http://www.livescience.com/51654-mammoths-extinction-climate-change.html
Tuesday, January 13
Chapter 10-Mars
10.1 Orbital Properties, 10.2 Physical Properties, 10.3 Long Distance Observations, 10.4 The Martian Surface
overview of NASA Mars Missions (NASA Mars mission)
HW p256 Review 1-3, 6-8; Self Test 1-5
Thursday, January 15
10.5 Water on Mars, 10.6 Martian Atmosphere, 10.7 Martian Internal Structure, 10.8 The Moons of Mars
video-The Universe:Mars
Hw p256 Review 4,5,9-20; Self Test 6-10
take and submit the online chapter 10 tests
Tuesday, January 20
Quiz-chapter 10
Chapter 11-Jupiter
11.1 Orbital and Physical Properties, 11.2 Atmosphere of Jupiter (including Discovery 11.1:A Cometary Impact)
Juno mission to Jupiter
HW p282 Review 1-3, 6-8; Self Test 1-5
Thursday, January 22
11.3 Internal Structure (including Discovery 11.2:Almost a Star)11.4 Jupiter's Magnetosphere
internet link-Jupiter's Radio Emissions
video-The Universe-Jupiter:The Giant Planet
HW p282 Review 9-11; Self Test 6,7
Monday, January 26
11.5 The Moons of Jupiter (Discovery 11.3:Jupiter's Many Moons); 11.6 Jupiter's Ring
video-Traveler's Guide to the Planets: Jupiter
HW p282 Review 4,5,12-20; Self Test 8-10
Take and Submit the on-line tests
Wednesday, January 28
Review
Test on chapter 11
Monday, February 2
Chapter 12-Saturn
12.1 Orbital and Physical Properties
12.2 Saturn's Atmosphere
HW p310 Review 1-6 ; Self Test 1-4; Problems 1,3
Wednesday, February 4
finish chapter 12
video-The Universe:Saturn-Lord of the Rings
HW p310 Review 7-20; Self Test 5-10
discussion about Enceladus
Friday, February 6
Chapter 13-Uranus and Neptune
video-The Universe: The Outer Planets
HW p330 Review 1-20; Self Test 1-10
take and submit the online tests for chapter 12
Tuesday, February 10
Chapter 14-Solar System Debris
Largest Asteroid Impact Crater
video-The Universe: The End of the Earth (just the portion about asteroids)
video-The Universe: Cosmic Collisions (just the part about asteroids)
www.diskdetective.org (look for dust around stars)
Bill Nye The Science Guy on deflecting asteroids
HW p358 Review 1-6; Self Test 1-4
take and submit the online tests for chapter 13
Thursday, February 12
review
test covering chapters 12 and 13
Tuesday, February 17
Comets
video-The Universe: Deadly Comets
HW p358 Review 7-13,19; Self Test 5-6
Thursday, February 19
Kuiper Belt Objects
video-The Universe: Cosmic Collisions (the first 5 questions about Kuiper Belt objects)
assignment-Meteor Crater Analysis-due Monday, Feb 23
HW p358 Review 14-18,20; Self Test 7-10
Monday, February 23
Lab-Impact Cratering-due Friday, February 27
click here for the lab: take-home cratering lab - as additional proof that you actually performed the lab, you must e-mail me at least one picture of yourself working on this lab
video-The Universe: Stopping Armageddon
review
Wednesday, February 25
due today: Meteor Crater Analysis
review
test on chapter 14
Friday, February 27
due today - Lab: Impact Cratering
start chapter 17-The Stars
17.1 Solar Neighborhood
-parallax
-nearest neighbors (Astronomy, February 2011, page 50)
-naming stars
17.2 Luminosity and Apparent Brightness
(More Precisely 17-1: More on the Magnitude Scale - p425)
Lab-Parallax (on football field)
HW p442 Review 1-4, 7; Self Test 1-5; Problems 5,7,8
Tuesday, March 3
worksheets:
1. apparent magnitude
2. luminosity and parallax
Thursday, March 5
17.3 Stellar Temperature-color and blackbody curve-stellar spectra and spectral classification
17.4 Stellar Size (stellar size video from YouTube)
NML Cygni is currently the largest known star
17.5 HR Diagrams-Lecture Tutorial: HR Diagram (p109-110)
HW p442 Review 5, 6, 8-16; Self Test 6-9; Problems 3,4
HW worksheet "Stellar Temperature/Size/H-R Diagram"
Monday, March 9
17.6 Extending the Cosmic Distance Scale
17.7 Stellar Masses
17.8 Mass and Other Properties
link: Measuring Stellar Ages from Rotation Rates
worksheet-"Putting it all together"
HW p442 Review 17-20; Self Test 10; Problems 10
Wednesday, March 11
chapter 19-Star Formation
video-The Universe: Nebulas
HW p488 Review 1-20; Self Test 1-10; Problems 4,6,9,10
new evidence supporting Inflationary Model of Big Bang
Friday, March 13
Happy Vernal Equinox!
