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ASTRONOMY
101
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ANNOUNCEMENTS AST 101 is OVER. All grades posted. Enjoy the Summer. ------------------------------ Check your grades with the on-line
grade. See below. See class
calendar (below) for all class information --- |
CHECK YOUR GRADES IN AST 101 ***Click Here*** With this on-line
grade sheet you can check all your grades in AST 101, make sure that the
professor recorded them properly, and see what your overall grade is in AST
101. |
WEEK 1 (scroll
down for more weeks) |
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Campus (Monday) January 13 |
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Click
here for class syllabus (sign and return as indicated). Click here for Make-up options for MISSED PARTICIPATION Click
here for “B” PROJECTS Click
here for Final Exam (“A” PROJECT) Click
here for the required textbook, The Known Universe—6th Edition (also
available in the Jefferson campus book store). Want a copy of the
software Graney uses in class? Click here. |
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MONDAY, JANUARY 20: ML KING DAY HOLIDAY (NO CLASS) |
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WEEK 2 |
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Campus (Tuesday-Thursday) January 21/23 DT
Campus (Monday) January 27 |
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Reading Assignment for this week. |
Have these
chapters of The Known Universe read
before you come to class: Chapter 2 |
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Class Participation Assignment for
this week. |
Click here for Class Participation Comments and Questions, Part 1
and Part 2. You must come to class
with both parts completed at the start
of the week’s class (except for those sections of Part 2 that you will
complete in class). This means
completed by the start of class for classes that meet once in a week, and by
the start of the first class meeting
of the week for classes that meet twice in a week. You will need to have a pencil in class for this. Grades posted 1/27/2020 |
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WEEK 3 |
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Campus (Tuesday-Thursday) January 28/30 DT
Campus (Monday) February 3 |
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Reading Assignment for this week. |
Have these chapters
of The Known Universe read before
you come to class: Chapter 5 Supplemental material – not
required, but might be helpful: ·
Helpful Animations for Ptolemy’s epicycle
theory: ·
Videos on sizes and
distances: ·
Video on annual parallax
– click here Grades posted 2/3/2020 |
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Class Participation Assignment for
this week. |
Click here for Class Participation Comments and Questions, Part 1
and Part 2. You must come to class
with both parts completed at the start
of the week’s class (except for those sections of Part 2 that you will
complete in class). This means
completed by the start of class for classes that meet once in a week, and by
the start of the first class meeting
of the week for classes that meet twice in a week. You will need to have a pencil in class for this. |
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WEEK 4 |
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Campus (Tuesday-Thursday) February 4/6 DT
Campus (Monday) February 10 |
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Reading Assignment for this week. |
Have these
chapters of The Known Universe read
before you come to class: Chapter 8 Supplemental material – not
required, but might be helpful: ·
Helpful Animations ·
Video on a solution to
the annual parallax problem – click
here Grades posted 2/10/2020 |
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Class Participation Assignment for
this week. |
Click here for Class Participation Comments and Questions, Part 1
and Part 2. You must come to class
with both parts completed at the start
of the week’s class (except for those sections of Part 2 that you will
complete in class). This means
completed by the start of class for classes that meet once in a week, and by
the start of the first class meeting
of the week for classes that meet twice in a week. You will need to have a pencil in class for this. |
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“B”
Grade Projects |
Students wanting a grade of “B” or better in AST 101 should turn
in their first “B” Project (see WEEK 1) by WEEK 5. |
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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17: PRESIDENTS’ DAY HOLIDAY (NO CLASS) The Monday AST 101 class has had two weeks of holiday, and the
Tuesday/Thursday AST 101 class has had none.
