ASTRONOMY 30500 PR
COURSE NUMBER: 25465
FALL 2019
Tuesday and Thursday 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM – Room MR 2
COURSE SCHEDULE
Day | Date | Class | Explorations 9th Ed. | Topic | Assignment: Chapter* & Test Yourself | In Class Videos† |
Tu | Aug 27 | 1 | Preview | Cosmic Landscape I | P(TY 2,3,4) |
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Th | Aug 29 | 2 | 1.1-1.2 | Cosmic Landscape II + Cycles of the Sky I | 1(TY 1,3,4) | HC II [5] Backyard Astron 1-7 |
Tu | Sep 3 | 3 | 1.3-1.4, | Cycles of the Sky II + History I | 1(TY 7,11) | HC I [4] Beyond Big Bang 1-6 |
Tu | Sep 10 | 4 | 2.1-2.4 | History II | 2(TY 2,5,6,7) |
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Th | Sep 12 | 5 | Essay* 1, 3.1-3.5 | History III+Backyard Astro | E1(TY 2,4,6) 3(TY 2,4,5,6) |
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Tu | Sep 17 | 6 | 3.6-3.8, 4.1-4.3 | Gravity & Motion I | 3(TY 7,8,9) 4(TY 1,2,3) |
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Th | Sep 19 | 7 | 4.4-4.7, | Gravity & Motion II | 4(TY 6,7,8) | HC II [5] Gravity |
Tu | Sep 24 | 8 | Essay* 2, 5.1-5.5 | Light & Atoms + Relativity + Telescopes I | E2(TY 1,2,4) 5(TY 1,2,4,6,8,9) |
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Th | Sep 26 | 9 | 6.1-6.7, | Telescopes II + The Earth I | 6(TY 1,2,3,5,7) |
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Th | Oct 3 | 10 | Essay* 3, 7.1-7.5 | The Earth II + Keeping Time + The Moon | E3(TY 2,3,4) 7(TY 1,3,5,6) | HC I [2] The Moon |
Th | Oct 10 | 11 | 8.1-8.3 | Review + Survey of the Solar System | 8(TY 2,3,5,6) |
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Tu | Oct 15 | 12 | First Exam: 1 Hr | All Topics through Chapter 7 |
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Th | Oct 17 | 13 |
| Terrestrial Planets I |
| HC I [2] Mercury & Venus |
Tu | Oct 22 | 14 | 9.1-9.4 | Terrestrial Planets II | 9(TY 3,4,6,8) |
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Th | Oct 24 | 15 | 10.1-10.5 | Outer Planets | 10(TY 1,2,3,4,5) |
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Tu | Oct 29 | 16 | 11.1-11.4 | Meteors, Asteroids & Comets | 11(TY 1,2,4,8,9,11) |
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Th | Oct 31 | 17 | 12.1-12.5 | The Sun I | 12(TY 1,2,4,6,7) |
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Tu | Nov 5 | 18 |
| The Sun II |
| HC I [1] The Sun |
Th | Nov 7 | 19 | 13.1-13.6 | Measuring Properties of Stars | 13(TY 1,2,3,5,8,9) |
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Tu | Nov 12 | 21 | 14.1-14.8 | Stellar Evolution | 14(TY 1,5,6,7,9.10) |
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Th | Nov 14 | 20 | Second Exam: 1 Hr | Topics in Chapters 8 - 13 |
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Tu | Nov 19 | 22 | 15.1-15.3 | Stellar Remnants | 15(TY 1,4,5,7,8) | HC II [4] Nebulas |
Th | Nov 21 | 23 | 16.1-16.4 | The Milky Way I | 16(TY 1,3) | HC I [3] Life/Death Star; |
Tu | Nov 26 | 24 | 16.5-16.8 | The Milky Way II | 16(TY 7,8,9) | HC II [1] Milky Way |
Tu | Dec 3 | 25 | 17.1-17.4 | Galaxies I | 17(TY 1,2,3,9,10) | HC I [3] Alien Galaxies |
Th | Dec 5 | 26 | 17.5-17.6, 18.1-18.3 | Galaxies II & Cosmology | 18(TY 1,2,3) | HC I [4] Beyond Big Bang 7-12 |
Tu | Dec 10 | 27 | 18.4-18.6, Essay* 4 | Cosmology & The Origin of Life | 18(TY 5,7,9) E4(TY 1,2,7) | HC I [2] Space Ship Earth |
Th | Dec 12 | 28 |
| Review |
| HC I [4] Search for ET |
| TBD | 29 | Final Exam: 1.5 Hr | All Topics |
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* “Essay” refers to the four chapters in the book so named.
† In Class Videos will be supplemented by occasional Planetarium shows for small groups. Watch for announcements!
Last Updated: 08/13/2019 12:22