1st Semester Assignments for 2012-2013

Friday, August 17
go over syllabus, website, Stellarium, sky charts, etc.

Monday, August 20
start chapter 1-Charting the Heavens
Lecture Tutorials (LT) p1-2, 3-6
Lab-Angular Measure

Wednesday, August 22
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 Tuesday, August 28

Friday, August 24
Lab-Parallax of thumb
video-"The Universe-Constellations"
review

Tuesday, August 28
Test chapter 1

Thursday, August 30
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 3 - NO School (Labor Day)

Tuesday, September 4
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

Thursday, September 6
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

Monday, September 10
discuss p55 Review Questions 15-7; 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

Wednesday, September 12
Test for chapter 2

Friday, September 14
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

Tuesday, September 18
section 3.4
Blackbody Radiation worksheet
bookwork: page 75 Review Questions 13-16; Self Test questions 6-9; Problems 4-7
Lab-Energy Absorption

Thursday, September 20
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"

Monday, September 24
Test for chapter 3

DUE TO OVER HALF THE CLASS GOING ON KAIROS THIS WEEK, WE WILL WAIT TO BEGIN CHAPTER 4 UNTIL NEXT WEEK - IF YOU ARE STAYING AT SCHOOL THIS WEEK, BRING OTHER WORK TO DO IN CLASS (WE CAN WATCH EDUCATIONAL ASTRONOMY VIDEOS OTHERWISE)

Wednesday, September 26
Universe videos because of Kairos

Friday, September 28
Universe videos because of Kairos

Tuesday, October 2
begin chapter 4-Spectroscopy
sections 4.1-4.2
worksheet "Types of Spectra"
book work page 94 Review 1-14; Self Test 1-7

Thursday, October 4
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

Monday, October 8 - NO School (Columbus Day)

Tuesday, October 9
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

Thursday, October 11
Test for chapter 4

Monday, October 15
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 17 - NO Classes (Testing Day)

Thursday, October 18
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

Monday, October 22
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

Wednesday, October 24
Test for chapter 5

Friday, October 26
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 p152 Review 2, 3, 6-9, Self Test 1-4

Tuesday, October 30
6.5 Interplanetary Matter, 6.6 Spacecraft Exploration, 6.7 How did the Solar System Form?
Lab-Angular Momentum
bookwork p152 Review 1,4,5,10-20; Self Test 5-10; Problem 4

Thursday, November 1
video-Voyage to the Planets
online work: take the online T/F and MC tests and submit your scores

Friday, November 2 -NO SCHOOL (8th Grade Day)

Tuesday, November 6
Test - chapter 6

Thursday, November 8
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

Monday, 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

Wednesday, 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

Friday, November 16
finish video
online work: take the online T/F test and submit your scores

Tuesday, November 20
Test for chapter 7

Wednesday, November 21-Sunday, November 25 - NO SCHOOL (Thanksgiving Break)

Tuesday, November 27
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

Thursday, November 29
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

Monday, December 3
8.7-8.9 (Interiors, Origin of the Moon, History of the Moon and Mercury)
Discuss the Messenger Mission to Mercury
Moon survival activity
Complete and submit the online chapter 8 T/F test
review chapter 8

Wednesday, December 5
test on chapter 8

Friday, December 7
start chapter 9-Venus
9.1 Orbital Properties, 9.2 Physical Properties, 9.3 Long Distance Observations
HW p228 Review 1-8; Self Test 1-4

Tuesday, December 11
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)

Thursday, December 13
Final Exam (taken in class)