Friday, August 16
go over syllabus, website, Stellarium (only use version 12.1), sky charts, etc.
Motions in the Night Sky (Stellarium)-this worksheet is due Tuesday, August 27
Monday, August 19
start chapter 1-Charting the Heavens
Lecture Tutorials (LT) p1-2, 3-6
Lab-Angular Measure
Wednesday, August 21
LT p7-9, 13-17, 87-90, 91-96, 11-12, 79-81, 83-85, 39-41, 35-37
Friday, August 23
Lab-Parallax of thumb
video-"The Universe-Constellations"
review
Tuesday, August 27
Test chapter 1
Thursday, August 29
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 2 - NO School (Labor
Day)
Tuesday, September 3
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 5
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 9
discuss p55 Review
Questions 15-17; 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
11
Test for chapter 2
Friday, September 13
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
17
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
19
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
23
Test for chapter 3
Wednesday, September 25
begin chapter 4-Spectroscopy
sections 4.1-4.2
worksheet "Types of Spectra"
video - Spectroscopy (part 1 of 3)
video - Spectroscopy (part 2 of 3)
video - Spectroscopy (part 3 of 3)
book work page 94 Review 1-14; Self Test 1-7
Friday, September 27
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
Tuesday, October 1
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 3
Test for chapter 4
Monday, October 7
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 9
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
Friday, October 11
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
Monday, October 14 - Columbus Day (no school)
Wednesday, October 16 - Testing Day (no class)
Thursday, October 17
Test for chapter 5
Monday, October 21
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
asteroid passes close to Earth
same asteroid to return in 2032
Wednesday, October 23
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
Friday, October 25
video-Voyage to the Planets
online work: take the online T/F and MC tests and submit your scores
Tuesday, October 29
Test - chapter 6
Thursday, October 31
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
Friday, November 1 - NO School (8th Grade Day)
Monday, November 4 - NO School (Veterans' Day observed)
Wednesday, November 6
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
Friday, November 8
7.5 Earth's Magnetosphere, 7.6 The Tides
video-The Formation of the Earth
bookwork p180 Review 14-19; Self Test 8-10
Tuesday, November 12
finish video
online work: take the online T/F test and submit your scores
Thursday, November 14
Test for chapter 7
Monday, November 18
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
Wednesday, November 20
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
Friday, November 22
8.7-8.9 (Interiors, Origin of the Moon, History of the Moon and Mercury)
Discuss the Messenger Mission to Mercury
Ice on Mercury and video: how water ice was found on Mercury
ice on the moon and video: water on the moon
Moon survival activity
Complete and submit the online chapter 8 T/F test
review chapter 8
video: Day the Moon was Gone
Tuesday, November 26
test on chapter 8
Monday, December 2
start chapter 9-Venus
9.1 Orbital Properties, 9.2 Physical Properties, 9.3 Long Distance Observations
animation - Phases of Venus
video: A Traveler's Guide to the Planets (Mercury and Venus)
HW p228 Review 1-8; Self Test 1-4
Wednesday, December 4
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)
Friday, December 6
review for final exam (taken in class on Thursday, December 12)
Tuesday, December 10
review for final exam (taken in class on Thursday, December 12)
Thursday, December 12
Final Exam (taken in class today)
Sunday, August 4, 2013
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Russian Meteorite on Feb. 15, 2013
click here for a collection of videos that capture the Russian meteorite
According to Bill Cooke, head of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office, "The asteroid was about 15 meters in diameter and weighed approximately 7000 metric tons. It struck Earth's atmosphere at 40,000 mph (18 km/s) and broke apart about 12 to 15 miles (20 to 25 km) above Earth's surface. The energy of the resulting explosion was in the vicinity of 300 kilotons of TNT." That is the explosive energy of 15-20 Hiroshima bombs!
Update: "The meteor was a once-in-a-century event, NASA officials said, describing it as a "tiny asteroid." The space agency revised its estimate of the meteor's size upward late Friday from 49 feet (15 meters) to 55 feet (17 meters), and its estimated mass from 7,000 tons to 10,000 tons. The space agency also increased the estimated amount of energy released in the meteor's explosion from about 300 to nearly 500 kilotons. By comparison, the nuclear bomb the United States dropped on Hiroshima in 1945 released an estimated 15 kilotons of energy. The whole event, from the meteor's atmospheric entry to its disintegration in the air above central Russia, took 32.5 seconds, NASA said." 2-16-2013 update from CNN
The link below discusses the asteroid flyby that occurred later that same day. (unrelated events!)
click here for links to sites that will stream video and pictures of the asteroid during its flyby
click here for an article discussing how Earth's gravity might cause "asteroid-quakes."
