Please complete readings before class. Bring questions to class and/or
post them on WebX. Always bring your own copy of the appropriate text
to class, complete with questions scribbled in the margins. In Celestial
Navigation, this includes Burch and your own printout of the week's
workshop. Seminar
Syllabus details
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SPRING SCHEDULE
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Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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| Friday + weekend:
Take Astro quiz
on previous week's chapter(s)
read Mon. seminar and Tues. Astro assignments
meet seminar team and Astro team
post Mon. Seminar P+Q
(re)write and post Monday seminar essay
Research
assignments
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Post Cel.Nav. report
Read Thus. assignments
Meet teams
Post Astro P&Q
Post Seminar P+Q
(re)write and post Thus. seminar essay
5:00-6:00 office hours
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9-11 OPTIONAL piloting workshop |
| 1:00-4:30 Astronomy,
Lab II CAL |
| 5:00-6:30 Seminar
on Cosmologies Lib 4004 |
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5:00-6:30 Seminar
on Astronomy, Lib 4004 |
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Post Cel Nav P&Q
Do Astro HW with answers in back
Optional online Astro
HW
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6:00-9:00 Astronomy,
Lab II CAL
(7-9: Cel. Nav. workshops)
9-10: OBSERVE
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SPRING
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Astronomy
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Seminar: Cosmologies (Monday)
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Celestial Nav. (Tuesday)
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Seminar: Astronomy (Thus.)
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Research projects
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workshops + resources |
| week 1 |
Universe 1-2: Space
& Time |
North1, Kirschner1 |
0. Space
& Time |
Burch Ch.1 |
review past projects |
Estimating
ET |
| week 2 |
Universe 2-3: Sky
& Moon (Erin + Jenni) |
North 2, 3 |
start workshop 1: Solar
Motion |
Burch 2,3 + articles |
discuss possible investigations
- library workshop Fri. 9am |
Moon
+ eclipses |
| week 3 |
Universe 3-4: Orbits
(Tristen + Brian) |
North 5, 6 |
finish workshop 1, start 2: Starry
Night |
Burch 5 + articles |
articulate research questions |
K3
+ Black holes |
| week 4 |
Universe 4: Gravity
(Joey + Brian) |
North 8, 9 |
finish workshop 2: Starry
Night |
Burch 6 + articles |
research plan DUE |
Gravity:
Jupiter moons + DM |
| week 5 |
Universe 5-6: light
+ scopes (Erin + Brian) |
North 4, 10 |
start workshop 3: Latitude |
Burch 11 + articles |
observations |
midterm
quiz |
| week 6 |
Universe 18: Sun (Tristen + Joey) |
Kirschner 2-5 |
finish workshop 3 |
Burch 12 + articles |
calculations |
movie + sunspots |
| week 7 |
field
trip? |
READING, no class |
WRITING, no class |
READING, no class |
FINISH OBSERVATIONS |
Do HW for Longitude workshop |
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week 7 office hours at the usual time:
Wed.5-6; new location: Zita's room at Academic Fair in Library
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| week 8 |
Universe 19: Stars; 21 HR
anim; 22 PMS evol of 1Ms
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Kirschner 6-8 |
start workshop 4: Longitude |
Burch 7 + articles NO SEMINAR
- Zita at Physics
meeting |
finish calculations; first draft
to writing center |
Poster-making workshop |
| week 9 |
research projects, begin
Cosmology
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Kirschner 9-11 |
finish workshop 4 |
Burch 10 + articles |
second draft DUE Tuesday;
present your poster at Science
Carnival 28-29 |
Poster presentations
in class Thursday |
| week 10: portfolios DUE |
Universe 28: Cosmology
(Jenni + Joey) |
Memorial day holiday |
Eval
+ Cosmology workshops |
Potluck |
Final research reports
DUE Tuesday |
exam + movie Thus. |