start chapter 20-Stellar Evolution
20.1 Leaving the Main Sequence
20.2 Evolution of a Sun-like Star
20.3 The Death of a Low-Mass Star
video-The Universe: Life and Death of a Star
HW p514 Review 1-9, 13-17; Self Test 7,10; Problems 3,4
Tuesday, March 17
20.4 Evolution of Stars More Massive than the Sun
20.5 Observing Stellar Evolution in Star Clusters
20.6 Stellar Evolution in Binary Systems
video-The Universe: The Search for Cosmic Clusters
HW p514 Review 10-12, 18-20; Self Test 1-6,8,9
HW p514 Problems 9,10
Wednesday, March 18
Science Expo - periods 1-7
Friday, March 20
Chapter 21-Stellar Explosions
21.1 Life and Death for White Dwarfs
21.2 The End of a High-Mass Star
video-The Universe: Pulsars and Quasars (just Pulsar portion for now)
HW summarize "Discovery 21-1"
Solar Eclipse could disrupt Europe's power supply
Tuesday, March 24
test covering chapters 17, 19, and 20
Thursday, March 26
21.3 Supernovae
21.4 Formation of the Elements
21.5 Cycle of Stellar Evolution
Gamma Ray Bursts explained
video-The Universe: Supernovas
HW p536 Review 1-20; Self Test 1-10, Problems 7
Tuesday, April 14
Chapter 22-Neutron Stars and Black Holes
a neutron star observed to have a slowing rotation rate
video-The Universe: Cosmic Holes
Superfluid in Neutron Star Cores
HW p568 Review 1-20; Self Test 1-10
Thursday, April 16
video-Einstein (from The History Channel)
take and submit the online tests for chapters 21-22
HW p569 Problems 1,3,4,7,8,10
Monday, April 20
video-Monster Black Holes
GRB/black hole
Wednesday, April 22
chapter 23-Milky Way Galaxy
video-The Universe: The Milky Way
Cepheid Variable mass
Cepheid Variables not as standard as once thought
HW p600 Review 1-20; Self Test 1-10
Friday, April 24
Senior Breakfast - most of class is gone today
Tuesday, April 28
chapter 24-Galaxies
huge halo found around the Andromeda galaxy
video-The Universe: Alien Galaxies
HW p632 Review 1-20; Self Test 1-10; Problems 2,3,7,10
Thursday, April 30
video-The Universe: Pulsars and Quasars (just Quasar portion now)
Galaxy Zoo Classification project
http://www.galaxyzoo.org/
search The Physics To Go site for info related to Quasar 3C273
take and submit the online tests for chapters 23-24
Monday, May 4
chapter 25-Galaxies and Dark Matter
video-The Universe: Dark Matter
HW p658 Review 1-20; Self Test 1-10; Problems 1
Wednesday, May 6
chapter 26-Cosmology
video-The Universe: Beyond the Big Bang
HW p680 Review 1-20; Self Test 1-10
Has NASA created a warp drive?
Friday, May 8
chapter 27-The Early Universe
video-Elegant Universe/Creation of the Universe
HW p704 Review 1-20; Self Test 1-10
take and submit online tests for chapters 25-27
Tuesday, May 12
review - split class into groups and have them create Kahoot quizzes (https://getkahoot.com/)
Thursday, May 14
review - work on Kahoot quizzes
Monday, May 18
review - present Kahoot quizzes in class as review for the final exam
Wednesday, May 20
Final Exam
Saturday, January 10, 2015
Thursday, December 18, 2014
Binocular Comet Lovejoy Heading Our Way
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/observing-news/binocular-comet-lovejoy-heading-c2014-q2-lovejoy-1211142/
Use the finder charts in the above online article to locate the comet. It will pass near the brightest star in the sky, Sirius, on Christmas! It passes below Orion in early January.
Use the finder charts in the above online article to locate the comet. It will pass near the brightest star in the sky, Sirius, on Christmas! It passes below Orion in early January.
Sunday, August 17, 2014
Syllabus and email
Please complete this Google Form to read the syllabus. As you complete the form, it will also ask you to enter contact info so that I can easily communicate with you (your info will not be shared).
Tuesday, August 12, 2014
1st Semester Assignments for 2014-15
Total Lunar Eclipse on Wednesday, October 8, and partial Solar Eclipse on Thursday, October 23!
The total lunar eclipse will begin at about 2:20am in the early morning hours on October 8. The total phase will begin around 3:27am and last until about 4:23am. The lunar eclipse will end by 5:33am on October 8th. This diagram illustrates the lunar eclipse: Total Lunar Eclipse of October 8, 2014.
The solar eclipse will start at 2:08pm on October 23, be at maximum eclipse at 3:28pm, and end at 4:40pm. At maximum, about 33% of the sun will be eclipsed by the moon. Here is an animation of what it will look like: animation of partial solar eclipse as seen on Oct. 23, 2014 from Los Angeles
Never view an eclipse without the proper, safe eye protection. You can obtain solar eclipse glasses here: Eclipse Glasses. This store is actually on Reseda Blvd.
Friday, August 15
go over syllabus, website, Stellarium (http://www.stellarium.org/), sky charts, etc.
