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| 1. |
Feb. 6 |
FIRST CLASS |
Read
Ch. 1 + Do "definitions"
quiz (as trial -- won't count for HW grade) |
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| 2. |
Feb. 13 |
Do
"Scale of the Universe"
tutorial (#1) as trial. Do Written HW#1 |
Read
Ch. 2 + Do "Phases of the
Moon" tutorial (#2: 1st to count for online HW grade) |
Do
"Seasons"
tutorial (#3) |
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| 3. |
Feb. 20 |
Read
Ch. 3 + Do "definitions"
quiz |
Do
"Orbits and Kepler's Laws"
tutorial (#4) |
Do Written
HW#2 (date revised) Read Ch. 4 + Do "definitions" quiz (To avoid two HW on same day, this quiz is now optional; but still do reading!) |
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| 4. |
Feb. 27 |
Do
"Energy" tutorial (#5) |
Read
Ch. 5 + Do "definitions"
quiz |
Do
"Motion & Gravity"
tutorial (#6) |
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| 5. |
Mar. 6 |
Read
Ch. 6 + (optionally) Do "definitions"
quiz Do Written HW#3 (date revised) |
Do
"Light & Spectroscopy"
tutorial (#7) |
Do
"Doppler Effect" tutorial (#8) |
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| 6. |
Mar. 13 |
Read
Ch. 7 + Do "Telescopes" tutorial (#9) |
Review and Study for midterm #1 Do Written HW#4 |
MIDTERM #1 (Chs. 1 - 7) | |||||
| 7. |
Mar. 20 |
Read
Ch. 8 + Do "Formation of the Solar System" tutorial (#10) |
Read
Ch. 9 (revised)+ Do "definitions"
quiz Honors-ECO Project "Letter of Intent" due via email by 5:00pm |
Do
"The Sun" tutorial (#11) |
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Mar. 27 |
S P R
I N G |
B R E
A K |
W E E K |
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| 8. |
Apr. 3 |
Read
Ch. 15 (revised) + Do "definitions"
quiz |
Read
Ch. 16 + Do "definitions"
quiz |
Do
"Hertzsprung-Russel Diagram"
tutorial (#12) Honors-ECO Project one-page outline due via email by 5:00pm |
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| 9. |
Apr. 10 |
Read
Ch. 17 + (optionally) Do "definitions"
quiz Do Written HW#5 |
Do
"Stellar Evolution" tutorial (#13) |
Read Ch. 18 + Do "definitions" quiz | |||||
| 10. |
Apr. 17 |
Do
"Black Holes" tutorial (#14) |
Review and Study for midterm #2 Do Written HW#6 |
MIDTERM #2 (Ch. 8, 9, 15, 16, 17, 18) |
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| 11. |
Apr. 24 |
Read
Ch. 19 + Do "definitions"
quiz |
Do
"Detecting Dark Matter in Spiral Galaxies" tutorial (#15) |
Read
Ch. 20 + (optionally) Do "definitions"
quiz |
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| 12. |
May 1 |
Do
"Measuring Cosmic Distances"
tutorial (#16) Do Written HW#7 |
Read
Ch. 21 + Do "definitions"
quiz |
Do
"Hubble's Law" tutorial (#17) Honors-ECO Project due |
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| 13. |
May 8 |
Read
Ch. 22+ (optionally) Do "definitions"
quiz |
Do
"Fate of the Universe"
tutorial (#18) Do Written HW#8 |
Read
Ch. 23 + Do "definitions"
quiz |
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| 14. |
May 15 |
Do "Detecting Extrasolar Planets" tutorial (#19) | Read
Ch. 24 + (optionally)
Do "definitions"
quiz Written HW#9 has been cancelled. LAST CLASS |
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May 22 |
FINAL
EXAM 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. 131 SHL |