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