All class assignments, including reading, homework and labs, will be listed here. All homework listed is due Friday of that week unless otherwise indicated.

Here is a description of my overall method for assigning grades to labs and homework assignments.

Week 1 Aug 30, Sept 1, 3
Reading:
Friday, Sept 3 - Read Chapter 1

Lab:
Angles Lab available to download. (Due Friday Sept 10).

Homework:
Homework 1 available to download. On Sept 6, I removed Ch 2, problem 36 from the assignment (Due Friday Sept 17). HW 1 solutions

Week 2 Sept 8, 10
Reading:
Wedesday Sept 8 - Chapter 2.1, 2.2
Friday Sept 10 - Chapter 2.3

Lab:
Friday, Sept 10 - Angles Lab due

Homework:
None due

Week 3 Sept 13, 15, 17
Reading:
Monday Sept 13 - Chapter 2.4
Wednesday Sept 15 - Chapter 2.5

Lab:
No written lab due. Attend one Sky Tour session (weather permitting). Bring a Star Wheel to the Sky Tour - Make a Star Wheel. You don't need to make a color printout of the sleeve. B/W is fine.

Homework:
Friday September 17 Homework 1 due
Show all work, include all units, and use a sensible number of significant digits. You can either use back-of-the-envelope estimates for the calculations (work still must be shown and/or explained) or something like a calculator or WolframAlpha.

Week 4 Sept 20, 22, 24

Reading:
Monday Sept 20 - Chapter 3.1 - 3.3
Wednesday Sept 22 - Starry Messenger, written by Galileo in 1610.
Friday Sept 24 - Chapter 3.3 - 3.5

Lab:
1) If you did not attend a sky tour last week, then attend one this week. Bring a Star Wheel to the Sky Tour - Make a Star Wheel. You don't need to make a color printout of the sleeve. B/W is fine.
2) Submit a brief (one page or less) discussion of what you saw and what you learned during your naked eye Sky Tour. Include one question that you have after attendeing that session. This should be typed on a computer and printed out - not handwritten. This is the first of a handful of credit/no credit lab assignments. If you do it, you get credit.

I will also make a note of any C/NC labs that are particularly outstanding or poor. If your C/NC labs stand out in one way or the other, then it will be a factor in the "participation" portion of your grade.

Homework: None Due

Week 5 Sept 27, 29, Oct 1
Reading:
Monday September 27 - Chapter 4.5 - 4.7

Lab: Friday October 1 in the morning - Attend a Special Collections session (45 minutes).

Homework: Friday October 1 - HW 2 due. Solutions

Week 6 Oct 4, 6, 8
Reading:
Monday October 4 - refresh Chapter 4.5 - 4.7
Wednesday October 4 - Chapter 23
Friday October 6 - IAU planet definition, Solar System readings: one and two, from the 2007 edition of 21st Century Astronomy (not in the version we're using for this class).

Lab: Submit a brief (one page or so) write-up about your trip to Special Collections to view the Copernicus and Newton books. Include a brief discussion of the role Copernicus played in the geocentric - heliocentric cosmological revolution. Write up should be typed, not handwritten.

Homework: None due

Week 7 Oct 18, 20, 22
October 18 - David Hogg guest lecturer

Reading:
Wednesday October 20 - Chapter 17.6, textbook pages 576-577 section "Magnetic Fields and Cosmic Rays Fill the Galaxy"
Friday October 22 - Chapter 5, Chapter 4.1 - 4.4

Homework: Friday October 22 - HW 3 due. Solutions.

Week 8 Oct 25, 27, 29

Monday October 25 - Midterm Exam handed out
Friday October 29 - Midterm Exam due. Midterm grading guide/solutions

Reading:
Monday October 25 - Chapter 5
Wednesday October 27 - Tufte pamplet on data visualization
Friday October 29 - CLASS MEETS IN THE ITC in Stokes Hall

Week 9 Nov 1, 3, 5
Reading:
Monday November 1 - Chapter 13.1 - 13.3
Wednesday November 3 - Chapter 13.4 - 13.5

Homework: Friday Nov 5 - HW 4 due. Solutions

Week 10 Nov 8, 10, 12
Reading:
Monday November 8 - Chapter 14.1 - 14.3
Friday November 12 - Solar Neutrino article

Lab: Podcast lab due on Friday November 12.

Week 11 Nov 15, 17, 19

Reading:
Monday November 15 - Chapter 16.1 - 16.2
Wednesday November 17 - Your book covers stellar evolution in far more detail than we will in class. Chapters 16.3 - 16.6 includes, but goes far beyond, the relevant material.
Friday November 19 - Your book covers stellar evolution in far more detail than we will in class. Chapters 17.1 - 17.5 includes, but goes far beyond, the relevant material.

Homework: Friday Nov 19 - HW 5 due. Solutions and color-magnitude diagram.

Week 12 Nov 22, 24
Reading:
Monday and Wednesday November 22 and 24 - Chapter 17.6 - 17.8

Lab: Observational Lab due (weather dependent)

Week 13 Nov 29, Dec 1, 3

Friday December 3 - Bruce Partridge guest lecturer

Reading: Chapter 19.1 - 19.3

Homework: Friday Dec 3 - HW 6 due. Solutions

Week 14 Dec 6, 8, 10

In class on Monday Dec 6 - work on Hubble lab.

Reading: Chapter 18, Chapter 21.1

Lab: Friday December 10 - Graded Hubble Lab due AND (observational lab OR alternative BLAST lab) due. Hubble law lab solutions.

Final Exam due at the end of finals week.