Course Calendar

(with references to The Essential Cosmic Perspective, 4th ed, by Jeffrey O. Bennett, Megan Donahue, Nicholas Schneider, & Mark Voit. For more detailed list of topics see Topics to Review

Introduction: (Ch. 1)
	1	W	8/22	Powers of Ten
Observing the Sky (Ch. 2 – 3.1)
	2	F	8/24	Public Viewing Night at SSUO 9:00 – 11:00 p.m. (weather permitting)
	3	M	8/27
		T	8/28	Total lunar eclipse 2:52 – 4:22 a.m.
	4	W	8/29	HW due
	5	F	8/31	HW due
Explaining the Motions of the Wanderers(Ch. 3 – 4)
	6	W	9/5
	7	F	9/7	Quiz #1. Bring a Pearson NCS Scanning Form
		Sa	9/8	Public Viewing at Robert Ferguson Observatory 8:00 p.m. – ? (weather permitting)
	8	M	9/10	HW due. Private viewing night at SSUO 8:00 – 9:30 p.m.
	9	W	9/12	HW due
	10	F	9/14	Public Viewing Night at SSUO 8:00 – 10:00 p.m. (weather permitting)
Using Light and Telescopes (Ch. 5)
	11	M	9/17
	12	W	9/19	HW due
	13	F	9/21
		Su	9/23	September equinox. The sun crosses the equator at 2:51 a.m. PDT.
	14	M	9/24	HW due
	15	W	9/26	Quiz #2. Bring a Pearson NCS Scanning Form
Exploring the Solar System (Ch. 6 - 9)
	16	F	9/28
	17	M	10/1	Astronomical lecture in "What Physicists Do"*
	18	W	10/3
	19	F	10/5
		Sa	10/6	Public Viewing at Robert Ferguson Observatory 8:00 p.m. – ? (weather permitting)
	20	M	10/8	HW due. Astronomical lecture in "What Physicists Do"*
	21	W	10/10
	22	F	10/12
	23	M	10/15	HW due. Astronomical lecture in "What Physicists Do"*
	24	W	10/17	Quiz #3. Bring a Pearson NCS Scanning Form
Investigating the Sun and Other Stars (Ch. 10 – 11)
	25	F	10/19	Public Viewing Night at SSUO 8:00 - 10:00 p.m. (weather permitting)
	26	M	10/22
	27	W	10/24
	28	F	10/26	HW due
	29	M	10/29
Learning How Stars Live and Die (Simulation) (Ch. 12 – 13)
	30	W	10/31	HW due
	31	F	11/2
		Sa	11/3	Public Viewing at Robert Ferguson Observatory 7:00 p.m. – ? (weather permitting)
	32	M	11/5	Private viewing night at SSUO (weather permitting) 7:30 – 9:00 p.m.
	33	W	11/7
	34	F	11/9	Quiz #4, Bring a Pearson NCS Scanning Form
	35	W	11/14	Private viewing night at SSUO (weather permitting) 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.
	36	F	11/16
Discovering That We Live in a Galaxy (Ch. 14)
	37	M	11/19	Astronomical lecture in "What Physicists Do"*
	38	M	11/26	Term Paper due Astronomical lecture in "What Physicists Do"*
Probing the Universe (Ch. 15 –17)
	39	W	11/28
	40	F	11/30	Quiz #5. Bring a Pearson NCS Scanning Form Public Viewing Night at SSUO 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. (weather permitting)
	41	M	12/3
	42	W	12/5	HW due
	43	F	12/7
		W	12/12	8:00-9:50 a.m. Final Exam. Bring a Pearson NCS Scanning Form.

*A one-page description of what you learned at one of these lectures may be submitted for extra credit (15 points).

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joe.tenn@sonoma.edu

JST

2007-11-27