Semester Two Assignments for 2010

Tuesday, Jan 12
Start chapter 11-Jupiter
11.1 Orbital and Physical Properties11.2 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 14
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 18 - Observing Session from 6-8pm at Cheeseboro location

Tuesday, Jan 19
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 21
Review
Test on chapter 11

Monday, Jan 25
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 27
finish chapter 12
video-The Universe:Saturn-Lord of the Rings
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

Friday, Jan 29
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

Tuesday, Feb 2
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 10

Thursday, Feb 4
review
test covering chapters 12 and 13

Monday, Feb 8
Comets
video-The Universe: Deadly Comets
HW p386 Review 7-13,19; Self Test 1,4-6,15,16

Wednesday, Feb 10
Quiz on "Death by Black Hole"
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 Wednesday, Feb 17

Friday, Feb 12
Lab-Impact Cratering-due Wednesday, Feb 17
video-The Universe: Stopping Armageddon

Monday, Feb 15 - NO SCHOOL (Presidents' Day)

Wednesday, Feb 17
review
test on chapter 14

Friday, Feb 19
begin chapter 16-The Sun
16.1 Physical Properties16.2 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"-Quiz on Friday, Mar 5

Tuesday, Feb 23
16.3 Sun's Atmosphere
16.4 Solar Magnetism
video-The Universe: Secrets of the Sun
HW p446 Review 12-15; Self Test 19
read chapters 6, 17, 18 from "Death by Black Hole"-Quiz on Friday, Mar 5

Thursday, Feb 25
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
chapter 16 Test is Wednesday, Mar 3
read chapters 6, 17, 18 from "Death by Black Hole"-Quiz on Friday, Mar 5

Monday, Mar 1
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"-Quiz on chapters 6, 17, 18 will be Friday, Mar 5

Wednesday, Mar 3
review
Test on chapter 16

worksheets:
1. apparent magnitude
2. luminosity and parallax

Friday, Mar 5
Quiz on chapters 6,17,and 18 of "Death by Black Hole"
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
HW worksheet "Stellar Temperature/Size/H-R Diagram"
Major Assignments:
This is on hold for now while I rework them. (NOT assigned yet)
1. HR Diagram of 100 Closest Stars
2. HR Diagram of 100 Brightest Stars-both assignments are due Tuesday, March 23 (get started at once as these will take awhile!)

Tuesday, Mar 9
17.6 Extending the Cosmic Distance Scale
17.7 Stellar Masses
17.8 Mass and Other Properties
worksheet-"Putting it all together"
HW p476 Review 17-20; Self Test 7,8,20
HW p477 Problems 3-6, 9-10, 13-14

Thursday, Mar 11
chapter 19-Star Formation
video-The Universe: Nebulas
HW p524 Review 1-20; Self Test 1-20
HW p525 Problems 4, 6, 9, 11

Monday, Mar 15
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 p552 Review 1-10, 13-17; Self Test 1-7, 9, 11, 13-20
HW p553 Problems 2-4, 9, 11

Wednesday, Mar 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 p552 Review 11, 12, 18-20; Self Test 8, 10, 12
HW p553 Problems 7, 13

Friday, Mar 19
test covering chapters 17, 19, and 20

Tuesday, Mar 23
HR Diagram assignments due today

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"

Friday, Mar 26 (Wed, Mar 24 was Iowa testing day...throws schedule off by a day)
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

Monday, Mar 29-Friday, April 9 - NO School (Easter Break)

Tuesday, April 13
Chapter 22-Neutron Stars and Black Holes
video-The Universe: Cosmic Holes
Superfluid in Neutron Star Cores
HW p611 Review 1-20; Self Test 1-20

Thursday, April 15
video-Einstein (from The History Channel)
take and submit the online tests for chapters 21-22
HW p612 Problems 1,3,4,7,8,11,14

Monday, Apr 19
video-Monster Black Holes

Wednesday, Apr 21
test for chapters 21 and 22
Because of the Academic Awards Ceremony that is being held on Tuesday, April 20, I am moving the test to Monday, April 26.

Thursday, Apr 22 - STEP Day
all science students present their projects during the day
Astronomy students will offer views of the Sun through the telescope

Monday, Apr 26
Test chapters 21 and 22

Wednesday, Apr 28
chapter 23-Milky Way Galaxy
video-The Universe: The Milky Way
Cepheid Variable mass
Cepheid Variables not as standard as once thought
HW p645 Review 1-20; Self Test 1-20

Friday, Apr 30
Senior Breakfast-no seniors in class

Tuesday, May 4
chapter 24-Galaxies
video-The Universe: Alien Galaxies
HW p678 Review 1-20; Self Test 1-20

Thursday, May 6
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 10
chapter 25-Galaxies and Dark Matter
video-The Universe: Dark Matter
HW p705 Review 1-20; Self Test 1-20

Wednesday, May 12
test for chapters 23-24

Friday, May 14
chapter 26-Cosmology
video-The Universe: Beyond the Big Bang
HW p730 Review 1-20; Self Test 1-20

Tuesday, May 18
chapter 27-The Early Universe
video-Elegant Universe/Creation of the Universe
HW p756 Review 1-20; Self Test 1-20

Thursday, May 20
finish Elegant Universe/Creation of the Universe

Monday, May 24
string theory, etc.
video-The Universe: Parallel Universes
take and submit online tests for chapters 25-27

Wednesday, May 26
Final Exam (taken in class)

Friday, May 28
Space Travel
video-The Universe: Light Speed
video-The Universe: Space Travel