Topic
Tuesday
Thursday
Introduction to the The Stars and Basic Ideas in Astronomy
Critical Links:
Course outline
Lab/Lab Assignments
OpenStax Astronomy
Introduction to Course and topics
Jan 4
Review of major concepts from Astro 200
Review of basic ideas from Astro 200
Jan 9
Review of basic ideas from Astro 200
The Milky Way Galaxy
Begin reading Chapter 15
Lab Exercise #1: Monday 2:00 in S210
Jan 15
Jan 16
Spiral Arms and Star Formation
Jan18
Galaxies
Breaking News!!! Jan2016 Science Magazine
Chapter 16`
Lab Exercise #2 Monday 2:00 in S210
Measuring the Properties of Galaxies
Jan 23
IS Conference- no class
Jan 25
Galaxies and Active Nuclei
Chapter 17
Lab Project #1: - Finding the Galactic Centre
Measuring the Properties of Galaxies
Jan 30
Feb 1
Cosmology in the 21st Century
Chapter 18
Feb 6
Feb 8
Cosmology in the 21st Century
Chapter 18
Space and Time
Cosmology in the 21st Century
Feb 13
MIdterm Exam
Feb 15
The Origin of the Solar System
Chapter 19
The Great Chain of Origins
A Survey of the Solar System
The Story of Planet Building
Feb 27
The Story of Planet Building
Planets Orbiting Other Stars
Mar 1
Earth and Moon
Nice youtube clip on size of solar system
news clip on cosmic ray background (March 2018)
Chapter 20,21
The Terrestrial Planets
Earth - the Active Planet
Mar 6
Earth - the Active Planet
The Moon
Mar 8
Mercury and Venus
Chapter 21,22
Mar 13
Mar 15
Mars
Chapter 22
The Red Planet
Mar 20
The Outer Planets
Jupiter - King of the Planets
Mar 22
Jupiter and Saturn
Chapter 23
some amazing Jupiter pics from NASA
Mar 27
The Outer PLanets
Chapter 24
Pluto and the Dwarf Planets
April 3
April 5
Meteories, Asteroids and Comets
Chapter 25
Asteroids
Comets
Impacts on Earth
April 10
The Nature of Life
The Origin of Life
Explaining RNA and DNA
April 12
Life on Other Worlds
Chapter 26
Communication with Distant Civilizations
April 17