Course Calendar

(with references to The Essential Cosmic Perspective, 4th ed. Media Update, by Jeffrey O. Bennett, Megan Donahue, Nicholas Schneider, & Mark Voit. For more detailed list of topics see Topics to Review)

Introduction: (Ch. 1)
	1	W	8/27	Powers of Ten
Observing the Sky (Ch. 2 – 3.1)
	2	F	8/29	HW due Public Viewing Night at SSUO 9:00 – 11:00 p.m. (weather permitting)
	3	W	9/3
	4	F	9/5	HW due
	5	M	9/8
	6	W	9/10
Explaining the Motions of the Wanderers (Ch. 3 – 4)
	7	F	9/12	Quiz #1. Bring a Pearson NCS Scanning Form
	8	M	9/15	Astronomical lecture in "What Physicists Do"*
	9	W	9/17
	10	F	9/19
	11	M	9/22	Astronomical lecture in "What Physicists Do"* September equinox. The sun crosses the equator at 8:44 a.m. PDT.
	12	W	9/24
Using Light and Telescopes (Ch. 5)
	13	F	9/26	Quiz #2. Bring a Pearson NCS Scanning Form Public Viewing Night at SSUO 8:00 – 10:00 p.m. (weather permitting)
		Sa	9/27	Public Viewing at Robert Ferguson Observatory 8:00 p.m. – ? (weather permitting)
	14	M	9/29
	15	W	10/1
Exploring the Solar System (Ch. 6 - 9)
	16	F	10/3
	17	M	10/6
	18	W	10/8
	19	F	10/10
	20	M	10/13	.
	21	W	10/15
	22	F	10/17	Quiz #3. Bring a Pearson NCS Scanning Form
	23	M	10/20
	24	W	10/22
Investigating the Sun and Other Stars (Ch. 10 – 11)
	25	F	10/24	Public Viewing Night at SSUO 8:00 – 10:00 p.m. (weather permitting)
		Sa	10/25	Public Viewing at Robert Ferguson Observatory 8:00 p.m. – ? (weather permitting)
	26	M	10/27
	27	W	10/29
	28	F	10/31
Learning How Stars Live and Die (Simulation) (Ch. 12 – 13)
	29	M	11/3	Astronomical lecture in "What Physicists Do"*
	30	W	11/5
	31	F	11/7
	32	M	11/10	Astronomical lecture in "What Physicists Do"* Quiz #4. Bring a Pearson NCS Scanning Form
	33	W	11/12
	34	F	11/14
	35	M	11/17	Astronomical lecture in "What Physicists Do"*
	36	W	11/19
Discovering That We Live in a Galaxy (Ch. 14)
	37	F	11/21
		Sa	11/22	Public Viewing at Robert Ferguson Observatory 7:00 p.m. – ? (weather permitting)
	38	M	11/24	Astronomical lecture in "What Physicists Do"* Quiz #5. Bring a Pearson NCS Scanning Form
Probing the Universe (Ch. 15 –17)
	39	M	12/1	Astronomical lecture in "What Physicists Do"* Term Paper due
	40	W	12/3
	41	F	12/5	Public Viewing Night at SSUO 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. (weather permitting)
	42	M	12/8
	43	W	12/10
	44	F	12/12
		W	12/17	8:00-9:50 a.m. Final Exam. Bring a Pearson NCS Scanning Form.

*A one-page description of what you learned at one or two of these lectures may be submitted for extra credit (15 points).

Please send comments, additions, corrections, and questions to
joe.tenn@sonoma.edu

JST

2008-08-05