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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
¢ Schedule
¢ Return lab 1: Discussion of findings
¢ Chapter 3 of the text: Radiation - Information from the Cosmos
Ø PowerPoint Presentation
Ø Animations to illustrate selected concepts
Dopper Effect
¢ Lab 2
¢ Where movie summaries are located: on the schedule page
¢ Movie: Isaac Newton: The Gravity of Genius, part 1 (50 minutes)
¢ Students missing assignments
¢ Schedule for next week
¢ Addition to Student Quotations page
¢ View old spectroscope?
¢ Movie: Isaac Newton: The Gravity of Genius, part 1 (remainder)
¢ Review of important concepts from Chapter 3 of the text: Radiation - Information from the Cosmos
¢ Chapter 4 of the text: Spectroscopy - the Inner Workings of Atoms
¢ No Class
¢ No Class - Labor Day
¢ Schedule (Astronomy) Movie Summaries: Galileo's Battle for the Heavens and Newton-The Gravity of Genius
¢ Chapter 4 of the text: Spectroscopy - the Inner Workings of Atoms
¢ Chapter 5 of the text: Telescopes - the Tools of Astronomy
¢ Review Exercise next week Friday on the following: Will review the day before
Chapters 1-4
Ø 2: The Copernican Revolution
Ø 3: Radiation: Cosmic Information
Ø 4: Spectroscopy
Movies
Ø Galileo's Battle for the Heavens
Ø Sir Isaac Newton: The Gravity of Genius
Short Videos
Ø Parallax: parallax.mpeg
Ø Doppler Shift and Spectroscopy (10 minutes): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bx0SMevn-0c&feature=related
Ø Kirchoff's Laws: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsxvnVPLR1A
¢ For each chapter, look at the Review and Discussion and True False sections at end of chapter - answers are provided starting on page AK-1
¢ Movie: 400 Years of the Telescope next class
¢ Lab 3
¢ Field trip to basement?
¢ Place name, date, and lab number at top of all labs (3 have been issued)
¢ We start chapter 5 next week (start reading the text...): Telescopes
¢ Telescopes: Who "invented" and who was the first to use in astronomy
¢ Neil deGrasse Tyson: http://www.haydenplanetarium.org/tyson/profile/bio
¢ Movie: 400 Years of the Telescope - A Journey of Science, Technology, and Thought, PBS Home Video, Narrated by Neil deGrasse Tyson
¢ Short movie on Heat and Temperature (only first portion - about 10-15 minutes)
Provides good summary-history of the 3 major temperature scales in existance: farenheit, celcius, kelvin
¢ Spectroscope review and some items from Tuesday: The Balmer series, atomic models
¢ Finish Movie: 400 Years of the Telescope - A Journey of Science, Technology, and Thought
¢ Review for Review Exericse
¢ Lab 4
¢ Jason (attended only 2 classes - late for both) has finally dropped the course
¢ Review Exercise postponed until next class (Tuesday)
¢ Movie: 400 Years of the Telescope - A Journey of Science, Technology, and Thought, Good review for the Review Exercise next week
¢ NM Museum of Natural History Planetarium field trip
Ø The Evening Sky presentation runs from 11-11:45
Ø Leave here 10: 10:30-11 tour other astronomy presentations at Museum
Ø Arrive back at Academy around 12:30
¢ Items Covered
Chapters 1-4 of the text and commentary in my manual (links provided below)
For each text chapter, also look at the Review and Discussion and True False sections at end of chapter - answers are provided starting on page AK-1
Ø 2: The Copernican Revolution
Ø 3: Radiation: Cosmic Information
Ø 4: Spectroscopy
Movies (links to incomplete summaries are provided)
Ø Galileo's Battle for the Heavens
Ø Sir Isaac Newton: The Gravity of Genius
Short Videos
Ø Parallax: parallax.mpeg
Ø Doppler Shift and Spectroscopy (10 minutes): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bx0SMevn-0c&feature=related
Ø Kirchoff's Laws: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsxvnVPLR1A
¢ Alternative explanation for the expansion theory discussed in the movie
Ø Aristotle believed Earth occupies special place in the universe
Ø Galileo disputed that
Ø Have we come full circle-back to Earth occupying a "special" place in the universe?
