2nd Semester Assignments for 2009

Tuesday, Jan 13
Start chapter 11-Jupiter
11.1 Orbital and Physical Properties
11.2 Atmosphere of Jupiter (including Discovery 11.1:A Cometary Impact)
HW p304 Review 1-3, 6-8; Self Test 2-4, 11-15

Thursday, Jan 15
11.3 Internal Structure (including Discovery 11.2:Almost a Star)
11.4 Jupiter's Magnetosphere
video-The Universe-Jupiter:The Giant Planet
HW p304 Review 9-11; Self Test 1,5,6,16,17

Monday, Jan 19 - NO SCHOOL (MLK Day)

Tuesday, Jan 20
11.5 The Moon's of Jupiter (Discovery 11.3:Jupiter's Many Moons)
11.6 Jupiter's Ring
HW p304 Review 4,5,12-20; Self Test 7-10, 18-20
Take and Submit the on-line tests

Thursday, Jan 22
Review
Test on chapter 11

Monday, Jan 26
Start chapter 12-Saturn
12.1 Orbital and Physical Properties
12.2 Saturn's Atmosphere
HW p334 Review 3,5,7,8 ; Self Test 2,3,12-14

Wednesday, Jan 28 - special schedule: all periods meet today
work on STEP project

Thursday, Jan 29 - special schedule: all periods meet today for 30 minutes
work on STEP

Friday, Jan 30 - NO SCHOOL

Monday, Feb 2 - special schedule: all periods meet today
finish chapter 12
HW p334 Review 1,2,4,6,9-20; Self Test 1,4-11,15-20
HW read the Enceladus article and write a 2 page, double spaced summary

Tuesday, Feb 3
chapter 13-Uranus and Neptune
video-The Universe: The Outer Planets
HW p355 Review 1-20; Self Test 1-20
take and submit the online tests for chapters 12 and 13

Thursday, Feb 5
begin 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)
HW p386 Review 1-6; Self Test 2,3,11-14, 18
read chapters 8, 28, 29, and 32 from "Death by Black Hole"-be prepared for a quiz as early as Feb 11

Monday, Feb 9
review
test covering chapters 12 and 13

Wednesday, Feb 11
Comets
video-The Universe: Deadly Comets
HW p386 Review 7-13,19; Self Test 1,4-6,15,16

Friday, Feb 13
Quiz on "Death by Black Hole"
work on STEP poster

Monday, Feb 16 - NO School - Presidents' Day

Wednesday, Feb 18
STEP Judging
Kuiper Belt Objects
video-The Universe: Cosmic Collisions (the first 5 questions about Kuiper Belt objects)
assignment-Meteor Crater Analysis-due Tues, Feb 24
HW p386 Review 14,15; Self Test 7,17
chapter 14 Test is Thursday, Feb 26

Friday, Feb 20
review Comet Lulin and night sky for Feb 23
Lab-Impact Cratering-due Thursday, Feb 26

Tuesday, Feb 24
begin chapter 16-The Sun
16.1 Physical Properties
16.2 Solar Interior
Lab-Measuring the Solar Constant
HW p446 Review 1-4, 8-11; Self Test 1, 4-6, 11-14, 16, 17
read chapters 6 and 18 from "Death by Black Hole"

Thursday, Feb 26
test on chapter 14

Monday, March 2
16.3 Sun's Atmosphere
16.4 Solar Magnetism
video-The Universe: Secrets of the Sun
HW p446 Review 12-15; Self Test 19

Wednesday, March 4
16.5 Active Sun
16.6 The Heart of the Sun
16.7 Solar Neutrinos
Radiation
HW p446 Review 5-7, 16-20; Self Test 2, 3, 7-10, 15, 18, 20
video-Trinity and Beyond

Friday, March 6
start chapter 17-The Stars
17.1 Solar Neighborhood
-parallax
-nearest neighbors
-naming stars
17.2 Luminosity and Apparent Brightness
Lab-Parallax (on football field)
HW p476 Review 1-4, 7; Self Test 2, 11-15
read chapter 17 from "Death by Black Hole"

Tuesday, March 10
Test on chapter 16

Thursday, March 12
17.3 Stellar Temperature
-color and blackbody curve
-stellar spectra and spectral classification
17.4 Stellar Size
17.5 HR Diagrams
-Lecture Tutorial: HR Diagram (p109-110)
HW p476 Review 5, 6, 8-16; Self Test 1, 3-6, 9, 10, 16-19
Major Assignments:
1. HR Diagram of 100 Closest Stars
2. HR Diagram of 100 Brightest Stars
-both assignments are due Friday, March 20 (get started at once as these will take awhile!)

Monday, March 16 (no classes)

Tuesday, March 17 (all classes meet)
Quiz on chapters 6,17,and 18 of "Death by Black Hole"
classwork on p477 Problems 3-6, 9-10

Wednesday, March 18
17.6 Extending the Cosmic Distance Scale
17.7 Stellar Masses
17.8 Mass and Other Properties
HW p476 Review 17-20; Self Test 7,8,20
HW p477 Problems 13-14

Friday, March 20
chapter 19-Star Formation
HW p524 Review 1-20; Self Test 1-20
HW p525 Problems 4, 6, 9, 11

Tuesday, March 24
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
HW p552 Review 1-10, 13-17; Self Test 1-7, 9, 11, 13-20
HW p553 Problems 2-4, 9, 11

Thursday, March 26
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: Life and Death of a Star
HW p552 Review 11, 12, 18-20; Self Test 8, 10, 12
HW p553 Problems 7, 13

Monday, March 30
test covering chapters 17, 19, and 20

Tuesday, March 31-No Classes (ITED Testing)

Thursday, April 2
video

Spring Break: April 4-April 19

Monday, April 20 - all classes meet today for ~45 minutes
Chapter 21-Stellar Explosions
21.1 Life and Death for White Dwarfs
21.2 The End of a High-Mass Star
HW summarize "Discovery 21-1"

Wednesday, April 22
21.3 Supernovae
21.4 Formation of the Elements
21.5 Cycle of Stellar Evolution

video-The Universe: Supernovas
HW p575 Review 1-20; Self Test 1-20

Friday, April 24
Chapter 22-Neutron Stars and Black Holes
video-The Universe: Cosmic Holes
HW p611 Review 1-20; Self Test 1-20

Tuesday, April 28
video-Einstein (from The History Channel)

Thursday, April 30
test for chapters 21 and 22

Monday, May 4
chapter 23-Milky Way Galaxy
video-The Universe: The Milky Way
HW p645 Review 1-20; Self Test 1-20

Wednesday, May 6
chapter 24-Galaxies
video-The Universe: Alien Galaxies
HW p678 Review 1-20; Self Test 1-20

Friday, May 8
chapter 25-Galaxies and Dark Matter
video-The Universe: Dark Matter
HW p705 Review 1-20; Self Test 1-20

Tuesday, May 12
chapter 26-Cosmology
video-The Universe: Beyond the Big Bang
HW p730 Review 1-20; Self Test 1-20

Thursday, May 14
chapter 27-The Early Universe
video-Elegant Universe/Creation of the Universe
HW p756 Review 1-20; Self Test 1-20

Monday, May 18
review

Tuesday, May 19
Final Exam