Introductions with Dr. Tony Crider
Objectives for Today Become familiar with the syllabus while meeting your classmates. Demonstrate any prior knowledge of astronomy.
Date Lecture Read this chapter from Bad Astronomy before class. Do this MasteringAstronomy tutorial before class. Do this MasteringAstronomy assignment before midnight. 4-Feb Introduction Chapter 1: Egg Balancing and the Equinox 6-Feb Our Modern View of the Universe Chapter 3: Bad Astronomy in Everyday Language Introduction to MasteringAstronomy 9-Feb The Scale of the Universe Chapter 23: Star Naming for Dummies Scale of the Universe 11-Feb Patterns in the Sky Chapter 12: Polaris Assignment 1 13-Feb The Reason for the Seasons Chapter 5: Why Summer Turns to Fall Seasons 16-Feb GAME: The Pluto Game Assignment 2 18-Feb VIDEO: Bill Nye Chapter 6: The Moon s Changing Face Phases of the Moon 20-Feb VIDEO: Conspiracy Theory Chapter 17: Uncovering the Moon-Landing Hoax Assignment 3 23-Feb The Moon, Our Constant Companion Chapter 13: Eclipses and Sun-Watching Eclipses 25-Feb EXAM REVIEW Assignment 4 27-Feb EXAM 1 2-Mar Describing Motion Orbits and Kepler s Laws 4-Mar Newton s Laws Assignment 5 6-Mar The Law of Gravity Chapter 7: The Moon and the Tides Motion and Gravity 9-Mar LAB: Build a Cross-staff Chapter 8: The Big Moon Illusion Assignment 6 11-Mar Properties of Light Chapter 10: Stars of Many Colors Light and Spectroscopy 13-Mar Learning from Light Doppler Effect Assignment 7 16-Mar Telescopes: Giant Eyes Chapter 22: Hubble Space Telescope Misconceptions Telescopes 18-Mar EXAM REVIEW Assignment 8 20-Mar EXAM 2 23-Mar Spring Break 25-Mar Spring Break 27-Mar Spring Break 30-Mar Life in the Universe Chapter 20: UFOs and Illusions of the Mind and Eye Detecting Extrasolar Planets 1-Apr A Closer Look at the Sun The Sun Assignment 9 3-Apr VIDEO: Inconvenient Truth Surface Temperature of Terrestrial Planets 6-Apr The Formation of Planets Formation of the Solar System Assignment 10 8-Apr Cosmic Collisions Chapter 15: Meteors, Meteoroids, and Meteorites Shaping Planetary Surfaces 10-Apr The Big Bang Chapter 16: Misunderstanding the Beginning of it All Hubble s Law Assignment 11 13-Apr Easter Break 15-Apr EXAM REVIEW 17-Apr EXAM 3 20-Apr GAME: Galileo Setup 1 22-Apr GAME: Galileo Setup 2 24-Apr GAME: Galileo Setup 3 Assignment 12 27-Apr GAME: Galileo Game Session 1 29-Apr GAME: Galileo Game Session 2 1-May GAME: Galileo Game Session 3 4-May GAME: Galileo Game Session 4 6-May GAME: Galileo Game Session 5 8-May GAME: Galileo Post Mortem 11-May See OnTrack TBA COMPREHENSIVE FINAL EXAM
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Syllabus Times, Materials, & Description Goals Honor Code Objectives
Grading Policy Class Participation 20% MasteringAstronomy 20% Exams 25% Trial of Galileo 20% Observing Labs 15%
Observing Labs Labs begin the second week of class. Only four 30-minute rooftop labs will be held during the semester. Students groups and meeting times will be posted later this week.
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Our Modern View of the Universe Bad Astronomy, Chapter 3 Introduction to MasteringAstronomy