ASTRONOMY 10 FALL 2009
GENERAL SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES
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Week # |
Week Beginning |
Lecture Topics and Activities |
Textbook |
Homework** |
3rd Hr Exercise |
CPS Quiz |
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1 |
8/31 |
Enrollment
Chec Overview of
Astronomy and the Universe Distance
and Time Scales, Our Place in the Cosmos |
Chapter 1 |
Assignment 0 No Due Date |
PT |
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2 |
9/7 Monday Holiday |
Planetarium
S Seasons,
Precession, Moon Phases, Eclipses Ancient
Mysteries Retrograde Motion and Stellar Parallax |
Chapter 2 |
Assignment 1 Due 09/11 |
A |
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3 |
9/14 |
Early
History and the Geocentric Models, Ptolemy Origins of Modern Astronomy Copernicus, Brahe, and
Kepler Galileo Nature of Science, Observations, and Inertia and
Motion |
Chapter 3 Chapter 4 |
Assignment 2 Due 09/18 |
B |
AA |
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4 |
9/21 |
Conservation
Laws, Momentum and Energy Law of
Universal Gravitation, Orbits and Tides Properties
of Light, The Stefan-Boltzmann and Wien Laws Atoms and
Spectra, the Doppler Shift, Atmospheric Absorption |
Chapter 4 Chapter 5* |
Assignment 3 Due 09/25 |
C |
BB |
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5 |
9/28 |
Structure and Dynamics of the Solar System Clues to the Formation of the Solar System Physical Processes and the Creation of the Planets Other Planetary Systems |
Chapter 6 |
Assignment 4 Due 10/2 |
D |
CC |
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6 |
10/5 |
The Earth
A Comparative Planetology Approach The Moon
Physical Characteristics and Origin Terrestrial
Planets Mercury, Venus and Mars |
Chapter 7 |
Assignment 5 Due 10/9 |
E |
DD |
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7 |
10/12 |
Overview of
the Outer Planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune The Jovian
Moons and Ring Systems |
Chapter 8 |
Assignment 6 Due 10/16 |
F |
EE |
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8 |
10/19 |
Solar System Debris Asteroids, Meteoroids, Comets Pluto, Dwarf Planets, and the Kuiper Belt Cosmic Collisions and Consequences Take-Home Midterm Available
(Part 1) |
Chapter 9 |
Assignment 7 Due 10/23 |
G |
FF |
ASTRONOMY 10 - FALL 2009
GENERAL SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES
(continued)
|
Week # |
Week Beginning |
Lecture Topics and Activities |
Textbook |
Homework |
3rd Hr Exercise |
CPS Quiz |
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9 |
10/26 |
Physical
Characteristics and Processes of the Sun Sunspots,
Solar Activity Cycle, and the Sun-Earth Connection In-Class Midterm (Part 2) in Third Hour (Bring Scantron
882) Extra Credit (first 10 pts) Due 10/30
by |
Chapter 10 |
Take-Home Midterm (Part 1-50 pts) Due 10/30 |
In-Class Midterm (Part 2 50 pts) |
GG |
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10 |
11/2 |
Properties
of Stars Luminosity, Temperature, Mass, Radius Magnitude
System, Parallax, and Binary Star Systems Stellar
Classifications and the HR Diagram Globular
and Open Star Clusters, Stellar Birth and Aging |
Chapter 11 |
Assignment 8 Due 11/6 |
H |
HH |
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11 |
11/9 Fri Holiday |
Theories of
Stellar Formation, Evolution, and Death Low-Mass vs
High-Mass Stars, Creation of the Elements |
Chapter 12 |
Assignment 9 Due 11/13 |
I |
II |
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12 |
11/16 |
White
Dwarfs, Neutron Stars, and Blac Accretion
Dis Pulsars, X-Ray
Binaries and Bursters, Gamma-Ray Bursts |
Chapter 13 |
Assignment 10 Due 11/20 |
J |
JJ |
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13 |
11/23 Thurs, Fri Holiday |
The Mil Galactic
Recycling, Star-Forming Regions, The Spiral Arms History of
the Milky Way, The Galactic Center |
Chapter 14 |
Assignment 11 Due 11/27 |
K |
KK |
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14 |
11/30 |
Galaxy
Types Spirals, Ellipticals, and Irregulars Galaxy
Distances and Standard Candles, Cepheid Variables Hubble Law,
Universal Expansion, and the Lookback Time Galactic
Evolution, Collisions, and Starbursts Quasars and
Other Active Galaxies, Supermassive Black Holes |
Chapter 15 |
Assignment 12 Due 12/4 |
L |
LL |
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15 |
12/7 |
Dar The Large
Scale Structure of the Universe The Big
Bang and the Evolution of the Universe Observational
Evidence & the Need for Inflation, Olbers Paradox |
Chapter 16 Chapter 17 |
Assignment 13 Due 12/11 |
M |
MM |
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16 |
12/14 |
Final Exam (110 pts, 3 parts see Final Exam Outline) and Sky Quiz (30 pts) Balance of Extra Credit Due 12/18 by
12:00 |
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Final |
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