Motions in the Night Sky (Stellarium)-this worksheet is due Wednesday, August 27
Tuesday, August 19
start chapter 1-Charting the Heavens
Lecture Tutorials (LT) p1-2, 3-6
Lab-Angular Measure
Thursday, August 21
LT p7-9, 13-17, 87-90, 91-96, 11-12, 79-81, 83-85, 39-41, 35-37
Monday, August 25
Lab-Parallax of thumb
video-"The Universe-Constellations"
review
Wednesday, August 27
Test chapter 1
Friday, August 29
start chapter 2-The Copernican Revolution
sections 2.1-2.4
Retrograde Motion worksheet
video clip of retrograde motion from "Wonders of the Solar System" - Youtube
ex p54 Problem 1
book work: page 54-Review Questions 1-8; Self Test questions 1-3
Monday, September 1 - NO School (Labor Day)
Wednesday, September 3
sections 2.5-2.7
Kepler's Laws worksheets
Practice Kepler's 3rd Law
book work: page 55-Review Questions 9-14; Self Test questions 4-8
Friday, September 5
section 2.8
Lab-Using a Pendulum to determine the Mass of Earth
book work: page 55-Review Questions 18-20; Self Test questions 9, 10
breaking news: asteroid to fly by Earth this Sunday
Tuesday, September 9
discuss p55 Review Questions 15-17; Problem 7
video "The Universe-Gravity"
Review
HW - log into MasteringAstronomy, click on Study Area, choose chapter 2, and then take and submit your answers for the T/F tests
Thursday, September 11
Test for chapter 2
Monday, September 15
Start chapter 3-Radiation
sections 3.1-3.3
Electromagnetic Spectrum worksheet
Telescopes and Earth's Atmosphere worksheet
book work: page 74 Review Questions 1-12 and 20; Self Test questions 1-5; Problems 1-3
Lab-Waves
Wednesday, September 17
section 3.4
Blackbody Radiation worksheet
bookwork: page 75 Review Questions 13-16; Self Test questions 6-9; Problems 4-7
Lab-Energy Absorption
Friday, September 19
section 3.5
Doppler Shift worksheet
bookwork: page 75 Review Questions 17-19; Self Test questions 10; Problems 8
online work: log into MasteringAstronomy, enter the Study Area, choose the 3rd chapter, and submit the results of your "Tutorial Quiz"
Tuesday, September 23
Test for chapter 3
Thursday, September 25
begin chapter 4-Spectroscopy
sections 4.1-4.2
worksheet "Types of Spectra"
video - Spectroscopy (part 1 of 3)
video - Spectroscopy (part 2 of 3)
video - Spectroscopy (part 3 of 3)
book work page 94 Review 1-14; Self Test 1-7
Monday, September 29
sections 4.3-4.4
worksheet "Light and Atoms"
Lab-Spectral Lines
after the lab, go to this spectra webpage to identify your elements:
http://astro.u-strasbg.fr/~koppen/discharge/
on-line work: log into MasteringAstronomy, complete the tutorials and the tutorials quiz-submit your answers
Wednesday, October 1
section 4.5
worksheet "Analyzing Spectra"
video-Easter Island Eclipse
book work page 94 Review 16-20; Self Test 8-10
on-line work: log into MasteringAstronomy, complete the true/false test, and submit your answers
Friday, October 3
Test for chapter 4
Tuesday, October 7
Chapter 16-The Sun
Total Eclipse from March 20, 201516.1 Physical Properties16.2 Solar Interior
Lab-Measuring the Solar Constant
HW p414 Review 1-4, 8-11; Self Test 1-7
Thursday, October 9
16.3 Sun's Atmosphere
16.4 Solar Magnetism
video-The Universe: Secrets of the Sun
HW p414 Review 12-15; Self Test 8-9
Monday, October 13 - NO School (faculty in-service)
Tuesday, October 14
16.5 Active Sun\16.6 The Heart of the Sun
video-a CME rips the tail off a comet!
video-comet PanSTARRS and CME
16.7 Solar Neutrinos\Radiation
HW p414 Review 5-7, 16-20; Self Test 10; Problems 6,8
show students how to use the telescope with the solar filter
Wednesday, October 15 - Testing Day grades 9-11
Friday, October 17
plan activities for the Oct 23 Solar Eclipse party
Tuesday, October 21
continue working on activities for October 23 eclipse
Thursday, October 23
practice using solar telescope and observe sunspots
final walk through in preparation for this afternoon's solar eclipse
Solar Eclipse from 2:08pm-4:40pm - be available to assist at this middle school recruiting event
Monday, October 27
start chapter 5-Telescopes
Optical Telescopes
Ray Diagram for a Concave Mirror
Ray Diagram for a Converging (Convex) Lens
Lab-Lenses and Mirrors in Telescopes
bookwork p128 Review 2; Self Test 1-2
Wednesday, October 29
Telescope Size, Resolving Power, Light Gathering Power, Images and Detectors
Lab-angular Resolution
worksheet-resolving power and light gathering power
bookwork p128 Review 1, 3, 6, 7, 20; Self Test 3-4
online work: log into your account, perform the tutorials in chapter 5 and then take and submit your answers for the Tutorials Quiz
Friday, October 31
High Resolution Astronomy, Radio Astronomy, Interferometry, Space-Based Astronomy, Full-Spectrum Coverage
video-400 Years of the Telescope
bookwork p128 Review 4, 5, 8-19; Self Test 5-8
online work: take and submit your scores for the T/F tests on the book's website
Jack-o-Lantern Sun image
Tuesday, November 4
Test for chapter 5
Thursday, November 6
Begin chapter 7-Earth
7.1 Overall Structure of the Earth, 7.2 Earth's Atmosphere
video-"Six Degrees"
bookwork p180 Review 2,5,20; Self Test 1-4; Problem 3
Friday, November 7 - NO School (8th Grade Day)
Monday, November 10 - NO School (Veterans' Day observed)
Wednesday, November 12
finish video
7.3 Earth's Interior, 7.4 Surface Activity
worksheet-Earth's Changing Surface
bookwork p180 Review 1,3,4,6-13; Self Test 5-7; Problem 7
Friday, November 14
7.5 Earth's Magnetosphere, 7.6 The Tides
video-The Formation of the Earth
bookwork p180 Review 14-19; Self Test 8-10
Tuesday, November 18
finish video
online work: take the online T/F test and submit your scores
Thursday, November 20
Test for chapter 7
Monday, November 24
Start chapter 8-The Moon and Mercury
(the chapter 8 test will include questions from any videos we watch)
8.1-8.3 (Orbital Properties, Physical Properties, Surface Features)
HW p208 Review 1-3,5,6,19; Self Test 1-4
video-The Universe: The Moon
Wednesday, November 26
8.4-8.6 (Rotation Rates, Lunar Cratering and Surface Composition, Surface of Mercury)
online video clip - Evolution of the Moon
lunar south pole impact - Aitken Basin
HW p208 Review 4,7-13,16-18; Self Test 5,6
video-The Universe: The Inner Planets
The total lunar eclipse will begin at about 2:20am in the early morning hours on October 8. The total phase will begin around 3:27am and last until about 4:23am. The lunar eclipse will end by 5:33am on October 8th. This diagram illustrates the lunar eclipse: Total Lunar Eclipse of October 8, 2014.