Therefore, in order to keep the two classes coordinated, there will be
no AST 101 class on Tuesday-Thursday February 11/13 (this applies to AST 101 only). |
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WEEK 5 |
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Campus (Tuesday-Thursday) February 18/20 DT
Campus (Monday) February 24 |
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Reading Assignment for this week. |
Have these
chapters of The Known Universe read
before you come to class: Chapter 10 Supplemental material – not
required, but might be helpful: ·
Helpful Animations ·
Videos on Tycho Brahe and Galileo Galilei: ·
Videos on the Parallax
and Star Size problem: |
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Class Participation for this week. |
Click here for Class Participation Comments and Questions, Part 1
and Part 2. You must come to class with
both parts completed (except for those sections of Part 2 that you will
complete at the end of class). You
will need to have a pencil in class
for this. |
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WEEK 6 |
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Campus (Tuesday-Thursday) February 25/27 DT
Campus (Monday) March 2 |
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Reading Assignment for this week. |
Have these
chapters of The Known Universe read
before you come to class: Chapter 12 Supplemental material – not
required, but might be helpful: ·
Helpful Animations ·
Videos on gravity, etc.: |
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Class Participation for this week. |
Click here for Class Participation Comments and Questions, Part 1
and Part 2. You must come to class
with both parts completed (except for those sections of Part 2 that you will complete
at the end of class). You will need to
have a pencil in class for this. Grades posted 3/2/2020 |
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WEEK 7 |
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Campus (Tuesday-Thursday) March 3/5 DT
Campus (Monday) March 9 |
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Reading Assignment for this week. |
Have these
chapters of The Known Universe read
before you come to class: Chapter 14 Supplemental material – not
required, but might be helpful: ·
The Jewish calendar is dated
from the creation of the world. The Jewish year 5780 began in
September (with the new moon) – click here. Click here for Israel National News and note the date at top right. · Ussher’s Age of the Universe & certain editions of the Christian Bible: click here. Also click here or here for recent-ish local news along this line. ·
Read Appendix D in your text book |
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Class Participation for this week. |
Click here for Class Participation Comments and Questions, Part 1 and
Part 2. You must come to class with
both parts completed (except for those sections of Part 2 that you will
complete at the end of class). You
will need to have a pencil in class
for this. |
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“B”
Grade Projects |
Students wanting a grade of “B” or better in AST 101 should turn
in their second “B” Project (see WEEK 1) by WEEK 8. |
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WEEK 8 |
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Campus (Tuesday-Thursday) March 10/12 Note:
Spring Break (no classes) is the week of March 16 DT
Campus (Monday) March 23 |
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Reading Assignment for this week. |
Have these
chapters of The Known Universe read
before you come to class: Chapter 16 Supplemental material – not
required, but might be helpful: ·
Videos: |
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Class Participation for this week. |
Click here for Class Participation Comments and Questions, Part 1
and Part 2. You must come to class
with both parts completed (except for those sections of Part 2 that you will
complete at the end of class). You
will need to have a pencil in class
for this. ON-LINE/COVID-19
CLASS PROCEDURE My response is now posted on
YouTube—CLICK
HERE to watch it, then
complete your Part 2 forms and e-mail them to me. |
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WEEK 9 |
Note as of March 24, 2020: SW
Campus (Tuesday) March 24 DT
Campus (Monday) March 30 SW
Campus (Thursday) April 2 (note
date change) |
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Reading Assignment for this week. |
Have these
chapters of The Known Universe read
before you come to class: Chapter 18 Supplemental material – not
required, but might be helpful: ·
The Football Field Universe
calculator (requires MS EXCEL; works on Jefferson computers) – click here. |
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Class Participation for this week. |
Click here for Class Participation Comments and Questions, Part 1
and Part 2. You must come to class with
both parts completed (except for those sections of Part 2 that you will
complete at the end of class). You
will need to have a pencil in class
for this. ON-LINE/COVID-19
CLASS PROCEDURE My response is now posted on
YouTube—CLICK
HERE to watch it, then
complete your Part 2 forms and e-mail them to me. |
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“A”
Grade Project |
For students wanting a grade of “A” in
AST 101, the Final Exam (the “A” Project) is now available. See WEEK 1 under “Final Exam”. |
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WEEK 10 |
DT
Campus (Monday) April 6 SW
Campus (Tuesday-Thursday) April 7/9 |
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Reading Assignment for this week. |
Have these
chapters of The Known Universe read
before you come to class: Chapter 20 Supplemental material – not
required, but might be helpful: ·
1950 Radio Broadcast of Martian Chronicles – click here (from a time
when intelligent life on Mars still seemed plausible) ·
Official Trailer for
movie John Carter of Mars – click here ·
Unofficial Trailer for John Carter of Mars – click here ·
War of the Worlds book
chapter – click here ·
1938 radio War of the Worlds – click here ·
1953 movie War of the Worlds Trailer – click here ·
2005 movie War of the Worlds Trailer – click here |
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Class Participation for this week. |
Click here for Class Participation Comments and Questions, Part 1
and Part 2. You must come to class
with both parts completed (except for those sections of Part 2 that you will
complete at the end of class). You
will need to have a pencil in class
for this. ON-LINE/COVID-19
CLASS PROCEDURE My response is now posted on
YouTube—CLICK
HERE to watch it, then
complete your Part 2 forms and e-mail them to me. |
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“B”
Grade Projects |
Students wanting a grade of “B” or better in AST 101 should turn
in their third “B” Project (see WEEK 1) by WEEK 11. |
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WEEK 11 |
DT
Campus (Monday) April 13 |
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Reading Assignment for this week. |
Have these
chapters of The Known Universe read
before you come to class: Chapter 22 Supplemental material – not
required, but might be helpful: ·
NORAD tracks Santa Claus – click here.
