Tue. Aug. 30 | Introduction, The Scale of the Universe | Chapter 1 (OpenStax 1.4-1.7) |
Thu. Sep. 1 | A Brief History of the Universe | Chapter 1 (OpenStax 1.9) |
Tue. Sep. 6 | Seasons on Earth | Chapter 2 (OpenStax 4.2); Syllabus Cover Sheet due |
Thu. Sep. 8 | The Motions of the Moon and Planets | Chapter 2 (OpenStax 4.5, 4.7) |
Tue. Sep. 13 | Competing Cosmologies | Chapter 3 (OpenStax 2.2, 2.4) |
Thu. Sep. 15 | Kepler's Laws & The Scientific Method | Chapter 3 (OpenStax 3.1, 3.3) |
Tue. Sep. 20 | Newton's Laws of Motion | Chapter 4 (OpenStax 7.1); HW#1 due |
Thu. Sep. 22 | Planetary Formation | Chapter 4 (OpenStax 7.4) |
Tue. Sep. 27 | Terrestrial Planet Surfaces | Chapter 5 (OpenStax 10.2, 10.4) |
Thu. Sep. 29 | Terrestrial Planet Atmospheres | Chapter 5 (OpenStax 10.3, 10.5) |
Tue. Oct. 4 | The Giant Planets | Chapter 6 (OpenStax 11); HW#2 due |
Thu. Oct. 6 | EXAM I | Chapters 1-5; HW 1-2; Labs 1-4 |
Tue. Oct. 11 | Moons, Asteroids, and Comets | Chapter 6 (OpenStax 12.1, 12.3, 13) |
Thu. Oct. 13 | Extrasolar Planets | Chapter 7 (OpenStax 21.4, 21.5) |
Tue. Oct. 18 | Revisiting Planetary Formation | Chapter 7 (OpenStax 21.6) |
Thu. Oct. 20 | Light and Atomic Physics | Chapter 8 (OpenStax 15.1, 15.2); HW#3 due |
Tue. Oct. 25 | The Sun | Chapter 8 (OpenStax 17.1-17.3) |
Thu. Oct. 27 | Other Stars | Chapter 8 (OpenStax 18.1, 18.2, 18.4) |
Tue. Nov. 1 | A Small Star's Life | Chapter 9 (OpenStax 21.1, 21.2, 22.1) |
Thu. Nov. 3 | A Big Star's Life | Chapter 9 (OpenStax 22.2, 23.2) |
Tue. Nov. 8 | White Dwarfs and Neutron Stars | Chapter 10 (OpenStax 23.1, 23.4) |
Thu. Nov. 10 | Black Holes | Chapter 10 (OpenStax 24.5, 24.6) |
Tue. Nov. 15 | Our Galaxy and Other Galaxies | Chapter 11 (OpenStax 25.1, 25.2, 26.2); HW#4 due |
Thu. Nov. 17 | EXAM II | Chapters 6-10; HW 3-4; Labs 5-9 |
Tue. Nov. 22 | Galactic Distances | Chapter 12 (OpenStax 26.4, 26.5) |
Thu. Nov. 24 | THANKSGIVING!! | |
Tue. Nov. 29 | The Big Bang Theory | Chapter 13 (OpenStax 29.3, 29.4, 29.6); HW#5 due |
Thu. Dec. 1 | Dark Matter and Dark Energy | Chapter 14 (OpenStax 28.4, 29.5) |
Tue. Dec. 6 | Fate of Our Universe | Chapter 14 (OpenStax 28.5, 29.2) |
Thu. Dec. 8 | Life, the Universe, and Everything | Chapter 15 (OpenStax 30); HW#6 due |
Wed. Dec. 14 | FINAL EXAM (8:00am-10:00am) | Chapters 1-15; HW 1-6; Labs 1-11 |
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