The solar eclipse will start at 2:08pm on October 23, be at maximum eclipse at 3:28pm, and end at 4:40pm. At maximum, about 33% of the sun will be eclipsed by the moon. Here is an animation of what it will look like: animation of partial solar eclipse as seen on Oct. 23, 2014 from Los Angeles
Never view an eclipse without the proper, safe eye protection. You can obtain solar eclipse glasses here: Eclipse Glasses. This store is actually on Reseda Blvd.
Friday, August 15
go over syllabus, website, Stellarium (http://www.stellarium.org/), sky charts, etc.
Motions in the Night Sky (Stellarium)-this worksheet is due Wednesday, August 27
Tuesday, August 19
start chapter 1-Charting the Heavens
Lecture Tutorials (LT) p1-2, 3-6
Lab-Angular Measure
Thursday, August 21
LT p7-9, 13-17, 87-90, 91-96, 11-12, 79-81, 83-85, 39-41, 35-37
Monday, August 25
Lab-Parallax of thumb
video-"The Universe-Constellations"
review
Wednesday, August 27
Test chapter 1
Friday, August 29
start chapter 2-The Copernican Revolution
sections 2.1-2.4
Retrograde Motion worksheet
video clip of retrograde motion from "Wonders of the Solar System" - Youtube
ex p54 Problem 1
book work: page 54-Review Questions 1-8; Self Test questions 1-3
Monday, September 1 - NO School (Labor Day)
Wednesday, September 3
sections 2.5-2.7
Kepler's Laws worksheets
Practice Kepler's 3rd Law
book work: page 55-Review Questions 9-14; Self Test questions 4-8
Friday, September 5
section 2.8
Lab-Using a Pendulum to determine the Mass of Earth
book work: page 55-Review Questions 18-20; Self Test questions 9, 10
breaking news: asteroid to fly by Earth this Sunday
Tuesday, September 9
discuss p55 Review Questions 15-17; Problem 7
video "The Universe-Gravity"
Review
HW - log into MasteringAstronomy, click on Study Area, choose chapter 2, and then take and submit your answers for the T/F tests
Thursday, September 11
Test for chapter 2
Monday, September 15
Start chapter 3-Radiation
sections 3.1-3.3
Electromagnetic Spectrum worksheet
Telescopes and Earth's Atmosphere worksheet
book work: page 74 Review Questions 1-12 and 20; Self Test questions 1-5; Problems 1-3
Lab-Waves
Wednesday, September 17
section 3.4
Blackbody Radiation worksheet
bookwork: page 75 Review Questions 13-16; Self Test questions 6-9; Problems 4-7
Lab-Energy Absorption
Friday, September 19
section 3.5
Doppler Shift worksheet
bookwork: page 75 Review Questions 17-19; Self Test questions 10; Problems 8
online work: log into MasteringAstronomy, enter the Study Area, choose the 3rd chapter, and submit the results of your "Tutorial Quiz"
Tuesday, September 23
Test for chapter 3
Thursday, September 25
begin chapter 4-Spectroscopy
sections 4.1-4.2
worksheet "Types of Spectra"
video - Spectroscopy (part 1 of 3)
video - Spectroscopy (part 2 of 3)
video - Spectroscopy (part 3 of 3)
book work page 94 Review 1-14; Self Test 1-7
Monday, September 29
sections 4.3-4.4
worksheet "Light and Atoms"
Lab-Spectral Lines
after the lab, go to this spectra webpage to identify your elements:
http://astro.u-strasbg.fr/~koppen/discharge/
on-line work: log into MasteringAstronomy, complete the tutorials and the tutorials quiz-submit your answers
Wednesday, October 1
section 4.5
worksheet "Analyzing Spectra"
video-Easter Island Eclipse
book work page 94 Review 16-20; Self Test 8-10
on-line work: log into MasteringAstronomy, complete the true/false test, and submit your answers
Friday, October 3
Test for chapter 4
Tuesday, October 7
Chapter 16-The Sun
Total Eclipse from March 20, 201516.1 Physical Properties16.2 Solar Interior
Lab-Measuring the Solar Constant
HW p414 Review 1-4, 8-11; Self Test 1-7
Thursday, October 9
16.3 Sun's Atmosphere
16.4 Solar Magnetism
video-The Universe: Secrets of the Sun
HW p414 Review 12-15; Self Test 8-9
Monday, October 13 - NO School (faculty in-service)
Tuesday, October 14
16.5 Active Sun\16.6 The Heart of the Sun
video-a CME rips the tail off a comet!
