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| Schedule | Manual | Assignments | Quiz Solutions | Calendar |
An outline of topics to be addressed each day is presented below. This list is not complete; additional items are covered for most classes. If students are absent, they should consult these pages and check with the instructor concerning material missed.
¢ Students in class - roster corrections
¢ The Web site
Ø About
Ø Shedule, Movies, Field Trips
¢ Text: Astronomy Today, Fifty Edition, Chaisson, McMillan
¢ My Classes (if you need to see me after or before classes)
¢ Some relevant quotes
¢ Teaching approach
Ø PowerPoint presentations of material
Ø Material in manual (notes, examples, exercises)
Ø Videos illustrating important concepts and pioneers in Astronomy
Ø Animations illustrating important concepts
Ø Use of Stellarium (Planetarium software) on PC
C:\Program FIles\Stellarium
Ø Field trips
Ø Labs incorporating animations using PC
¢ Many of the topics covered in my AP Physics class are introduced in Astronomy
Newton's laws, Kepler's laws, nature of light, etc.
¢ An additional excellent resource for the course: notes, practice problems, etc.:
http://wps.prenhall.com/esm_chaisson_astronomytoday_5/21/5412/1385623.cw/index.html
¢ Seniors on retreat Friday
¢ No Class
¢ Hearing
Ø Sometimes I do not talk loud enough to be heard clearly with the overhead fan running
Ø If this is ever the case, please let me know
¢ Schedule: Keep up with the reading assignments as specified by the schedule that I refer to often (and so should you). I do not give page further
details (pages on certain date, etc).
¢ Academy Science-Specific Academic Honesty Policy
¢ Faster pace at first to cover the foundations (first few chapters) - I will summarize/discuss the important concepts
¢ Chapter 1 of the text - Charting the Heavens: The Foundations of Astronomy
¢ PowerPoint presentation
¢ Stellarium
¢ Chapter 1 of the text - Charting the Heavens: The Foundations of Astronomy
Measuring distances to the stars - one method: Parallax
¢ Magnitude of stars: absolute versus relative
¢ Short videos
Ø Earth's seasons
Ø Parallax
¢ Lab assignment procedures
¢ Start Chapter 2 next class: The Copernican Revolution - The Birth of Modern Science
¢ Observations and Model Development
¢ Schedule
¢ Chapter 2 of the text: The Copernican Revolution - The Birth of Modern Science
Ø Notes from my manual
Ø Animations
Ø PowerPoint discussion
¢ Work on lab assignment or start reading chapter 3
¢ Movie: Galileo's Battle for the Heavens
¢ No Class
¢ Schedule
¢ Lab 1 on Stellarium due today
¢ Concept demonstrations by students (divide yourselves into teams for each): Following tools will be provided
String (untied), 3 magnets (unattached), metalic white board, marker (use on white board only), 3 balloons (not inflated)
The ellipse
Kepler's Laws
Ptolemy's Model
¢ PowerPoint introduction
¢ Read Chapter 3 of the text: Radiation - Information from the Cosmos for next class
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