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Meeting No. |
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Jan. 27 |
1 |
Introduction |
Jan. 29 |
2 |
Comets and meteors from small to large |
Feb. 3 |
3 |
Comets and meteors from
small to large |
Feb. 5 |
4 |
Science |
Feb. 10 |
5 |
Science |
Feb. 12 |
6 |
Science and science writing |
Feb. 17 |
7 |
Writing structures and the
basics of global warming |
Feb. 19 |
8 |
Global warming and the news |
Feb. 24 |
9 |
Midterm Exam #1 |
Feb. 26 |
10 |
Snow |
Mar. 3 |
11 |
NPR science correspondent Richard Harris |
Mar. 5 |
12 |
Nature astronomy editor Dr. Leslie Sage |
Mar. 10 |
13 |
Global warming |
Mar. 12 |
14 |
Life |
Mar. 17 |
Spring Break |
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Mar. 19 |
Spring Break |
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Mar. 24 |
15 |
Life on Earth |
Mar. 26 |
16 |
Exoplanets |
Mar. 31 |
17 |
The Drake Equation |
Apr. 2 |
18 |
Search for Extraterrestrial life |
Apr. 7 |
19 |
Power failure |
Apr. 9 |
20 |
Midterm Exam #2 |
Apr. 14 |
21 |
UFOs |
Apr. 16 |
22 |
Early cosmology |
Apr. 21 |
23 |
The expanding universe |
Apr. 23 |
24 |
Relativity |
Apr. 28 |
25 |
Curved space-time |
Apr. 30 |
26 |
History of the universe |
May 5 |
27 |
Contents of the universe |
May 7 |
28 |
Inflation and BICEP2 |
May 12 |
29 |
Conclusion |
May 18 |
FINAL EXAM (CSS 2400, 10:30 AM-12:30 PM) | |