video-comet PanSTARRS and CME
16.7 Solar Neutrinos\Radiation
HW p414 Review 5-7, 16-20; Self Test 10; Problems 6,8
show students how to use the telescope with the solar filter
Wednesday, October 15 - Testing Day grades 9-11
Friday, October 17
plan activities for the Oct 23 Solar Eclipse party
Tuesday, October 21
continue working on activities for October 23 eclipse
Thursday, October 23
practice using solar telescope and observe sunspots
final walk through in preparation for this afternoon's solar eclipse
Solar Eclipse from 2:08pm-4:40pm - be available to assist at this middle school recruiting event
Monday, October 27
start chapter 5-Telescopes
Optical Telescopes
Ray Diagram for a Concave Mirror
Ray Diagram for a Converging (Convex) Lens
Lab-Lenses and Mirrors in Telescopes
bookwork p128 Review 2; Self Test 1-2
Wednesday, October 29
Telescope Size, Resolving Power, Light Gathering Power, Images and Detectors
Lab-angular Resolution
worksheet-resolving power and light gathering power
bookwork p128 Review 1, 3, 6, 7, 20; Self Test 3-4
online work: log into your account, perform the tutorials in chapter 5 and then take and submit your answers for the Tutorials Quiz
Friday, October 31
High Resolution Astronomy, Radio Astronomy, Interferometry, Space-Based Astronomy, Full-Spectrum Coverage
video-400 Years of the Telescope
bookwork p128 Review 4, 5, 8-19; Self Test 5-8
online work: take and submit your scores for the T/F tests on the book's website
Jack-o-Lantern Sun image
Tuesday, November 4
Test for chapter 5
Thursday, November 6
Begin chapter 7-Earth
7.1 Overall Structure of the Earth, 7.2 Earth's Atmosphere
video-"Six Degrees"
bookwork p180 Review 2,5,20; Self Test 1-4; Problem 3
Friday, November 7 - NO School (8th Grade Day)
Monday, November 10 - NO School (Veterans' Day observed)
Wednesday, November 12
finish video
7.3 Earth's Interior, 7.4 Surface Activity
worksheet-Earth's Changing Surface
bookwork p180 Review 1,3,4,6-13; Self Test 5-7; Problem 7
Friday, November 14
7.5 Earth's Magnetosphere, 7.6 The Tides
video-The Formation of the Earth
bookwork p180 Review 14-19; Self Test 8-10
Tuesday, November 18
finish video
online work: take the online T/F test and submit your scores
Thursday, November 20
Test for chapter 7
Monday, November 24
Start chapter 8-The Moon and Mercury
(the chapter 8 test will include questions from any videos we watch)
8.1-8.3 (Orbital Properties, Physical Properties, Surface Features)
HW p208 Review 1-3,5,6,19; Self Test 1-4
video-The Universe: The Moon
Wednesday, November 26
8.4-8.6 (Rotation Rates, Lunar Cratering and Surface Composition, Surface of Mercury)
online video clip - Evolution of the Moon
lunar south pole impact - Aitken Basin
HW p208 Review 4,7-13,16-18; Self Test 5,6
video-The Universe: The Inner Planets
Thursday, November 27-Sunday, November 30 (NO School - Thanksgiving Break)
Tuesday, December 2
8.7-8.9 (Interiors, Origin of the Moon, History of the Moon and Mercury)
Discuss the Messenger Mission to Mercury
Ice on Mercury and video: how water ice was found on Mercury
ice on the moon and video: water on the moon
Moon survival activity
Complete and submit the online chapter 8 T/F test
review chapter 8
video: Day the Moon was Gone
Thursday, December 4
test on chapter 8
Monday, December 8
start chapter 9-Venus
9.1 Orbital Properties, 9.2 Physical Properties, 9.3 Long Distance Observations
animation - Phases of Venus
video: A Traveler's Guide to the Planets (Mercury and Venus)
HW p228 Review 1-8; Self Test 1-4
review for final exam (taken in class on Friday, December 12)
Wednesday, December 10
9.4 The Surface of Venus, 9.5 The Atmosphere of Venus, 9.6 Venus' Magnetic Field and Internal Structure
video-The Universe:The Inner Planets (Venus)
HW p228 Review 9-20; Self Test 5-10
Take and submit the online chapter 9 T/F test
review for final (chapters 1-9)
review for final exam (taken in class on Friday, December 12)
Friday, December 12
Final Exam (taken in class today)
Monday, December 15 (1-7 schedule)
The Physics of Santa - with the math worked out
Discuss the Messenger Mission to Mercury
Ice on Mercury and video: how water ice was found on Mercury
ice on the moon and video: water on the moon
Moon survival activity
Complete and submit the online chapter 8 T/F test
review chapter 8
video: Day the Moon was Gone
Thursday, December 4
test on chapter 8
Monday, December 8
start chapter 9-Venus
9.1 Orbital Properties, 9.2 Physical Properties, 9.3 Long Distance Observations
animation - Phases of Venus
video: A Traveler's Guide to the Planets (Mercury and Venus)
HW p228 Review 1-8; Self Test 1-4
review for final exam (taken in class on Friday, December 12)
Wednesday, December 10
9.4 The Surface of Venus, 9.5 The Atmosphere of Venus, 9.6 Venus' Magnetic Field and Internal Structure
video-The Universe:The Inner Planets (Venus)
HW p228 Review 9-20; Self Test 5-10
Take and submit the online chapter 9 T/F test
review for final (chapters 1-9)
review for final exam (taken in class on Friday, December 12)
Friday, December 12
Final Exam (taken in class today)
Monday, December 15 (1-7 schedule)
The Physics of Santa - with the math worked out
Saturday, January 11, 2014
2nd Semester Assignments for 2013-14
Monday, January 13
Chapter 10-Mars
10.1 Orbital Properties, 10.2 Physical Properties, 10.3 Long Distance Observations, 10.4 The Martian Surface
overview of NASA Mars Missions (NASA Mars mission)
HW p256 Review 1-3, 6-8; Self Test 1-5
Wednesday, January 15
10.5 Water on Mars, 10.6 Martian Atmosphere, 10.7 Martian Internal Structure, 10.8 The Moons of Mars
video-The Universe:Mars
Hw p256 Review 4,5,9-20; Self Test 6-10
take and submit the online chapter 10 tests
Friday, January 17
Quiz-chapter 10
Chapter 11-Jupiter
11.1 Orbital and Physical Properties, 11.2 Atmosphere of Jupiter (including Discovery 11.1:A Cometary Impact)
Juno mission to Jupiter
HW p282 Review 1-3, 6-8; Self Test 1-5
Wednesday, January 22
11.3 Internal Structure (including Discovery 11.2:Almost a Star)11.4 Jupiter's Magnetosphere
internet link-Jupiter's Radio Emissions
video-The Universe-Jupiter:The Giant Planet
HW p282 Review 9-11; Self Test 6,7
Friday, January 24
11.5 The Moon's of Jupiter (Discovery 11.3:Jupiter's Many Moons); 11.6 Jupiter's Ring
video-Traveler's Guide to the Planets: Jupiter
HW p282 Review 4,5,12-20; Self Test 8-10
Take and Submit the on-line tests
Tuesday, January 28
Review
Test on chapter 11
Stephen Hawking - Black Holes may not be black...
