ASTRONOMY 10 - FIRST SESSION - SUMMER 2008

GENERAL SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES

Day #	Date	Topics and Activities	Location	Textbook Reading*	Homework Due**
1	Mon, May 19	Period 1: Enrollment Check, Introduction, Goals, and Objectives	Planetarium	Chapter 1	-
		Period 2: Overview of Astronomy; Distance and Time Scales Scientific Method, Common Themes in Astronomy	Planetarium
2	Tue, May 20	Period 1: Third-Hour Activity A and CPS Quiz AA	Planetarium	Chapter 2	Assignment 00
		Period 2: Planetarium Sky Demonstrations – Terminology and Motions Seasons, Precession, Moon Phases, Eclipses Ancient Mysteries – Retrograde Motion and Stellar Parallax	Planetarium
3	Wed, May 21	Period 1: Third-Hour Activity B and CPS Quiz BB	ST2	Chapter 3	Assignment 01
		Period 2: Early History and the Geocentric Models, Ptolemy Origins Modern Astronomy - Copernicus, Brahe, Kepler Galileo – Nature of Science, Observations, Inertia and Motion	Planetarium
4	Thu, May 22	Period 1: Third-Hour Activity C and CPS Quiz CC	ST2	Chapter 4	Assignment 02
		Period 2: Newton’s Three Laws of Motion, Force and Acceleration Conservation Laws – Momentum and Energy	Planetarium
-	Mon, May 26	Holiday		-	-
		Holiday
5	Tue, May 27	Period 1: Law of Universal Gravitation Applications: Orbits, Surface Gravity, Escape Velocity, Tides	Planetarium	Chapter 5*	Assignment 03
		Period 2: Properties of Light, The Stefan-Boltzmann and Wien Laws Atoms and Spectra, the Doppler Shift, Atmospheric Absorption Take-Home Midterm Available (Part I - 50 pts)	Planetarium
6	Wed, May 28	Period 1: Structure and Dynamics of the Solar System Clues to the Formation of the Solar Systems	Planetarium	Chapter 6	-
		Period 2: Third-Hour Activity D and CPS Quiz DD	ST2
7	Thu, May 29	Period 1: Physical Processes and the Creation of the Planets and Moon Other Planetary Systems	Planetarium	-	Assignment 04
		Period 2: Third-Hour Activity E and CPS Quiz EE	Planetarium

* Sections of the text that are not required reading are: Parts of 5.3 concerning telescopes and all of Chapter 18.

** Assignments are found on the “Mastering Astronomy” web site for “The Essential Cosmic Perspective”.

ASTRONOMY 10 - FIRST SESSION - SUMMER 2008

GENERAL SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES (continued)

Day #	Date	Topics and Activities	Location	Textbook Reading*	Homework Due**
8	Mon, June 2	Period 1: The Earth – A Comparative Planetology Approach The Moon and Mercury– Physical Characteristics	Planetarium	Chapter 7	-
		Period 2: Third-Hour Activity F and CPS Quiz FF	ST2
9	Tue, June 3	Period 1: More Terrestrial Planets – Venus and Mars King of the Jovian Planets – Jupiter	Planetarium	Chapter 8	Assignment 05
		Period 2: More Jovian Planets – Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune	Planetarium
10	Wed, June 4	Period 1: Solar System Debris - Asteroids, Comets, Meteors Pluto, Dwarf Planets, and the Kuiper Belt Cosmic Collisions and Consequences	Planetarium	Chapter 9	Assignment 06
		Period 2: Third-Hour Activity G and CPS Quiz GG	Rm ST2
11	Thu, June 5	Period 1: In-Class Midterm Exam (Part II - 50 pts) (Bring Scantron 882 and #2 Pencils)	Planetarium	Extra Credit (First 10 pts) Due	Assignment 07
		Period 2: Third-Hour Activity H and CPS Quiz HH	ST2
12	Mon, June 9	Period 1: Take-Home Midterm Due (Part I - 50 pts) Physical Characteristics and Processes of the Sun Sunspots, Solar Activity Cycle, and the Sun-Earth Connection	Planetarium	Chapter 10 Chapter 11
		Period 2: Properties of Stars – Luminosity, Temperature, Mass, Radius Magnitude System, Parallax, and Binary Star Systems Stellar Classifications and the HR Diagram	Planetarium
13	Tue, June 10	Period 1: Globular and Open Star Clusters, Stellar Birth and Aging Theories of Stellar Formation	Planetarium	Chapter 12	Assignment 08
		Period 2: Third-Hour Activity I and CPS Quiz II	ST2
14	Wed, June 11	Period 1: Theories of Stellar Evolution and Death Low-Mass vs High-Mass Stars, Creation of the Elements	Planetarium		Assignment 09
		Period 2: Third-Hour Activity J and CPS Quiz JJ	ST2
15	Thu, June 12	Period 1: White Dwarfs, Neutron Stars, and Black Holes Accretion Disks, Novae, Supernovae Pulsars, X-Ray Binaries and Bursters, Gamma-Ray Bursts	Planetarium	Chapter 13	Assignment 10
		Period 2: Third-Hour Activity K and CPS Quiz KK	ST2

* Sections of the text that are not required reading are: Parts of 5.3 concerning telescopes and all of Chapter 18.

** Assignments are found on the “Mastering Astronomy” web site for “The Essential Cosmic Perspective”.

ASTRONOMY 10 - FIRST SESSION - SUMMER 2008

GENERAL SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES (continued)

Day #	Date	Topics and Activities	Location	Textbook Reading*	Homework Due**
16	Mon, June 16	Period 1: The Milky Way Galaxy – Characteristics and Dynamics Galactic Recycling, Star-Forming Regions, The Spiral Arms History of the Milky Way, The Galactic Center	Planetarium	Chapter 14	Assignment 11
		Period 2: Third-Hour Activity L and CPS Quiz LL	Planetarium
17	Tue, June 17	Period 1: Galaxy Types – Spirals, Ellipticals, and Irregulars Galaxy Distances and the Hubble Law Galaxy Evolution and the Lookback Time Quasars and Other Active Galaxies, Supermassive Black Holes	Planetarium	Chapter 15	Assignment 12
		Period 2: Third-Hour Activity M and CPS Quiz MM	Planetarium
18	Wed, June 18	Period 1: Cosmology – The Big Picture of the Universe Dark Matter and Dark Energy – Evidence and “Composition” The Large Scale Structure of the Universe	Planetarium	Chapter 16 Chapter 17	Assignment 13
		Period 2: The Big Bang and the Evolution of the Universe Observational Evidence the case for Inflation, Olbers’ Paradox	Planetarium
19	Thu, June 19	Period 1: Planetarium Sky Quiz (30 pts) Final Exam (Part I, Deep Sky Object Identification – 20 pts and Part II, Group Effort - 20 pts)	Planetarium	Balance of Extra Credit Due
		Period 2: Final Exam (Part III, Multiple Choice - 70 pts) (Bring Scantron 882 and #2 Pencils)	Planetarium

* Sections of the text that are not required reading are: Parts of 5.3 concerning telescopes and all of Chapter 18.

** Assignments are found on the “Mastering Astronomy” web site for “The Essential Cosmic Perspective”.