Week
of |
Online
Text Assignment1 |
Online
Quiz2 |
Real Lab
(Rlab) Assignment3,4 |
Virtual
Lab (Vlab) Assignment4 |
Remarks |
Aug
19 |
Ch
1: Precursors to Astronomy |
1st
class Aug 22 |
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Aug
26 |
Ch
2: Overview of the Sky |
Rlab
1: Stars and constellations (S1, Ex 3) |
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Sept
2 |
Ch
3: The Copernican Revolution |
Chs
1-2 |
Vlab
1: Units and Dimensions |
Sept
2 holiday |
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Sept
9 |
Ch
4: The Modern Synthesis |
Quiz:
Vlab 1; Rlab 2: Inverse square law for light (Part A of Ex 13) |
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Sept
16 |
Ch
5: Interaction of Light & Matter |
Chs
3-4 |
Vlab
2: The Doppler effect |
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Sept
23 |
Ch
6: Telescopes & Detectors |
Quiz:
Vlab 2; Rlab 3: Acceleration due to gravity (Ex 8) |
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Sept
30 |
Ch
7: Overview of the Solar System |
Chs
5-6 |
Vlab
3: Extrasolar planets |
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Oct
7 |
Ch
8: The Earth |
Oct
10-11 holiday |
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Oct
14 |
Ch
9: The Earth's Moon |
Chs
7-8 |
Quiz:
Vlab 3; Rlab 4: Revolution of the moons of Jupiter (CLEA 1) |
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Oct
21 |
Ch
10: Mercury & Venus |
Vlab
4: Tides and the effects of tidal forces |
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(Oct
22) |
Midterm
Exam (Chapters 1-8), 2:10 PM Tuesday, Oct. 22, 415 Nielsen Physics Bldg. |
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Oct
28 |
Ch
11: The Planet Mars |
Chs
9-10 |
Quiz:
Vlab 4; Rlab 5: Mass and rotation of Saturn's rings (Ex 20) |
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Nov
4 |
Ch
12: Jupiter & the Galilean Moons |
Vlab
5: Retention of atmospheres |
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Nov
11 |
Ch
13: The Planet Saturn |
Chs
11-12 |
Lab
final |
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Nov
18 |
Ch
14: The Outermost Planets |
Rlab
makeups |
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Nov
25 |
Ch
15: Comets |
Nov
28-29 holiday |
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Dec
2 |
Ch
16: Asteroids and Meteors |
Classes
end Dec 3 |
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Dec
4, 6 |
Study
period |
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(Dec
10) |
Final
Exam (Chapters 9-16), 2:45 PM Tuesday, Dec. 10, 415 Nielsen Physics Bldg. |
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1Online
text at http://www.onlineastronomy.com (click 2-semester course).
Students are expected to study and understand text, figures, and interactive
animation in assigned chapters. |
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2Online
quizzes must be taken in proctored computer labs during the week assigned.
Computer lab schedules will be posted. Student ID required to take tests.
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3Real
labs meet in Nielsen Physics 507 (time and day of week depend on your
section #). Each real lab except 1st begins with quiz over virtual lab
from previous week. |
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4Numbers
in parentheses refer to laboratory exercises in A Laboratory Textbook
for Introductory Astronomy (Duckett). |
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5Virtual
labs may be done in an unproctored computer environment any time during
the assigned week. Worksheets must be turned in at the next real lab,
and a quiz will be given then on the previous virtual lab. |
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Last Updated on 8/15/2002
By Mike Guidry
Email: astronomy@csep10.phys.utk.edu