Thursday, January 30
Chapter 12-Saturn
12.1 Orbital and Physical Properties
12.2 Saturn's Atmosphere
HW p310 Review 1-6 ; Self Test 1-4; Problems 1,3
Monday, February 3
finish chapter 12
video-The Universe:Saturn-Lord of the Rings
HW p310 Review 7-20; Self Test 5-10
discussion about Enceladus
Wednesday, February 5
Chapter 13-Uranus and Neptune
video-The Universe: The Outer Planets
HW p330 Review 1-20; Self Test 1-10
take and submit the online tests for chapter 12
Friday, February 7
Chapter 14-Solar System Debris
video-The Universe: The End of the Earth (just the portion about asteroids)
video-The Universe: Cosmic Collisions (just the part about asteroids)
www.diskdetective.org (look for dust around stars)
HW p358 Review 1-6; Self Test 1-4
take and submit the online tests for chapter 13
Tuesday, February 11
review
test covering chapters 12 and 13
Thursday, February 13
Comets
video-The Universe: Deadly Comets
HW p358 Review 7-13,19; Self Test 5-6
Monday, February 17 - NO School
Tuesday, February 18
Kuiper Belt Objects
video-The Universe: Cosmic Collisions (the first 5 questions about Kuiper Belt objects)
assignment-Meteor Crater Analysis-due Monday, Feb 24
HW p358 Review 14-18,20; Self Test 7-10
Thursday, February 20
Lab-Impact Cratering-due Friday, February 28
click here for the lab: take-home cratering lab - as additional proof that you actually performed the lab, you must e-mail me at least one picture of yourself working on this lab
video-The Universe: Stopping Armageddon
review
Monday, February 24
due today: Meteor Crater Analysis
review
test on chapter 14
Wednesday, February 26
Chapter 16-The Sun
16.1 Physical Properties16.2 Solar Interior
Lab-Measuring the Solar Constant
HW p414 Review 1-4, 8-11; Self Test 1-7
Friday, February 28
due today - Lab: Impact Cratering
16.3 Sun's Atmosphere
16.4 Solar Magnetism
video-The Universe: Secrets of the Sun
HW p414 Review 12-15; Self Test 8-9
Tuesday, March 4
16.5 Active Sun\16.6 The Heart of the Sun
video-a CME rips the tail off a comet!
video-comet PanSTARRS and CME
16.7 Solar Neutrinos\Radiation
HW p414 Review 5-7, 16-20; Self Test 10; Problems 6,8
video-Trinity and Beyond
Thursday, March 6
start chapter 17-The Stars
17.1 Solar Neighborhood
-parallax
-nearest neighbors (Astronomy, February 2011, page 50)
-naming stars
17.2 Luminosity and Apparent Brightness
(More Precisely 17-1: More on the Magnitude Scale - p425)
Lab-Parallax (on football field)
HW p442 Review 1-4, 7; Self Test 1-5; Problems 5,7,8
Monday, March 10
review
Test on chapter 16
worksheets:
1. apparent magnitude
2. luminosity and parallax
Wednesday, March 12
17.3 Stellar Temperature-color and blackbody curve-stellar spectra and spectral classification
17.4 Stellar Size (stellar size video from YouTube)
NML Cygni is currently the largest known star
17.5 HR Diagrams-Lecture Tutorial: HR Diagram (p109-110)
HW p442 Review 5, 6, 8-16; Self Test 6-9; Problems 3,4
HW worksheet "Stellar Temperature/Size/H-R Diagram"
Friday, March 14
17.6 Extending the Cosmic Distance Scale
17.7 Stellar Masses
17.8 Mass and Other Properties
link: Measuring Stellar Ages from Rotation Rates
worksheet-"Putting it all together"
HW p442 Review 17-20; Self Test 10; Problems 10
Tuesday, March 18
chapter 19-Star Formation
video-The Universe: Nebulas
HW p488 Review 1-20; Self Test 1-10; Problems 4,6,9,10
new evidence supporting Inflationary Model of Big Bang
Wednesday, March 19
ITED Testing - all grades (NO classes)
Friday, March 21
Happy Vernal Equinox! (happened yesterday)
start chapter 20-Stellar Evolution
20.1 Leaving the Main Sequence
20.2 Evolution of a Sun-like Star
20.3 The Death of a Low-Mass Star
video-The Universe: Life and Death of a Star
HW p514 Review 1-9, 13-17; Self Test 7,10; Problems 3,4
Tuesday, March 25
20.4 Evolution of Stars More Massive than the Sun
20.5 Observing Stellar Evolution in Star Clusters
20.6 Stellar Evolution in Binary Systems
video-The Universe: The Search for Cosmic Clusters
HW p514 Review 10-12, 18-20; Self Test 1-6,8,9
HW p514 Problems 9,10
Thursday, March 27
Chapter 21-Stellar Explosions
21.1 Life and Death for White Dwarfs
21.2 The End of a High-Mass Star
video-The Universe: Pulsars and Quasars (just Pulsar portion for now)
HW summarize "Discovery 21-1"
Monday, March 31
test covering chapters 17, 19, and 20
Wednesday, April 2
21.3 Supernovae
21.4 Formation of the Elements
21.5 Cycle of Stellar Evolution
Gamma Ray Bursts explained
video-The Universe: Supernovas
HW p536 Review 1-20; Self Test 1-10, Problems 7
Friday, April 4
Chapter 22-Neutron Stars and Black Holes
a neutron star observed to have a slowing rotation rate
video-The Universe: Cosmic Holes