According to Bill Cooke, head of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office, "The asteroid was about 15 meters in diameter and weighed approximately 7000 metric tons. It struck Earth's atmosphere at 40,000 mph (18 km/s) and broke apart about 12 to 15 miles (20 to 25 km) above Earth's surface. The energy of the resulting explosion was in the vicinity of 300 kilotons of TNT." That is the explosive energy of 15-20 Hiroshima bombs!
Update: "The meteor was a once-in-a-century event, NASA officials said, describing it as a "tiny asteroid." The space agency revised its estimate of the meteor's size upward late Friday from 49 feet (15 meters) to 55 feet (17 meters), and its estimated mass from 7,000 tons to 10,000 tons. The space agency also increased the estimated amount of energy released in the meteor's explosion from about 300 to nearly 500 kilotons. By comparison, the nuclear bomb the United States dropped on Hiroshima in 1945 released an estimated 15 kilotons of energy. The whole event, from the meteor's atmospheric entry to its disintegration in the air above central Russia, took 32.5 seconds, NASA said." 2-16-2013 update from CNN
The link below discusses the asteroid flyby that occurred later that same day. (unrelated events!)
click here for links to sites that will stream video and pictures of the asteroid during its flyby
click here for an article discussing how Earth's gravity might cause "asteroid-quakes."
Friday, January 11, 2013
2nd Semester Assignments 2012-13
Monday, January 14
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 (NASA Mars mission)
HW p256 Review 1-3, 6-8; Self Test 1-5
Wednesday, January 16
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 p256 Review 4,5,9-20; Self Test 6-10
take and submit the online chapter 10 tests
Friday, January 18
Quiz-chapter 10
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 p282 Review 1-3, 6-8; Self Test 1-5
Wednesday, January 23
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 p282 Review 9-11; Self Test 6,7
Friday, January 25
11.5 The Moon's of Jupiter (Discovery 11.3:Jupiter's Many Moons); 11.6 Jupiter's Ring
HW p282 Review 4,5,12-20; Self Test 8-10
Take and Submit the on-line tests
Tuesday, January 29
Review
Test on chapter 11
Thursday, January 31
Chapter 12-Saturn
12.1 Orbital and Physical Properties
12.2 Saturn's Atmosphere
HW p310 Review 1-6 ; Self Test 1-4; Problems 1,3
Tuesday, February 5
finish chapter 12
video-The Universe:Saturn-Lord of the Rings
HW p310 Review 7-20; Self Test 5-10
discussion about Enceladus
Thursday, February 7
Chapter 13-Uranus and Neptune
video-The Universe: The Outer Planets
HW p330 Review 1-20; Self Test 1-10
take and submit the online tests for chapter 12
Monday, February 11
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 p358 Review 1-6; Self Test 1-4
take and submit the online tests for chapter 13
Wednesday, February 13
review
test covering chapters 12 and 13
Friday, February 15
Comets
video-The Universe: Deadly Comets
HW p358 Review 7-13,19; Self Test 5-6
Wednesday, February 20
Kuiper Belt Objects
video-The Universe: Cosmic Collisions (the first 5 questions about Kuiper Belt objects)
assignment-Meteor Crater Analysis-due Tuesday, Feb 26
HW p358 Review 14-18,20; Self Test 7-10
Friday, February 22
Lab-Impact Cratering-due Monday, March 4
click here for the lab: take-home cratering lab - as additional proof that you actually performed the lab, you must e-mail me at least one picture of yourself working on this lab
video-The Universe: Stopping Armageddon
review
Tuesday, February 26
due today: Meteor Crater Analysis
review
test on chapter 14
Thursday, February 28
Chapter 16-The Sun
16.1 Physical Properties16.2 Solar Interior
Lab-Measuring the Solar Constant
HW p414 Review 1-4, 8-11; Self Test 1-7
Monday, March 4
due today - Lab: Impact Cratering
16.3 Sun's Atmosphere
16.4 Solar Magnetism
video-The Universe: Secrets of the Sun
HW p414 Review 12-15; Self Test 8-9
Wednesday, March 6
16.5 Active Sun\16.6 The Heart of the Sun
video-a CME rips the tail off a comet!
video-comet PanSTARRS and CME
16.7 Solar Neutrinos\Radiation
HW p414 Review 5-7, 16-20; Self Test 10; Problems 6,8
video-Trinity and Beyond
Friday, March 8
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
(More Precisely 17-1: More on the Magnitude Scale - p425)
Lab-Parallax (on football field)
HW p442 Review 1-4, 7; Self Test 1-5; Problems 5,7,8
Tuesday, March 12
review
Test on chapter 16
worksheets:
1. apparent magnitude
2. luminosity and parallax
comet PanSTARRS orbit animation and viewing guide
PanSTARRS as seen from Griffith Observatory on 3-12-2013
Thursday, March 14
17.3 Stellar Temperature-color and blackbody curve-stellar spectra and spectral classification
17.4 Stellar Size (stellar size video from YouTube)
NML Cygni is currently the largest known star
17.5 HR Diagrams-Lecture Tutorial: HR Diagram (p109-110)
HW p442 Review 5, 6, 8-16; Self Test 6-9; Problems 3,4
HW worksheet "Stellar Temperature/Size/H-R Diagram"
Monday, March 18
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 p442 Review 17-20; Self Test 10; Problems 10
Wednesday, March 20
ITED Testing - all grades (NO classes)
Thursday, March 21
Happy Vernal Equinox!
