2nd Semester Assignments for 2013-14

Monday, January 13
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 15
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 17
Quiz-chapter 10
Chapter 11-Jupiter
11.1 Orbital and Physical Properties, 11.2 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 22
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 24
11.5 The Moon's of Jupiter (Discovery 11.3:Jupiter's Many Moons); 11.6 Jupiter's Ring
video-Traveler's Guide to the Planets: Jupiter
HW p282 Review 4,5,12-20; Self Test 8-10
Take and Submit the on-line tests

Tuesday, January 28
Review
Test on chapter 11
Stephen Hawking - Black Holes may not be black...

Thursday, January 30
 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

Monday, February 3
finish chapter 12
video-The Universe:Saturn-Lord of the Rings
HW p310 Review 7-20; Self Test 5-10
discussion about Enceladus

Wednesday, February 5
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

Friday, February 7
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)
www.diskdetective.org (look for dust around stars)
HW p358 Review 1-6; Self Test 1-4
take and submit the online tests for chapter 13

Tuesday, February 11
review
test covering chapters 12 and 13

Thursday, February 13
Comets
video-The Universe: Deadly Comets
HW p358 Review 7-13,19; Self Test 5-6

Monday, February 17 - NO School

Tuesday, February 18
Kuiper Belt Objects
video-The Universe: Cosmic Collisions (the first 5 questions about Kuiper Belt objects)
assignment-Meteor Crater Analysis-due Monday, Feb 24
HW p358 Review 14-18,20; Self Test 7-10

Thursday, February 20
Lab-Impact Cratering-due Friday, February 28
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

Monday, February 24
due today: Meteor Crater Analysis
review
test on chapter 14

Wednesday, February 26
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

Friday, February 28
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

Tuesday, March 4
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

Thursday, March 6
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

Monday, March 10
review
Test on chapter 16
worksheets:
1. apparent magnitude
2. luminosity and parallax

Wednesday, March 12
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"

Friday, March 14
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

Tuesday, March 18
chapter 19-Star Formation
video-The Universe: Nebulas
HW p488 Review 1-20; Self Test 1-10; Problems 4,6,9,10
new evidence supporting Inflationary Model of Big Bang

Wednesday, March 19
ITED Testing - all grades (NO classes)

Friday, March 21
Happy Vernal Equinox! (happened yesterday)
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

Tuesday, March 25
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

Thursday, March 27
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 31
test covering chapters 17, 19, and 20

Wednesday, April 2
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

Friday, April 4
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

Tuesday, April 8
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, April 9 - Science Expo (provide observations of sunspots to guests)

Thursday, April 10
video-Monster Black Holes
GRB/black hole

Monday, April 28
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

Wednesday, April 30
chapter 24-Galaxies
video-The Universe: Alien Galaxies
HW p632 Review 1-20; Self Test 1-10; Problems 2,3,7,10

Friday, May 2
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

Tuesday, May 6
chapter 25-Galaxies and Dark Matter
video-The Universe: Dark Matter
HW p658 Review 1-20; Self Test 1-10; Problems 1

Thursday, May 8
chapter 26-Cosmology
video-The Universe: Beyond the Big Bang
HW p680 Review 1-20; Self Test 1-10

Monday, May 12
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

Wednesday, May 14
review

Friday, May 16
review

Tuesday, May 20
Final Exam