Superfluid in Neutron Star Cores
HW p568 Review 1-20; Self Test 1-10
Tuesday, April 8
video-Einstein (from The History Channel)
take and submit the online tests for chapters 21-22
HW p569 Problems 1,3,4,7,8,10
Wednesday, April 9 - Science Expo (provide observations of sunspots to guests)
Thursday, April 10
video-Monster Black Holes
GRB/black hole
Monday, April 28
chapter 23-Milky Way Galaxy
video-The Universe: The Milky Way
Cepheid Variable mass
Cepheid Variables not as standard as once thought
HW p600 Review 1-20; Self Test 1-10
Wednesday, April 30
chapter 24-Galaxies
video-The Universe: Alien Galaxies
HW p632 Review 1-20; Self Test 1-10; Problems 2,3,7,10
Friday, May 2
video-The Universe: Pulsars and Quasars (just Quasar portion now)
Galaxy Zoo Classification project
http://www.galaxyzoo.org/
search The Physics To Go site for info related to Quasar 3C273
take and submit the online tests for chapters 23-24
Tuesday, May 6
chapter 25-Galaxies and Dark Matter
video-The Universe: Dark Matter
HW p658 Review 1-20; Self Test 1-10; Problems 1
Thursday, May 8
chapter 26-Cosmology
video-The Universe: Beyond the Big Bang
HW p680 Review 1-20; Self Test 1-10
Monday, May 12
chapter 27-The Early Universe
video-Elegant Universe/Creation of the Universe
HW p704 Review 1-20; Self Test 1-10
take and submit online tests for chapters 25-27
Wednesday, May 14
review
Friday, May 16
review
Tuesday, May 20
Final Exam
Chapter 10-Mars
10.1 Orbital Properties, 10.2 Physical Properties, 10.3 Long Distance Observations, 10.4 The Martian Surface
overview of NASA Mars Missions (NASA Mars mission)
HW p256 Review 1-3, 6-8; Self Test 1-5
Wednesday, January 15
10.5 Water on Mars, 10.6 Martian Atmosphere, 10.7 Martian Internal Structure, 10.8 The Moons of Mars
video-The Universe:Mars
Hw p256 Review 4,5,9-20; Self Test 6-10
take and submit the online chapter 10 tests
Friday, January 17
Quiz-chapter 10
Chapter 11-Jupiter
11.1 Orbital and Physical Properties, 11.2 Atmosphere of Jupiter (including Discovery 11.1:A Cometary Impact)
Juno mission to Jupiter
HW p282 Review 1-3, 6-8; Self Test 1-5
Wednesday, January 22
11.3 Internal Structure (including Discovery 11.2:Almost a Star)11.4 Jupiter's Magnetosphere
internet link-Jupiter's Radio Emissions
video-The Universe-Jupiter:The Giant Planet
HW p282 Review 9-11; Self Test 6,7
Friday, January 24
11.5 The Moon's of Jupiter (Discovery 11.3:Jupiter's Many Moons); 11.6 Jupiter's Ring
video-Traveler's Guide to the Planets: Jupiter
HW p282 Review 4,5,12-20; Self Test 8-10
Take and Submit the on-line tests
Tuesday, January 28
Review
Test on chapter 11
Stephen Hawking - Black Holes may not be black...
Thursday, January 30
Chapter 12-Saturn
12.1 Orbital and Physical Properties
12.2 Saturn's Atmosphere
HW p310 Review 1-6 ; Self Test 1-4; Problems 1,3
Monday, February 3
finish chapter 12
video-The Universe:Saturn-Lord of the Rings
HW p310 Review 7-20; Self Test 5-10
discussion about Enceladus
Wednesday, February 5
Chapter 13-Uranus and Neptune
video-The Universe: The Outer Planets
HW p330 Review 1-20; Self Test 1-10
take and submit the online tests for chapter 12
Friday, February 7
Chapter 14-Solar System Debris
video-The Universe: The End of the Earth (just the portion about asteroids)
video-The Universe: Cosmic Collisions (just the part about asteroids)
www.diskdetective.org (look for dust around stars)
HW p358 Review 1-6; Self Test 1-4
take and submit the online tests for chapter 13
Tuesday, February 11
review
test covering chapters 12 and 13
Thursday, February 13
Comets
video-The Universe: Deadly Comets
HW p358 Review 7-13,19; Self Test 5-6
Monday, February 17 - NO School
Tuesday, February 18
Kuiper Belt Objects
video-The Universe: Cosmic Collisions (the first 5 questions about Kuiper Belt objects)
assignment-Meteor Crater Analysis-due Monday, Feb 24
HW p358 Review 14-18,20; Self Test 7-10
Thursday, February 20
Lab-Impact Cratering-due Friday, February 28
click here for the lab: take-home cratering lab - as additional proof that you actually performed the lab, you must e-mail me at least one picture of yourself working on this lab
video-The Universe: Stopping Armageddon
review
Monday, February 24
due today: Meteor Crater Analysis
review
test on chapter 14
Wednesday, February 26
Chapter 16-The Sun
16.1 Physical Properties16.2 Solar Interior
Lab-Measuring the Solar Constant
HW p414 Review 1-4, 8-11; Self Test 1-7
Friday, February 28
due today - Lab: Impact Cratering
16.3 Sun's Atmosphere
16.4 Solar Magnetism
video-The Universe: Secrets of the Sun
HW p414 Review 12-15; Self Test 8-9
Tuesday, March 4
16.5 Active Sun\16.6 The Heart of the Sun
video-a CME rips the tail off a comet!
