Tentative Schedule

Astronomy 101.004 in LodeStar Planetarium

Dr. Kent Morrison

Fall 2006

 

LECTURE      CHAPTER_________________________________DATE

            1          Intro to Course and Chapter 1  - Astronomy                 21 Aug

            2          Chapter 2- Knowing the Heavens                                 23 Aug

            3          Chapter 3- Eclipses & the Moon                                  28 Aug

            4          Chapter 4- Gravitation & Waltz of Planets                    30 Aug

                        Labor Day Holiday                                                         4 Sep

            5          Chapter 5- Nature of Light                                             6 Sep

            6          Chapter 6- Optics & Telescopes                                  11 Sep

            7          Chapter 7- Comparison, Our Solar System                   13 Sep

            8          Chapter 8- Origin of Our Solar System             18 Sep

            9          Test 1* - chapters 1-8                                                20 Sep

          10          Chapter 9- The Living Earth                                          25 Sep

          11          Chapter 10- Our Barren Moon                         27 Sep

          12          Chapter 11- Sun-Scorched Mercury                               2 Oct

          13          Chapter 12- Cloud Covered Venus                                 4 Oct

          14          Chapter 13- Red Planet Mars                                          9 Oct

          15          Chapter 14- Jupiter and Saturn                           11 Oct

          16          Chapter 15- Jupiter and Saturn’s Satellites                      16 Oct

          17          Chapter 16- The Outer Worlds                           18 Oct

          18          Chapter 17- Vagabonds of the Solar System                   23 Oct

          19          Test 2* - chapters 9-17                                               25 Oct

          20          Chapter 18- Our Star, the Sun                                        30 Oct

          21          Chapter 19- The Nature of the Stars                                 1 Nov

          22          Chapter 20- The Birth of Stars                              6 Nov

          23          Chapter 21- Stellar Evolution: After Main Sequence          8 Nov

          24          Chapter 22- Stellar Evolution: The Death of Stars            13 Nov

          25          Chapter 23- Neutron Stars                                             15 Nov

          26          Chapter 24- Black Holes                                                20 Nov

          27          Test 3* - chapters 18-24                                             22 Nov

          28          Chapter 25- Our Galaxy                                                 27 Nov

          29          Chapter 26- Galaxies                                                      29 Nov

          30          Chapter 27- Quasars, Active Galaxies, Bursters                4 Dec 

          31          Chapter 28 &29- Cosmology, Early Universe       6 Dec 

          32          Final Exam – Cumulative, all chapters covered         11 Dec