Online Astronomy 162
(Cardall, Spring 2006)

Week of (Mon.)

Online Text Assignment

Online Quiz1

Real Lab (Rlab) Assignment2,3

Virtual Lab (Vlab) Assignment4

Remarks

Jan 9

 

 

 

 

1st class Jan 12
(Orientation)

Jan 16

Ch 17: The Sun

 

 

 

MLK holiday
Jan 16

Jan 23

Ch18: Properties of Stars 

 

 

Virtual Lab: Helioseismology (Lab 10)

 

Jan 30

Ch18: Properties of Stars 

 

Quiz: Virtual Lab 10
Real Lab: Spectral Properties (Ex 18)

 

 

Feb 6

Ch 19: Multiple Stars & Star Clusters

Chs 17-18 

 

Virtual Lab: The Spectral Sequence and HR Diagram (Lab 11)

 

Feb 13

Ch 20: Star Birth and the Main Sequence

 

Quiz: Virtual Lab 11
Real Lab: Photoelectric Photometry of the Pleiades (CLEA-4)

 

 

Feb 20

Ch 21: Star Death

Chs 19-20 

 

Virtual Lab: Stellar Explosions, Novae, and Supernovae (Lab 13)

 

Feb 27

Ch 22: Neutron Stars & Black Holes

 

Quiz: Virtual Lab 13
Real Lab: The Classification of Stellar Spectra (CLEA-5)

 

 

Mar 6

Ch 23: The Milky Way

Chs 21-22 

 

Virtual Lab: Evidence for Dark Matter (Lab 17)

 

Mar 13

Ch 24: Galaxies

 

Quiz: Virtual Lab 17
Real Lab: Cosmic Distance Scale (Ex. 24)

 

 

 

Midterm Exam (Chapters 17-22), 3:40 PM Tuesday, March 14, 415 Nielsen Physics Bldg.

 

Mar 20

No assignment (spring break)

 

 

 

Spring Break March 20-24

Mar 27

Ch 25: Active Galaxies & Quasars

Chs 23-24

 

Virtual Lab: The Hubble Law (Lab 19)

 

Apr 3

Ch 26: Cosmology

 

Quiz: Virtual Lab 19
Real Lab: Large-Scale Structure of the Universe (CLEA-8)

 

 

Apr 10

Ch 27: The Early Universe

 

 

 

Spring Recess April 14

Apr 17

Ch 28: Life in the Universe

Chs 25-26

Lab Final

 

 

Apr 24

No assignment

 

Make-up lab

 

Classes end April 28

 

Study period, Monday-Tuesday, May 1-2

 

 

Final Exam (Chapters 23-28), 5:00PM Thursday, May 4, 415 Nielsen Physics Bldg.

 

1Online quizzes are taken in Nielsen Physics 507 (time and day of week depend on your section #).

2Real labs meet in Nielsen Physics 507 (time and day of week depend on your section #). Before most real labs there will be a quiz over the virtual lab from previous week. 

3Numbers in parentheses refer to laboratory exercises in A Laboratory Textbook for Introductory Astronomy (Duckett).

4Virtual labs are done on a computer of your choice, without any TA, any time during the assigned week. Worksheets must be turned in or electronically submitted by the next real lab, and a quiz will be given then on the previous virtual lab.


Last Updated on 01/10/2006
By Christian Y. Cardall
Email: cardallcy@ornl.gov