chapter 19-Star Formation
video-The Universe: Nebulas
HW p488 Review 1-20; Self Test 1-10; Problems 4,6,9,10 (this assignment is due by 8am on April 8)
Monday, March 25-Sunday, April 7 - Spring Break (NO SCHOOL)
Monday, April 8
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 p514 Review 1-9, 13-17; Self Test 7,10; Problems 3,4
Wednesday, April 10
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 p514 Review 10-12, 18-20; Self Test 1-6,8,9
HW p514 Problems 9,10
Friday, April 12
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"
Tuesday, April 16
test covering chapters 17, 19, and 20
Thursday, April 18
create astronomy posters for Science Expo
Tuesday, April 23
21.3 Supernovae
21.4 Formation of the Elements
21.5 Cycle of Stellar Evolution
Gamma Ray Bursts explained
video-The Universe: Supernovas
HW p536 Review 1-20; Self Test 1-10, Problems 7
Thursday, April 25
Chapter 22-Neutron Stars and Black Holes
a neutron star observed to have a slowing rotation rate
video-The Universe: Cosmic Holes
Superfluid in Neutron Star Cores
HW p568 Review 1-20; Self Test 1-10
Monday, April 29
video-Einstein (from The History Channel)
take and submit the online tests for chapters 21-22
HW p569 Problems 1,3,4,7,8,10
Wednesday, May 1
Mass schedule-moves all of our classes forward by one day
Thursday, May 2
video-Monster Black Holes
GRB/black hole
Friday, May 3
test for chapters 21 and 22
Tuesday, May 7
chapter 23-Milky Way Galaxy
video-The Universe: The Milky Way
Cepheid Variable mass
Cepheid Variables not as standard as once thought
HW p600 Review 1-20; Self Test 1-10
Thursday, May 9
chapter 24-Galaxies
video-The Universe: Alien Galaxies
HW p632 Review 1-20; Self Test 1-10; Problems 2,3,7,10
Monday, May 13
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
Wednesday, May 15
chapter 25-Galaxies and Dark Matter
video-The Universe: Dark Matter
HW p658 Review 1-20; Self Test 1-10; Problems 1
Friday, May 17
chapter 26-Cosmology
video-The Universe: Beyond the Big Bang
HW p680 Review 1-20; Self Test 1-10
Tuesday, May 21
Senior Finals
Thursday, May 23
chapter 27-The Early Universe
video-Elegant Universe/Creation of the Universe
HW p704 Review 1-20; Self Test 1-10
take and submit online tests for chapters 25-27
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 (NASA Mars mission)
HW p256 Review 1-3, 6-8; Self Test 1-5
Wednesday, January 16
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 p256 Review 4,5,9-20; Self Test 6-10
take and submit the online chapter 10 tests
Friday, January 18
Quiz-chapter 10
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 p282 Review 1-3, 6-8; Self Test 1-5
Wednesday, January 23
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 p282 Review 9-11; Self Test 6,7
Friday, January 25
11.5 The Moon's of Jupiter (Discovery 11.3:Jupiter's Many Moons); 11.6 Jupiter's Ring
HW p282 Review 4,5,12-20; Self Test 8-10
Take and Submit the on-line tests
Tuesday, January 29
Review
Test on chapter 11
Thursday, January 31
Chapter 12-Saturn
12.1 Orbital and Physical Properties
12.2 Saturn's Atmosphere
HW p310 Review 1-6 ; Self Test 1-4; Problems 1,3
Tuesday, February 5
finish chapter 12
video-The Universe:Saturn-Lord of the Rings
HW p310 Review 7-20; Self Test 5-10
discussion about Enceladus
Thursday, February 7
Chapter 13-Uranus and Neptune
video-The Universe: The Outer Planets
HW p330 Review 1-20; Self Test 1-10
take and submit the online tests for chapter 12
Monday, February 11
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 p358 Review 1-6; Self Test 1-4
take and submit the online tests for chapter 13
Wednesday, February 13
review
test covering chapters 12 and 13
Friday, February 15
Comets
video-The Universe: Deadly Comets
HW p358 Review 7-13,19; Self Test 5-6
Wednesday, February 20
Kuiper Belt Objects
video-The Universe: Cosmic Collisions (the first 5 questions about Kuiper Belt objects)
assignment-Meteor Crater Analysis-due Tuesday, Feb 26
HW p358 Review 14-18,20; Self Test 7-10
Friday, February 22
Lab-Impact Cratering-due Monday, March 4
click here for the lab: take-home cratering lab - as additional proof that you actually performed the lab, you must e-mail me at least one picture of yourself working on this lab
video-The Universe: Stopping Armageddon
review
Tuesday, February 26
due today: Meteor Crater Analysis
review
test on chapter 14
Thursday, February 28
Chapter 16-The Sun
16.1 Physical Properties16.2 Solar Interior
Lab-Measuring the Solar Constant
HW p414 Review 1-4, 8-11; Self Test 1-7
Monday, March 4
due today - Lab: Impact Cratering
16.3 Sun's Atmosphere
16.4 Solar Magnetism
video-The Universe: Secrets of the Sun
HW p414 Review 12-15; Self Test 8-9
Wednesday, March 6
16.5 Active Sun\16.6 The Heart of the Sun
video-a CME rips the tail off a comet!
