2nd Semester Assignments (2011)

Monday, January 10
Start chapter 11-Jupiter
11.1 Orbital and Physical Properties11.2 Atmosphere of Jupiter (including Discovery 11.1:A Cometary Impact)
Juno mission to Jupiter
HW p304 Review 1-3, 6-8; Self Test 2-4, 11-15

Wednesday, January 12
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 p304 Review 9-11; Self Test 1,5,6,16,17

Friday, January 14
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

Monday, January 17 - NO School (MLK Day)

Wednesday, January 19
Review
Test on chapter 11

Friday, January 21
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

Tuesday, January 25
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-you will find the article on NetClassroom under "shared documents"

Thursday, January 27
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

Monday, January 31
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 on Feb 8

Wednesday, February 2
review
test covering chapters 12 and 13

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

Tuesday, February 8
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 Wed., Feb 23
HW p386 Review 14,15; Self Test 7,17
chapter 14 Test is Monday, Feb 14

Thursday, February 10
Lab-Impact Cratering-due Wednesday, Feb 16
video-The Universe: Stopping Armageddon

Monday, February 14
review
test on chapter 14

Wednesday, February 16
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 Mar 7

Friday, February 18
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 Mar 7

Monday, February 21 - NO School (Presidents' Day)

Wednesday, February 23
due today - Meteor Crater Analysis
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 Mar 7

Friday, February 25
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
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 Mar 7

Tuesday, March 1
review
Test on chapter 16
worksheets:
1. apparent magnitude
2. luminosity and parallax

Thursday, March 3
17.3 Stellar Temperature-color and blackbody curve-stellar spectra and spectral classification
17.4 Stellar Size (stellar size video from YouTube)
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"

Monday, March 7
Quiz on chapters 6,17,and 18 of "Death by Black Hole"
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 p476 Review 17-20; Self Test 7,8,20
HW p477 Problems 3-6, 9-10, 13-14

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

Friday, March 11
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

Tuesday, March 15
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

Japanese Earthquake Shifts Rotation of Earth and Shortens Day!
click here for article

Wednesday, March 16 - NO Classes (ITED testing)

Friday, March 18 - NO School (Bishop's Holiday)

Monday, March 21 - NO School (Bishop's Holiday)

Tuesday, March 22
test covering chapters 17, 19, and 20

Thursday, March 24
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 28
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

video of Northern Lights as seen in Norway (click here)

Wednesday, March 30
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

Friday, April 1
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, April 4 (special schedule 2-4-6-3)
video-Monster Black Holes

Wednesday, April 6 (special schedule 4-6-2-5)

Thursday, April 7 (special schedule 7-1-3-x)
test for chapters 21 and 22

click here for article on long lasting gamma-ray burst

Monday, April 11
work on STEP posters in class

Wednesday, April 13
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, April 15
Senior Breakfast - NO Class

Tuesday, April 19 STEP Day (special schedule 1-7)
all science students present their projects during the day
Astronomy students will offer views of the Sun through the telescope

Wednesday, April 20-Sunday, May 1
Easter Vacation

Monday, May 2
chapter 24-Galaxies
video-The Universe: Alien Galaxies
HW p678 Review 1-20; Self Test 1-20

Wednesday, May 4
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

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

Tuesday, May 10
chapter 26-Cosmology
video-The Universe: Beyond the Big Bang
HW p730 Review 1-20; Self Test 1-20

Thursday, May 12
chapter 27-The Early Universe
video-Elegant Universe/Creation of the Universe
HW p756 Review 1-20; Self Test 1-20
take and submit online tests for chapters 25-27

Monday, May 16
finish Elegant Universe/Creation of the Universe
video-The Universe: Parallel Universes
review for final

Tuesday, May 17 (special schedule 4-6-2-3 - Senior Exams)
Final Exam (taken in class)