1st Semester Assignments for 2010-2011

Friday, August 13
go over syllabus, website, stellarium, sky charts, etc.
remember, your Summer work was to read chapters 34-39 of the book "Death by Black Hole" - you will be quizzed on these chapters on Thursday, August 26

Monday, August 16
start chapter 1-Charting the Heavens
Lecture Tutorials (LT) p1-2, 3-6
Lab-Angular Measure

Wednesday, August 18
LT p7-9, 13-17, 87-90, 91-96, 11-12, 79-81, 83-85, 39-41, 35-37
Using Stellarium-this worksheet is due Thursday, August 26

Friday, August 20
Lab-Parallax of thumb
video-"The Universe-Constellations"
review

Tuesday, August 24
Test chapter 1

Thursday, August 26
Quiz on chapters 34-39 of "Death by Black Hole"
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
book work: page 60-Review Questions 1-8; Self Test questions 1-4

Monday, August 30
sections 2.5-2.7
Kepler's Laws worksheets
book work: page 60-Review Questions 9-14; Self Test questions 5-8

Wednesday, September 1
section 2.8
Lab-Using a Pendulum to determine the Mass of Earth
book work: page 60-Review Questions 15-20; Self Test questions 9-20

Friday, September 3
video "The Universe-Gravity"
Review
HW - log into your astronomy book website, choose chapter 2, and then take and submit your answers for the Multiple Choice and T/F tests

Monday, September 6 - No School (Labor Day)

Wednesday, September 8
Test for chapter 2
read chapters 19 and 38 of "Death by Black Hole" - quiz will be Monday, Sep. 20

Friday, September 10
Start chapter 3-Radiation
Electromagnetic Spectrum worksheet
Telescopes and Earth's Atmosphere worksheet
book work: page 81 Review Questions 1-12; Self Test questions 1-5 and 11-15
bookwork: page 83 Problems 1-3
Lab-Waves

Tuesday, September 14
Blackbody Radiation worksheet
bookwork: page 81 Review Questions 13-16; Self Test questions 6-8 and 16-19
bookwork: page 83 Problems 6-11
Lab-Energy Absorption

Thursday, September 16
Doppler Shift worksheet
bookwork: page 81 Review Questions 17-20; Self Test questions 9,10,20
bookwork: page 83 Problems 12
online work: log into your astronomy book website, choose the 3rd chapter, and submit the results of your "Tutorial Quiz"

Monday, September 20
Test for chapter 3
Quiz on chapters 19 and 38 of "Death by Black Hole"

Wednesday, September 22
begin chapter 4-Spectroscopy
worksheet "Types of Spectra"
book work page 104 Review 1-6, and 12-14; Self Test 1-4, 8, and 11-13
Read chapter 15 in "Death by Black Hole"-be prepared for a quiz on Thursday,September 30

Friday, September 24
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/
book work page 104 Review 7-11, and 15-16; Self Test 5-7, 9, and 15-17
on-line work: log into your astronomy book website, complete the tutorials and the tutorials quiz-submit your answers

Tuesday, September 28
worksheet "Analyzing Spectra"
video-Easter Island Eclipse
book work page 104 Review 17-20; Self Test 10, 14, 18-20
on-line work: log into your astronomy book website, complete the multiple choice tests, the true/false test, and submit your answers

Thursday, September 30
Test for chapter 4
Quiz on chapter 15 of "Death by Black Hole"

Monday, October 4
start chapter 5-Telescopes
Optical Telescopes
Ray Diagram for a Concave Mirror
Ray Diagram for a Converging (Convex) Lens
Las Vegas Hotel acts like a giant Death-Ray Mirror
Lab-Lenses and Mirrors in Telescopes
bookwork p140 Review 2; Self Test 11,12
online work: log into your account, perform the 3 tutorials in chapter 5 and then take and submit your answers for the Tutorials Quiz

Wednesday, October 6
Telescope Size, Resolving Power, Light Gathering Power, Images and Detectors
Lab-angular Resolution
worksheet-resolving power and light gathering power
bookwork p140 Review 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 20; Self Test 1-3, 6, 7, 13,14

