with Dr. Tony Crider

Introductions

Objectives for Today

• Become familiar with the syllabus

while meeting your classmates.

• Demonstrate any prior knowledge

of astronomy.

Date Lecture Read this chapter from Bad Astronomy before class.Do this MasteringAstronomy tutorial

before class.

Do this MasteringAstronomy

assignment before midnight.

4-Feb Introduction Chapter 1: Egg Balancing and the Equinox

6-Feb Our Modern View of the Universe Chapter 3: Bad Astronomy in Everyday Language Introduction to MasteringAstronomy

9-Feb The Scale of the Universe Chapter 23: Star Naming for Dummies Scale of the Universe

11-Feb Patterns in the Sky Chapter 12: Polaris Assignment 1

13-Feb The Reason for the Seasons Chapter 5: Why Summer Turns to Fall Seasons

16-Feb GAME: The Pluto Game Assignment 2

18-Feb VIDEO: Bill Nye Chapter 6: The Moon’s Changing Face Phases of the Moon

20-Feb VIDEO: Conspiracy Theory Chapter 17: Uncovering the Moon-Landing Hoax Assignment 3

23-Feb The Moon, Our Constant Companion Chapter 13: Eclipses and Sun-Watching Eclipses

25-Feb EXAM REVIEW Assignment 4

27-Feb EXAM 1

2-Mar Describing Motion Orbits and Kepler’s Laws

4-Mar Newton’s Laws Assignment 5

6-Mar The Law of Gravity Chapter 7: The Moon and the Tides Motion and Gravity

9-Mar LAB: Build a Cross-staff Chapter 8: The Big Moon Illusion Assignment 6

11-Mar Properties of Light Chapter 10: Stars of Many Colors Light and Spectroscopy

13-Mar Learning from Light Doppler Effect Assignment 7

16-Mar Telescopes: Giant Eyes Chapter 22: Hubble Space Telescope Misconceptions Telescopes

18-Mar EXAM REVIEW Assignment 8

20-Mar EXAM 2

23-Mar Spring Break

25-Mar Spring Break

27-Mar Spring Break

30-Mar Life in the Universe Chapter 20: UFOs and Illusions of the Mind and Eye Detecting Extrasolar Planets

1-Apr A Closer Look at the Sun The Sun Assignment 9

3-Apr VIDEO: Inconvenient Truth Surface Temperature of Terrestrial Planets

6-Apr The Formation of Planets Formation of the Solar System Assignment 10

8-Apr Cosmic Collisions Chapter 15: Meteors, Meteoroids, and Meteorites Shaping Planetary Surfaces

10-Apr The Big Bang Chapter 16: Misunderstanding the Beginning of it All Hubble’s Law Assignment 11

13-Apr Easter Break

15-Apr EXAM REVIEW

17-Apr EXAM 3

20-Apr GAME: Galileo Setup 1

22-Apr GAME: Galileo Setup 2

24-Apr GAME: Galileo Setup 3 Assignment 12

27-Apr GAME: Galileo Game Session 1

29-Apr GAME: Galileo Game Session 2

1-May GAME: Galileo Game Session 3

4-May GAME: Galileo Game Session 4

6-May GAME: Galileo Game Session 5

8-May GAME: Galileo Post Mortem

11-May TBA

See OnTrack COMPREHENSIVE FINAL EXAM

CRIDER2009SPRING102

Syllabus

• Times, Materials, & Description

• Goals

• Honor Code

• Objectives

Grading Policy

Class Participation 20%MasteringAstronomy 20%Exams 25%Trial of Galileo 20%Observing Labs 15%

Observing Labs

• Labs begin the second week of class.• Only four 30-minute rooftop labs will

be held during the semester.• Students groups and meeting times

will be posted later this week.

STEP 1Enter your last name, first name, and middle

initial in these fields. Fill in all appropriate

bubbles for each letter, including the blanks

spaces at the end of your names.

STEP 2Enter your Campus Box in the

“Identification Number” field,

followed by zeros. For

example, 5678 would be

entered 5678000000.

STEP 3Your instructor will

provide you with a 6-

digit class code to

enter in the “Special

Codes” field.

STEP 4Enter today’s date

here instead of your

birthdate.

Your instructor will give you at least 30 minutes of

class time to complete this diagnostic test.

If you do not follow the following four steps, your

results may be discarded.

STEP 1Enter your last name, first name, and middle

initial in these fields. Fill in all appropriate

bubbles for each letter, including the blanks

spaces at the end of your names.

STEP 2Enter your Campus Box in the

“Identification Number” field,

followed by zeros. For

example, 5678 would be

entered 5678000000.

STEP 3Your instructor will

provide you with a 6-

digit class code to

enter in the “Special

Codes” field.

STEP 4Enter today’s date

here instead of your

birthdate.

Your instructor will give you at least 30 minutes of

class time to complete this diagnostic test.

If you do not follow the following four steps, your

results may be discarded.

Our Modern View of the Universe• Bad Astronomy, Chapter 3• Introduction to MasteringAstronomy