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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.
Last Month
Last Month
Last Month
¢ Review Exercise next Tuesday:
¢ Finish Presentations
| Student | Presentation Topic | Presented |
| James | Hohmann Transfer Orbit | 9-30 |
| Julie | Gravitational Slingshot | 9-30 |
| Rebecca | Nebular Contraction and the Condensation Theory | 9-30 |
| Kynsey | Other Bodies in the Solar System | 10-1 |
| Leah | The Bubble Theory | 10-1 |
| Ben | Angular Momentum | 9-30 |
| Kaira | Comparative Planetology | 9-30 |
| Nikita | Jovian versus Terrestrial - "why" | 10-1 |
¢ No Class - In Service
¢ No Class
¢ Review Exercise
¢ Schedule
¢ Lab 1-3 solution (not on Review Exercise); 4 students received 100, 4 students received no grade
¢ Lab 1-4 was due 9-16: Ben and Julie have not submitted - Division policy is 4 points per day late - will give no additional "no grade" submit ASAP
¢ Lab 1-5 was due 9-25:
ð Only 2 students, Nikita and Kynsey have submitted - no additional "no grade" submit the assighment ASAP
ð Division policy is 4 points for each day late
¢ Lab 2-1
¢ No Class
¢ Discuss solution to Review Exercise
¢ Schedule
¢ Lab 2-1
¢ Finish all assignments - end of marking period 1 is tomorrow - see notes from Tuesday
¢ Brian Greene: http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/personalities/birnbaum_v_brian_greene.php
¢ Schedule for remainder of October - see below
¢ Series of History Channel movies next week (contents will be on the next Review Exercise)
¢ Last day of the quarter - turn in all labs due for the quarter
¢ Start working on Lab 2-1
¢ Schedule
¢ Labs 4 and 5 graded: Because of apparent difficulties on these labs - graded leniently - we will discuss in class later this week
ð Please type all submissions
ð Place at the top of the first page: Name, Date, Lab Number
¢ Review Exercise 2 graded
ð There were a total of 63 responses required
ð Raw scores ranged from 40 missed to 6 missed
ð Weighted the responses at 1 point each
ð Grades ranged from 79 to 96
¢ Quarter grades
ð Weighting scheme: 40 percent for average of labs and presentations, 60 percent for average of Review Exercises
ð Grades ranged from 84 to 98
¢ Volunteers for StarLab and Stellarium display-presentation, Admissions Open House, West camputs gym, Sunday, 1 November
ð Community service
ð Extra credit
¢ History Channel Movie: The Universe: Part 1: Sun, Mars, Deep Space Threats, Jupiter
The Sun
¢ No Class
¢ Be on time - violations being reported
ð Tardy - 5 minutes
ð Absent - 10 minutes late
¢ Terminology (as Alan Turing would say, "Let us begin by defining our terms."
ð Sun's Core: clear as it stands
ð Sun's Surface: should be clear as it stands
ð Sun's Corona: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corona
ð NASA Solar Physics-a usually reliable source for data about space objects, etc.: http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/interior.shtml
¢ Volunteers for StarLab and Stellarium display-presentation, Admissions Open House, West camputs gym, Sunday, 1 November
ð Community service
ð Extra credit
¢ Trip to Planetarium next class
ð We depart for the vehicles at 8:00
ð Absence forms
ð BE ON TIME OR BE LEFT AND MARKED ABSENT
¢ The Universe: Part 1: Sun, Mars, Deep Space Threats, Jupiter
Mars
¢ Trip to Planetarium and Computer Science Museum: Cancelled - will be rescheduled
¢ Schedule
¢ Trip to Planetarium and Museum on Friday, 30 October? Any conflicts?
¢ Terminology (as Alan Turing would say, "Let us begin by defining our terms."