Friday, October 8
High Resolution Astronomy, Radio Astronomy, Interferometry, Space-Based Astronomy, Full-Spectrum Coverage
video-400 Years of the Telescope
bookwork p140 Review 4, 5, 9-19; Self Test 4, 5, 8-10, 15-20
online work: take and submit your scores for the MC and T/F tests on the book's website

Monday, October 11 - NO School - Columbus Day

Wednesday, October 13 - School-wide Testing (no classes)

Thursday, October 14
Test on chapter 5

Monday, October 18 - NO School (faculty retreat)

Tuesday, October 19
Begin chapter 6: The Solar System
6.1 An Inventory of the Solar System, 6.2 Measuring the Planets, 6.3 Overall Layout of the Solar System, 6.4 Terrestrial and Jovian Planets
video-The Planets
bookwork p166 Review 2, 3, 6-9, Self Test 1-5, 8, 11-14
Read chapters 4 and 7 in "Death by Black Hole" - you will be quizzed on them on Wed., Oct. 27

Thursday, October 21
6.5 Interplanetary Matter, 6.6 Spacecraft Exploration, 6.7 How did the Solar System Form?
Lab-Angular Momentum
bookwork p166 Review 1,4,5,10-20; Self Test 6,7,9,10,15-20

Monday, October 25
video-Voyage to the Planets
online work: take the online T/F and MC tests and submit your scores

Wednesday, October 27
test for chapter 6
quiz on chapters 4 and 7 of "Death by BlackHole"

Friday, October 29
Begin chapter 7-Earth
7.1 Overall Structure of the Earth, 7.2 Earth's Atmosphere
video-"Six Degrees"
bookwork p196 Review 2,5,20; Self Test 1-3,13,14
Read chapter 24 in the book "Death by Black Hole"-you will be quizzed on it on Nov. 12

Tuesday, November 2
finish video
7.3 Earth's Interior, 7.4 Surface Activity
worksheet-Earth's Changing Surface
bookwork p196 Review 1,3,4,6-13; Self Test 4-6,11,12,15-17

Thursday, November 4
7.5 Earth's Magnetosphere, 7.6 The Tides
video-The Formation of the Earth
bookwork p196 Review 14-19; Self Test 7-10,18-20

Friday, November 5 - NO School (8th grade day)

Monday, November 8 - NO School (Veteran's Day)

Wednesday, November 10
finish video
online work: take the online T/F and MC tests and submit your scores

Friday, November 12
test for chapter 7
quiz on chapter 24 of "Death by BlackHole"

Tuesday, November 16
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 p226 Review 1-3,5,6; Self Test 1,4,5,11,17
video-The Universe: The Moon
Read chapter 9 from the book "Death by Black Hole"

Thursday, November 18
8.4-8.6 (Rotation Rates, Lunar Cratering and Surface Composition, Surface of Mercury)
HW p226 Review 2,4,7-11,13,16-20; Self Test 2,3,6-9,13-16
video-The Universe: The Inner Planets

Monday, November 22
8.7-8.9 (Interiors, Origin of the Moon, History of the Moon and Mercury)
Discuss the Messenger Mission to Mercury
Moon survival activity
Reading:How Scientists Discovered a Solar System "Superhighway"
Complete and submit the online chapter 8 MC and T/F tests
review chapter 8
quiz on chapter 9 from "Death by Black Hole"

Wednesday, November 24 (1-7 schedule, 11:30 dismissal)
test on chapter 8

Thursday, November 25-Sunday, November 28 - Thanksgiving Break

Monday, November 29
start chapter 9-Venus
9.1 Orbital Properties, 9.2 Physical Properties, 9.3 Long Distance Observations
HW p248 Review 1-8; Self Test 1-3, 11-14

Wednesday, December 1
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 p248 Review 9-20; Self Test 4-10, 15-20
Take and submit the online chapter 9 tests

Friday, December 3
start 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
Hw p275 Review 1-3, 6-8; Self Test 1, 4-6, 8, 11-13, 15-16
Review for Semester 1 Final Exam (taken in class on Thursday, December 9)

Tuesday, December 7
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 p275 Review 4,5,9-20; Self Test 2,3,7,9,10,14,17-20
take and submit the online chapter 10 tests

Thursday, December 9
Semester 1 Final is taken in class today