If Santa wasn’t real, would the military have a web
page for him? ·
The Concorde (video) – the future of air travel in
Grandpa’s day, discontinued in 2003 – click here for a nice
short video. · World’s Fastest Road Cars – Koenigsegg Agera RS hits 277 mph in 2017 (click here); Mercedes W125 hits 268 mph in 1938 (click here). · Original Movie Trailer for 2001: A Space Odyssey – the technology depicted in this 1968 movie shows what the year 2001 was envisioned to be like in your grandparents’ day, forty-plus years ago – click here. Also check out the Original Movie Trailer for 2010 (the 1984 sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey) – click here. This movie has better special effects featuring our awesome 21st-century space ships! ·
The Future (2015) – the 1980’s
imagines the year 2015 in the movie Back to the Future
II – click here
and here. ·
Opening scene in movie “Contact” – full of science errors,
but illustrates the idea of SETI that signals from Earth can be detected by
listeners in space, and that listeners at further and further distances from
Earth will hear signals from further back in the Earth’s past – click here. Major
errors include that the time delay is exaggerated
too much (you would hear signals from a few hours ago at Jupiter, not from
years ago) and the asteroids are far too densely packed. |
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Class Participation for this week. |
Click here for Class Participation Comments and Questions, Part 1
and Part 2. You must come to class
with both parts completed (except for those sections of Part 2 that you will
complete at the end of class). You
will need to have a pencil in class
for this. ON-LINE/COVID-19
CLASS PROCEDURE My response is now posted on
YouTube—CLICK
HERE to watch it, then
complete your Part 2 forms and e-mail them to me. |
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WEEK 12 |
DT
Campus (Monday) April 20 SW
Campus (Tuesday-Thursday) April 21/23 |
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Reading Assignment for this week. |
Have these
chapters of The Known Universe read
before you come to class: Chapter 24 Supplemental material – not
required, but might be helpful: · Searching for Solar Systems (NPR All Things Considered -- This is a pretty large MP3 audio file and may take a while to download): click here ·
The Alien Civilization calculator (requires MS
EXCEL; works on Jefferson computers) – click here |
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Class Participation for this week. |
Click here for Class Participation Comments and Questions, Part 1
and Part 2. You must come to class
with both parts completed (except for those sections of Part 2 that you will
complete at the end of class). You
will need to have a pencil in class
for this. ON-LINE/COVID-19
CLASS PROCEDURE My response is now posted on
YouTube—CLICK
HERE to watch it, then
complete your Part 2 forms and e-mail them to me. |
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“B”
Grade Projects |
After this week
students wanting a grade of “B” or better in AST 101 may turn in a maximum of two “B” Projects (see WEEK
1). Students wanting a grade of “B” or better in AST 101 should turn
in their fourth and final “B” Project (see WEEK 1) by WEEK 13. |
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WEEK 13 |
DT
Campus (Monday) April 27 SW
Campus (Tuesday-Thursday) April 28/30 |
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Reading Assignment for this week. |
No reading
assignment this week.
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Class Participation for this week. |
No
class participation assignment
this week.
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“B”
Grade Projects |
This is “B” Project turn-in/work week. |
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WEEK 14 |
DT
Campus (Monday) May 4 |
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Reading Assignment for this week. |
No reading
assignment this week. |
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Class Participation for this week. |
No
participation assignment this week. |
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“A”
Grade Project |
For students wanting a grade of “A” in
AST 101, the Final Exam (the “A” Project) is due this week. See WEEK 1 under “Final Exam”. |
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Tuesday, May 5 at noon is the end of AST 101. No material will be
accepted after that time. This is |
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