ð Sun's Core: clear as it stands
ð Sun's Surface: should be clear as it stands
ð Sun's Corona: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corona
ð NASA Solar Physics-a usually reliable source for data about space objects, etc.: http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/interior.shtml
¢ Volunteers for StarLab and Stellarium display-presentation, Admissions Open House, West camputs gym, Sunday, 1 November
ð Community service
ð Extra credit
¢ The Universe: Part 1: Sun, Mars, Deep Space Threats, Jupiter
Jupiter
¢ NOTE: There will be a Review Exercise on this material. If you miss a presentation, then see me to view it during a free period in the lab. This is your
responsibility. Review Exercise will be next week. No further reminders. The disk cannot be taken from the Academy
¢ Open House, Sunday, 1 November
ð Volunteers: Kynsey, Nikita, Kaira
ð Time: 1:30 - 4:00 pm
¢ Send suggested video questions to alpcentauri, not AA
¢ Quick review: Sun, Mars, Threats, Jupiter
¢ Trip to Planetarium and Museum on Friday, 30 October? Any conflicts?
Moon
¢ No Class
¢ The Universe: Part 2: Moon, Earth, Mercury, Venus
¢ Open House, Sunday, 1 November
ð Volunteers: Kynsey, Nikita, Kaira
ð Time: 1:30 - 4:00 pm
¢ Send suggested video questions to alpcentauri, not AA
¢ Trip to Planetarium and Museum on Friday, 30 October. Any conflicts?
I will provide parental permission forms, you need the absence forms - lunch?
¢ REPEAT OF A PREVIOUS NOTE: There will be a Review Exercise on this material. If you miss a presentation, then see me to view it during a free period in the
lab. This is your responsibility. The disk cannot be taken from the Academy
Because of the time spent on this segment and the number of chapters covered, your grade on this Review Exercise will be a significant part of your grade for
the marking period.
¢ The Universe: Part 2: Moon, Earth, Mercury, Venus
Earth
¢ Schedule
¢ Important Items By Chapter: added to assist in your review and in covering the chapters - the emphasis
¢ Open House, Sunday, 1 November
ð Volunteers: Kynsey, Nikita, Kaira
ð Time: 1:30 - 4:00 pm
ð Handout
¢ Review Exercise on material in the following videos and/or posted on my Summary of Some Items Discussed page on Thursday
ð Sun
ð Mars
ð Jupiter
ð Moon
ð Threats to Earth
ð Earth
¢ Some have not submitted Lab 2-1 that was due 10-8 and a default grade will be assigned - you learn very little if you do not complete the assignments.
ð Note that this lab can no longer be submitted - an End Date of last week has been assigned and answers have been posted
ð Default grades for assignments not submitted will range from 0 to 40 - depending upon repeat status - see option below
ð The answers have been posted
ð These questions may be on the Review Exercise given next Monday
¢ In order to cover the material planned for this course, you have to do your part read the text, work assignments, etc., as is true in all Academy courses
¢ Option (in lieu of default grade on exercise 2-1) - PowerPoint presentation on the following - pick one - one per student.
Presentation on the contents of the following chapters. Each section of the chapter must be specifically addressed in your presentation.
ð Chapter 7: Earth
ð Chapter 8: Moon
ð Chapter 10: Mars
ð Chapter 11: Jupiter
ð Chapter 16: Sun
¢ Lab 2-2: Note that it is due Thursday - last day for submission is Friday - will not be accepted after that date
End dates will be assigned for all future assignments. I cannot discuss solutions until all have been submitted and to continue waiting for late students is not fair to the others.
¢ Collect permission papers from parents
¢ Lunch Friday - options
¢ StarLab and Stellarium additions to manual
¢ Work on lab 2-2 or review for Review Exercise, or prepare PowerPoint presentations
¢ PowerPoint presentations for Thursday
| Student | Topic | |
| Julie | Mars | |
| Leah | Moon | |
| Ben | Sun | |
| Nikita | Jupiter |
¢ No Class
¢ Trip tomorrow: leave around 8:45 - will stay for presentations at 11 and 12, 45 minutes each
¢ Open House Sunday 1:30 to 4:00
¢ Review Exercise next Monday
¢ PowerPoint presentations
| Student | Topic (click on the link, then Chapter Notes) | |
| Julie | Mars | |
| Leah | Moon | |
| Ben | Sun | |
| Nikita | Jupiter |
¢ Work on lab 2-2 or review for Review Exercise, or prepare PowerPoint presentations
¢ Trip to Albuquerque Computer Science Museum and Planetarium