video-comet PanSTARRS and CME
16.7 Solar Neutrinos\Radiation
HW p414 Review 5-7, 16-20; Self Test 10; Problems 6,8
video-Trinity and Beyond
Friday, March 8
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
(More Precisely 17-1: More on the Magnitude Scale - p425)
Lab-Parallax (on football field)
HW p442 Review 1-4, 7; Self Test 1-5; Problems 5,7,8
Tuesday, March 12
review
Test on chapter 16
worksheets:
1. apparent magnitude
2. luminosity and parallax
comet PanSTARRS orbit animation and viewing guide
PanSTARRS as seen from Griffith Observatory on 3-12-2013
Thursday, March 14
17.3 Stellar Temperature-color and blackbody curve-stellar spectra and spectral classification
17.4 Stellar Size (stellar size video from YouTube)
NML Cygni is currently the largest known star
17.5 HR Diagrams-Lecture Tutorial: HR Diagram (p109-110)
HW p442 Review 5, 6, 8-16; Self Test 6-9; Problems 3,4
HW worksheet "Stellar Temperature/Size/H-R Diagram"
Monday, March 18
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 p442 Review 17-20; Self Test 10; Problems 10
Wednesday, March 20
ITED Testing - all grades (NO classes)
Thursday, March 21
Happy Vernal Equinox!
chapter 19-Star Formation
video-The Universe: Nebulas
HW p488 Review 1-20; Self Test 1-10; Problems 4,6,9,10 (this assignment is due by 8am on April 8)
Monday, March 25-Sunday, April 7 - Spring Break (NO SCHOOL)
Monday, April 8
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 p514 Review 1-9, 13-17; Self Test 7,10; Problems 3,4
Wednesday, April 10
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 p514 Review 10-12, 18-20; Self Test 1-6,8,9
HW p514 Problems 9,10
Friday, April 12
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"
Tuesday, April 16
test covering chapters 17, 19, and 20
Thursday, April 18
create astronomy posters for Science Expo
Tuesday, April 23
21.3 Supernovae
21.4 Formation of the Elements
21.5 Cycle of Stellar Evolution
Gamma Ray Bursts explained
video-The Universe: Supernovas
HW p536 Review 1-20; Self Test 1-10, Problems 7
Thursday, April 25
Chapter 22-Neutron Stars and Black Holes
a neutron star observed to have a slowing rotation rate
video-The Universe: Cosmic Holes
Superfluid in Neutron Star Cores
HW p568 Review 1-20; Self Test 1-10
Monday, April 29
video-Einstein (from The History Channel)
take and submit the online tests for chapters 21-22
HW p569 Problems 1,3,4,7,8,10
Wednesday, May 1
Mass schedule-moves all of our classes forward by one day
Thursday, May 2
video-Monster Black Holes
GRB/black hole
Friday, May 3
test for chapters 21 and 22
Tuesday, May 7
chapter 23-Milky Way Galaxy
video-The Universe: The Milky Way
Cepheid Variable mass
Cepheid Variables not as standard as once thought
HW p600 Review 1-20; Self Test 1-10
Thursday, May 9
chapter 24-Galaxies
video-The Universe: Alien Galaxies
HW p632 Review 1-20; Self Test 1-10; Problems 2,3,7,10
Monday, May 13
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
Wednesday, May 15
chapter 25-Galaxies and Dark Matter
video-The Universe: Dark Matter
HW p658 Review 1-20; Self Test 1-10; Problems 1
Friday, May 17
chapter 26-Cosmology
video-The Universe: Beyond the Big Bang
HW p680 Review 1-20; Self Test 1-10
Tuesday, May 21
Senior Finals
Thursday, May 23
chapter 27-The Early Universe
video-Elegant Universe/Creation of the Universe
HW p704 Review 1-20; Self Test 1-10
take and submit online tests for chapters 25-27
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