w Cosmic Bubble; http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2008-09-30-cosmic-bubble_N.htm
w The Joint Dark Energy Mission: http://jdem.gsfc.nasa.gov/
Ø History has shown us that we should careful with the natural tendency to reject new models before they are tested
¢ Something else that could change our fundamental view of and explanation for the universe
Ø Negative Mass: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exotic_matter: The work of
w Hermann Bondi: http://www.gap-system.org/~history/Mathematicians/Bondi.html and
w Robert Forward: http://en.allexperts.com/e/r/ro/robert_forward.htm
¢ Spectroscopes - explanation and lab later
¢ Study for Review Exercise or work on lab
¢ No Class
¢ Review Exercise on the following
Chapters 1-4 of the text and commentary in my manual (links provided below)
For each text chapter, also look at the Review and Discussion and True False sections at end of chapter - answers are provided starting on page AK-1
Ø 2: The Copernican Revolution
Ø 3: Radiation: Cosmic Information
Ø 4: Spectroscopy
Movies (links to incomplete summaries are provided)
Ø Galileo's Battle for the Heavens
Ø Sir Isaac Newton: The Gravity of Genius
Short Videos
Ø Parallax: parallax.mpeg
Ø Doppler Shift and Spectroscopy (10 minutes): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bx0SMevn-0c&feature=related
Ø Kirchoff's Laws: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsxvnVPLR1A
¢ Schedule
¢ Chapter 6: The Solar System: Start reading
¢ Movie - Hubble: 15 Years of Discovery Chapters 1-3
Ø The Hubble Story
Ø Hubble Up Close
Ø Planetary Tales
¢ Movie - Hubble: 15 Years of Discovery Chapters 4-6
Ø The Lives of Stars
Ø Cosmic Collisions
Ø Monsters in Space
¢ Review Exercise graded and returned
¢ Finish all assignments
¢ Chapter 6: The Solar System: next class
¢ No Class
¢ Do not rearrange current placement of desks - it is done to ensure that everyone can see and hear.
¢ NAME, DATE, LAB NUMBER ON ALL LABS - WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED WITHOUT - FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS
¢ Schedule
¢ Models of the atom: Rutherford, Bohr, Cloud: not covered earlier
¢ Lab 5
¢ Review: The expanding universe theory originated with...Verified by..... Implications.....
¢ In-class exercise for today
Ø There is a statement on page 148 that in April 2002 5 planets could be seen because of a rare planetary alignment
Ø Where is best place to view
Ø Use Stellarium
¢ Student Presentations next Friday (this week): PowerPoint - present and email to me
Ø Nebular Contraction and the Condensation Theory
Ø Hohmann Transfer Orbit
Ø Gravitational Slingshots
Ø Angular Momentum: What is it and what is its importance in astronomy
Ø Discussion of bodies in the solar sytem other than the sun and planets
¢ Chapter 6: The Solar System, continued - some videos
¢ Lab 5
¢ Field Trip
¢ Work on assignments
¢ For all presentations
Ø PowerPoint
Ø Short video, if available
Ø Pictures, tables, etc
Ø How relates to topics currently studied in Astronomy
Ø Pioneers
Ø Examples of use and accomplishments
Ø Present at board and email me a copy at alpcentauri@gamil.com (link on Astronomy home page)
¢ Assignments - selections
| Student | Presentation Topic | |
| James | Hohmann Transfer Orbit | |
| Julie | Gravitational Slingshot | |
| Rebecca | Nebular Contraction and the Condensation Theory | |
| Kynsey | Other Bodies in the Solar System | |
| Leah | The Bubble Theory | |
| Ben | Angular Momentum | |
| Kaira | Comparative Planetology | |
| Nikita | Jovian versus Terrestrial - "why" |
¢ Work on assignments
¢ For all presentations
Ø PowerPoint
Ø Short video, if available
Ø Pictures, tables, etc
Ø How relates to topics currently studied in Astronomy
Ø Pioneers
Ø Examples of use and accomplishments
Ø Present at board and email me a copy at alpcentauri@gamil.com (link on Astronomy home page)
¢ Assignments - selections
| Student | Presentation Topic | |
| James | Hohmann Transfer Orbit | |
| Julie | Gravitational Slingshot | |
| Rebecca | Nebular Contraction and the Condensation Theory | |
| Kynsey | Other Bodies in the Solar System | |
| Leah | The Bubble Theory | |
| Ben | Angular Momentum | |
| Kaira | Comparative Planetology | |
| Nikita | Jovian versus Terrestrial - "why" |
¢ No Class
¢ Review Exercise: Tuesday October 6th
¢ Bus to Planetarium?
¢ Stellarium Planetary Alignment
¢ Messenger Mission to Mercury
¢ Schedule: Will summarize important points from chapters 7-13 next few classes - we have covered many of them already
¢ Presentations
Ø PowerPoint
Ø Short video, if available
Ø Pictures, tables, etc
Ø How relates to topics currently studied in Astronomy
Ø Pioneers
Ø Examples of use and accomplishments
Ø Present at board and email me a copy at alpcentauri@gamil.com (link on Astronomy home page)
¢ Topics: The approach being taken - these topics mentioned in current chapter - facilitates covering some subsequent chapters
| Student | Presentation Topic | |
| James | Hohmann Transfer Orbit | |
| Julie | Gravitational Slingshot | |
| Rebecca | Nebular Contraction and the Condensation Theory | |
| Kynsey | Other Bodies in the Solar System | |
| Leah | The Bubble Theory | |
| Ben | Angular Momentum | |
| Kaira | Comparative Planetology | |
| Nikita | Jovian versus Terrestrial - "why" |
¢ Schedule: Summary of important points from chapters 7-10
Ø Chapter 7: Earth
Ø Chapter 8: Moon and Mercury
Ø Chapter 9: Venus
Ø Chapter 10: Mars
¢ Next Month
¢ Next Month