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Sonoma State University Spring 2009 |
 Current Phase of Moon (Courtesy of USNO) Astronomy Picture of the Day |
Astronomy 100 J.S. Tenn |
Course Calendar
Public Viewing Nights at SSUO, weather permitting: Fridays, Feb 13, Mar 13, Apr 3, May 1.
Public Viewing Nights at RFO, weather permitting: Saturdays, Feb 21, Mar 21, May 2.
Astronomical lectures in WPD*: Mondays, Feb 2, 9, 23; Mar 23; Apr 6, 20.
| Introduction: (Ch. 1) | ||||
| 1 | T | 1/27 | Powers of Ten and An Atlas of the Universe | Observing the Sky (Ch. 2 – 3.1) |
| 2 | Th | 1/29 | HW #0 due | |
| 3 | T | 2/3 | ||
| 4 | Th | 2/5 | HW #1 due |
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| Explaining the Motions of the Wanderers (Ch. 3 – 4) | ||||
| 5 | T | 2/10 | Quiz #1. Bring a Scantron** Scanning Form | |
| 6 | Th | 2/12 | ||
| 7 | T | 2/17 | HW #2 due | |
| Using Light and Telescopes (Ch. 5) | ||||
| 8 | Th | 2/19 | ||
| 9 | T | 2/24 | ||
| 10 | Th | 2/26 | HW #3 due. Quiz #2. Bring a Scantron** Scanning Form | |
| 11 | T | 3/3 | |
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| Exploring the Solar System (Ch. 6 - 9) | ||||
| 12 | Th | 3/5 | HW #4 due | |
| 13 | T | 3/10 | ||
| 14 | Th | 3/12 | HW #5 due | |
| 15 | T | 3/17 | 16 | Th | 3/19 | Quiz #3. Bring a Scantron** Scanning Form |
| 17 | T | 3/24 | 18 | Th | 3/26 | HW #6 due Private Viewing Night at SSUO 7:45–9:45, weather permitting (map) |
| Investigating the Sun and Other Stars (Ch. 10 – 11) | ||||
| 19 | Th | 4/2 | HW #7 due | |
| — | Sat | 4/4 | Special lecture in Ives 101 at 4:00 p.m.: “Dark Energy and the Runaway Universe”* |
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| 20 | T | 4/7 | ||
| 21 | Th | 4/9 | Quiz #4. Bring a Scantron** Scanning Form | |
| Learning How Stars Live and Die (Simulation) (Ch. 12 – 13) | ||||
| 22 | T | 4/21 | ||
| 23 | Th | 4/23 | HW #8 due | |
| — | M | 4/27 | Private Viewing Night at SSUO 9:00-10:30, weather permitting (map) | |
| 24 | T | 4/28 | |
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| 25 | Th | 4/30 | Term Paper due | |
| Discovering That We Live in a Galaxy (Ch. 14) | ||||
| 26 | T | 5/5 | Quiz #5. Bring a Scantron** Scanning Form | |
| Probing the Universe (Ch. 15 –17) | ||||
| 27 | Th | 5/7 | ||
| 28 | T | 5/12 | Private Viewing Night at SSUO 9:00-10:30, weather permitting (map) | |
| 29 | Th | 5/14 | Last day to turn in any assignment for this course: extra credit, observing, term paper (late penalty applies). | |
| Final Exam | ||||
| Th | 5/21 | 5:00-6:50 p.m. Final Exam. Bring a Scantron** Scanning Form. | ||
*A one-page description of what you learned at one or two of these lectures may be submitted for extra credit (15 points), provided it is submitted no later than our class meeting eight days after the lecture. You may submit such descriptions as enclosures with e-mail messages, provided that you title the enclosure "A100EC1yourlastname.doc" where "doc" may be replaced by "rtf" or "pdf' depending on the format. If you submit a second extra credit assignment, make it "A100EC2yourlastname.doc". Be sure your name is also inside the document. Also, please include "A100" and your last name in the title of any e-mail messages you send to me regarding this course.
**The scanning form we use is two-sided, blue, with 200 answers. It was called Pearson NCS until 2008, when the Scantron Company bought this business and renamed the forms. Note that you must fill in your full 9-digit Student ID number on the form, so if you haven't memorized it, be sure to bring your ID card.
| Please send comments, additions, corrections, and questions to joe.tenn@sonoma.edu |
JST 2009-05-07 |