video-comet PanSTARRS and CME
16.7 Solar Neutrinos\Radiation
HW p414 Review 5-7, 16-20; Self Test 10; Problems 6,8
video-Trinity and Beyond
Thursday, March 6
start chapter 17-The Stars
17.1 Solar Neighborhood
-parallax
-nearest neighbors (Astronomy, February 2011, page 50)
-naming stars
17.2 Luminosity and Apparent Brightness
(More Precisely 17-1: More on the Magnitude Scale - p425)
Lab-Parallax (on football field)
HW p442 Review 1-4, 7; Self Test 1-5; Problems 5,7,8
Monday, March 10
review
Test on chapter 16
worksheets:
1. apparent magnitude
2. luminosity and parallax
Wednesday, March 12
17.3 Stellar Temperature-color and blackbody curve-stellar spectra and spectral classification
17.4 Stellar Size (stellar size video from YouTube)
NML Cygni is currently the largest known star
17.5 HR Diagrams-Lecture Tutorial: HR Diagram (p109-110)
HW p442 Review 5, 6, 8-16; Self Test 6-9; Problems 3,4
HW worksheet "Stellar Temperature/Size/H-R Diagram"
Friday, March 14
17.6 Extending the Cosmic Distance Scale
17.7 Stellar Masses
17.8 Mass and Other Properties
link: Measuring Stellar Ages from Rotation Rates
worksheet-"Putting it all together"
HW p442 Review 17-20; Self Test 10; Problems 10
Tuesday, March 18
chapter 19-Star Formation
video-The Universe: Nebulas
HW p488 Review 1-20; Self Test 1-10; Problems 4,6,9,10
new evidence supporting Inflationary Model of Big Bang
Wednesday, March 19
ITED Testing - all grades (NO classes)
Friday, March 21
Happy Vernal Equinox! (happened yesterday)
start chapter 20-Stellar Evolution
20.1 Leaving the Main Sequence
20.2 Evolution of a Sun-like Star
20.3 The Death of a Low-Mass Star
video-The Universe: Life and Death of a Star
HW p514 Review 1-9, 13-17; Self Test 7,10; Problems 3,4
Tuesday, March 25
20.4 Evolution of Stars More Massive than the Sun
20.5 Observing Stellar Evolution in Star Clusters
20.6 Stellar Evolution in Binary Systems
video-The Universe: The Search for Cosmic Clusters
HW p514 Review 10-12, 18-20; Self Test 1-6,8,9
HW p514 Problems 9,10
Thursday, March 27
Chapter 21-Stellar Explosions
21.1 Life and Death for White Dwarfs
21.2 The End of a High-Mass Star
video-The Universe: Pulsars and Quasars (just Pulsar portion for now)
HW summarize "Discovery 21-1"
Monday, March 31
test covering chapters 17, 19, and 20
Wednesday, April 2
21.3 Supernovae
21.4 Formation of the Elements
21.5 Cycle of Stellar Evolution
Gamma Ray Bursts explained
video-The Universe: Supernovas
HW p536 Review 1-20; Self Test 1-10, Problems 7
Friday, April 4
Chapter 22-Neutron Stars and Black Holes
a neutron star observed to have a slowing rotation rate
video-The Universe: Cosmic Holes
Superfluid in Neutron Star Cores
HW p568 Review 1-20; Self Test 1-10
Tuesday, April 8
video-Einstein (from The History Channel)
take and submit the online tests for chapters 21-22
HW p569 Problems 1,3,4,7,8,10
Wednesday, April 9 - Science Expo (provide observations of sunspots to guests)
Thursday, April 10
video-Monster Black Holes
GRB/black hole
Monday, April 28
chapter 23-Milky Way Galaxy
video-The Universe: The Milky Way
Cepheid Variable mass
Cepheid Variables not as standard as once thought
HW p600 Review 1-20; Self Test 1-10
Wednesday, April 30
chapter 24-Galaxies
video-The Universe: Alien Galaxies
HW p632 Review 1-20; Self Test 1-10; Problems 2,3,7,10
Friday, May 2
video-The Universe: Pulsars and Quasars (just Quasar portion now)
Galaxy Zoo Classification project
http://www.galaxyzoo.org/
search The Physics To Go site for info related to Quasar 3C273
take and submit the online tests for chapters 23-24
Tuesday, May 6
chapter 25-Galaxies and Dark Matter
video-The Universe: Dark Matter
HW p658 Review 1-20; Self Test 1-10; Problems 1
Thursday, May 8
chapter 26-Cosmology
video-The Universe: Beyond the Big Bang
HW p680 Review 1-20; Self Test 1-10
Monday, May 12
chapter 27-The Early Universe
video-Elegant Universe/Creation of the Universe
HW p704 Review 1-20; Self Test 1-10
take and submit online tests for chapters 25-27
Wednesday, May 14
review
Friday, May 16
review
Tuesday, May 20
Final Exam
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