon is 0, zenith is 90 ) Use the angle estimation methods described above to get the altitude THE WEATHER CONDITIONS (clear, partly cloudy, hazy, etc) Record your data on the accompanying log sheet, and append it to the end of the research report described below. (As with any assignment you turn in for this course, your log sheet should be of collegiate quality,

10 so make sure you write legibly, and spell everything correctly, because points will be deducted if you don t.) I ve included an extra log sheet, just in case, and you can make copies if necessary. At the bottom of the log sheet there is an Observation Log Certification Statement, which you must sign and date certifying that you made the observations outside in the actual night sky on the dates you record. You must sign and date this statement to get credit for the observation log! THE RESEARCH PAPER NOTE: Research papers not signed and dated as described below will NOT be accepted Write a 1- to 2- page essay discussing the story behind your constellation (its history, mythology, etc.) in your own words. I am looking for quality, not quantity, so there is no minimum number of words required. Use as many words as you need to make your essay interesting and intelligent without exceeding the 2-page limit. Also indicate in the essay which one of your constellation s stars you will be observing for the observation log. Follow the guidelines for writing well included on page 6 of this syllabus. Grammar, spelling, and clarity count! You must use at least three different published sources for your essay. At least one must be from the Internet (but not from Wikipedia) and at least two must NOT be from the Internet. Use in-text references in APA style to cite your sources in your essay, and list them in APA style in a bibliography at the end of your essay (see for citation guidelines). In addition to the essay on the history and mythology of your constellation, include at least one image of the entire constellation. The image can be a photograph or a diagram, but don t draw it yourself. Clearly label the star you observed on the image, and give the source of the image in a legend on the same page with the image. (This source does not count as one of the sources for your essay.) The essay, bibliography, and image legend must be typed or printed out from a word processor. THE COMPLETED CONSTELLATION PROJECT The completed project will consist of the following items in the order given (5-percent deduction if you don t), and STAPLED together (5-percent deduction if you don t): A cover sheet with a title, your name, the term (Summer 2007), and AST Your essay on the history and mythology of your constellation, including bibliography, as described above. At least one image of your constellation, as described above. The signed and dated Constellation Project Certification Statement on the next page of this syllabus. You must sign and date this statement to get credit for the Research Paper. Your observation log sheet. You must sign and date the Observation Log Certification Statement to get credit for the Observation Log. IMPORTANT: Both the Constellation Project Certification Statement and the Observation Log Certification Statement must be signed and dated to get full credit for the project!

11 CONSTELLATION PROJECT CERTIFICATION STATEMENT This statement, signed and dated, must be included with your research paper With my signature below, I certify on my honor that this project is my own work and in my own words, with the possible exception of a relatively small number of quotations, which, if present, I have properly attributed to their source. Except for those properly attributed quotations (if present), I certify that I did not copy from nor plagiarize any source whatsoever in producing this work. Signed Date Print Name You will not get credit for your research paper unless you have signed and dated the statement above.

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13 AST2002 BASIC ASTRONOMY CONSTELLATION PROJECT LOG SHEET Constellation Star Date Time Location ( lat, long) Azimuth ( ) Altitude ( ) Weather OBSERVATION LOG CERTIFICATION STATEMENT With my signature below, I certify on my honor that I made my observations on the dates listed above in the real outdoor sky, and not on any sort of artificial sky. Signed Date Print Name You will not get credit for your observation log unless you have signed and dated the statement above.

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15 AST2002 BASIC ASTRONOMY CONSTELLATION PROJECT LOG SHEET Constellation Star Date Time Location ( lat, long) Azimuth ( ) Altitude ( ) Weather OBSERVATION LOG CERTIFICATION STATEMENT With my signature below, I certify on my honor that I made my observations on the dates listed above in the real outdoor sky, and not on any sort of artificial sky. Signed Date Print Name You will not get credit for your observation log unless you have signed and dated the statement above.