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Tuesday, Dec. 5:
Announcements:
review
Thursday, November 30:
Announcements:
Ch. 14 slides
Tuesday, November 28:
Announcements:
Ch. S4 slides
Tuesday, November 21:
Announcements:
Ch. 11 slides
Thursday, November 16:
Announcements:
Ch. 9 slides
Watch the meteor shower 11:45pm Saturday
Article
Another
Tuesday, November 14:
Announcements:
Ch. 8 slides
Thursday, November 9:
Announcements:
Ch. 8 slides
Tuesday, October 31:
Announcements:
Ch. 7 slides
BTW: Julie asked about Jupiter and I got this link in an email today about Jupiter which mentions that people don't know if it has a solid core and are studying its atmosphere.
Thursday, October 26:

Test 2
Tuesday, October 24:
Announcements:
Ch. S2 review
BTW: I had put questions concerning "Ch. 6: Telescopes" on the test!
Tuesday, October 17:
Announcements:
Ch. 6 review
Thursday, October 12:
Announcements:
Review Ch. 5
Thin lens lab
Tuesday, October 10:
Announcements:
Ch. 5 review
Thursday, October 5:
Announcements:
    · Observation tonight
    · Stony Brook Lecture this Friday (Directions) (2/3 pt on final grade EC)
    · Extra credit oral book report
Ch. 4 review
Angular momentum demo
Tuesday, October 3:
Announcements:
    · Observations this week
    · Stony Brook Lecture this Friday (Directions)
Cool biology movie
Ch. 4
Begin Lunar Observations (until New Moon) and do (at least) every other night:
  • Sketch moon
  • Measure altitude (w/ Sextant) and estimate azimuth (direction)
  • Identify the moon's phase
  • Record Time and Date (try to do at same time each evening)
  • Make a flip book!
Thursday, September 28:

Test 1
Tuesday, September 26:
Announcements:
    · Test 1 on Thursday
    · Read Ch. 4 for Tuesday
    · Observations next week
Ch. S1 (PDF)
Celestial Sphere Exercise
Thursday, September 21:
Announcements:
    · Test 1 in one week
    · Read parts of Chapter S1
Ch. 3 (PDF)
Sunspot Lab
Tuesday, September 19:
Announcements:
    · Do quiz 3 and read (I "assigned" it on the web)
Here's a Faq entry on how to deal with getting the Kepler Tutorial graded
Questions/Review Ch. 2 (PDF)
Stargazer Tutorial
Newton Movie
Thursday, September 14:
Announcements:
    · Do quiz 1,2, & Kepler Tutorial
Ch. 2 (PDF)
Lab (at home): Kepler Tutorial
Tuesday, September 12:
Announcements:
    · Hold off on quizzes
    · Read Ch. 2
Notes (PDF)
Construct a Sextant
Monday, September 11:

There seems to be something wrong with taking the quizzes. I've got an email to their techsupport, so just hold-off on taking the quiz. Sorry.
Thursday, September 7:
Announcements:
    · First day of class
Ch. 1 (PDF)
Science Stuff Exercise: Scientific Notation, graphings, uncertainty
Tuesday, September 5:
Announcements:
    · First day of class
Ch. 1
Planet Distances Exercise
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