Assignments as of Sunday, November 15
This page contains the homework assignments that are assigned in Astronomy 102 during the semester.
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Current Assignments: This table only list assignments that were current as of Sunday, November 15 at 10:51 PM.
| Due Date | Homework |
Comments |
| Friday, Nov. 20, 11:55 pm | Post Lab 11: Planetary Surfaces | This is the post-lab quiz for the Planetary Surfaces and Superposition
Lab. |
| Friday, Nov. 20, 11:55 pm | Assignment 10: Setting the Atmosphere | This problem set focuses on Chapter 10 and reviews terrestrial
planetary atmospheres including the scientific thinking behind global
warming (a better name would be "climate change"). |
| Friday, Dec. 4, 11:55 pm | Post Lab 12: Absolute and Relative Dating of Surfaces aka Crater Dating | This is the post-lab quiz for the lab on the Absolute versus Relative
dating of features on the Moon's surface. This post-lab will be available
starting Tuesday, Nov. 17. |
| Friday, Dec. 4, 11:55 pm | Assignment 11 | This problem set will focus on the Jovian Worlds but has not yet
been uploaded to Moodle.This homework will be available starting
Friday, Nov. 27. |
| Tues., Dec. 8 | Deadline for Planetarium Block 5 Observing Project | If you are in this group, you must pass the test for credit by this date. |
Past Due Assignments: Assignments that are past due in this table are noted by a orange background.
| Due Date | Homework |
Comments |
| Tuesday, Sept. 1 | Post Lab 1 | This is the post-lab quiz for the Scale of the Solar System Lab. Post Lab quizes will be due every Tuesday after lab. |
| Friday, Sept. 4, 11:55 pm | Assignment
1: Your Place in the Universe (Extra Credit Questions) |
This assignment covers most of Chapter 1 of the textbook, so please read Chapter 1 first. The extra credit questions are in a separate quiz page, thus you see two links... |
| Tuesday, Sept. 8 through Thursday, Sept. 10 | Lab 3 will meet in the Planetarium (Bridges 167) | For this week, be sure to go to the Planetarium (Bridges Hall 167) to attend lab instead of the normal meeting place (Hagen 316) |
| Friday, Sept. 11, 11:55 pm | Post Lab 2 | This is the post-lab quiz for the Phases of the Moon Lab. |
| Friday, Sept. 11, 11:55 pm The deadline has passed! |
Sign up for Observing Project and Field Trip | You must sign up for an observing project and a field trip by the deadline. |
| Friday, Sept. 11, 11:55 pm | Assignment 2: Science and the Advance of Heliocentrism | This assignment covers most of Chapters 2 and 3 of the textbook, so please read those chapters before attempting this homework. |
| Friday, Sept. 18, 11:55 pm | Post Lab 3 | This is the post-lab quiz for the "Getting in a 3000 year old mindset" lab. |
| Friday, Sept. 18, 11:55 pm | Assignment
3: Kepler, Tycho, and all that (Extra Credit Questions) |
This problem set covers some of the material from Chapter 3 on the methods used in science and more specifically on Kepler's Three Laws of Planetary Motion. |
| Tuesday, Sept. 22 (Craig) or Wednesday, Sept. 23 (Cabanela) |
MidTerm Exam #1 | Review the Study Guide for the MidTerm Exam to prepare for it. The Study Guide has been posted at the bottom of the electronic handouts page. |
| Friday, Sept. 25, 11:55 pm | Post Lab 4 | This is the post-lab quiz for the "Orbit of Mercury" lab. |
| Friday, Sept. 25 | Deadline for Planetarium Block 1 Observing Project | If you are in this group, you must pass the test for credit by this date. |
| Friday, Oct. 2, 11:55 pm | Post Lab 5 | This is the post-lab quiz for the "Kepler's Laws" lab. |
| Friday, Oct. 2, 11:55 pm | Assignment 4: Learning the "Rules of the Game" of Physics | This assignment covers Chapter 4, asking you to show that you have learned not only to regurgitate the "rules of the game" of physics, but that you can also apply them properly. |
| Friday, Oct. 9 | Deadline for Planetarium Block 2 Observing Project | If you are in this group, you must pass the test for credit by this date. |
| Friday, Oct. 9, 11:55 pm | Assignment 5: Solar System Formation and the Sun | The first few problems here are from Chapter 7 and deal with the properties
of the Solar System. Then there are a few problems from Chapter 8 that
deal with the theory describing the formation of the Solar System. |
| Friday, Oct. 9, 11:55 pm | Post Lab 6 | This is the post-lab quiz for the Mass of Jupiter Lab. |
| Friday, Oct. 16, 11:55 pm | Post Lab 7 | This is the post-lab quiz for the Spectra Lab. |
| Friday, Oct. 23, 11:55 pm | Assignment 6: The Unbearable Lightness of Solar Neutrinos (Extra Credit Questions) |
This problem set cover Chapter 4 (on Energy), Chapter 14 (Sections
1 and 2 on the Sun and Fusion), and Chapter 5 (on Light and Matter). |
| Sun., Oct. 25, 8 pm / Wed., Oct. 28, 8 pm / Thu., Oct. 29, 8 pm To confirm which field trip you are signed up for, check the gradebook. |
Field Trips to the Observatory | For those people whose Field Trip did not meet in late September, these are the makeup dates. |
| Friday, Oct. 30, 11:55 pm | Post Lab 8: Simple Spectral Analysis Lab | This is the post-lab quiz for the Simple Spectral Analysis Lab. Becomes available Tuesday, 20 October 2009. |
| Friday, Oct. 30, 11:55 pm | Assignment 7: Shedding Light on the Electromagnetic Spectrum (Extra Credit Questions) |
This problem set covers Chapter 5 (on Light and Matter) and will become available on Saturday, October 23. |
| Friday, Oct. 30 | Deadline for Planetarium Block 3 Observing Project | If you are in this group, you must pass the test for credit by this date. |
| Friday, Nov. 6, 11:55 pm | Post Lab 9: Exoplanets Lab | This is the post-lab quiz for the Exoplanets Lab. Becomes available Tuesday, 27 October 2009. |
| Friday, Nov. 6, 11:55 pm | Assignment 8: Four Rocks around the Sun | This problem set deals with the terrestrial planets, basically everything
from Chapter 9. |
| Friday, Nov. 6, 4:00 pm | Finding Stardust Observing Project Due | Your project and all the supporting materials must be turned into Hagen 307 by 4pm. |
| Wednesday, Nov, 11 (Cabanela) or Thursday, Nov. 12 (Craig) |
MidTerm Exam #2 | Review the Study Guide for the MidTerm #2 Exam to prepare for it. The Study Guide has been posted at the bottom of the electronic handouts page. |
| Friday, Nov. 13, 11:55 pm | Post Lab 10: Radioactive Dating Lab | This is the post-lab quiz for the Radioactive Dating Lab. Becomes available Tuesday, 3 November 2009. |
| Friday, Nov. 13, 11:55 pm | Assignment 9: Terrestrial Review | This problem set focuses on Chapter 9 and is a decent review of some
of the material in that chapter. It focuses on visual problems. |
| Friday, Nov. 13 | Deadline for Planetarium Block 4 Observing Project | If you are in this group, you must pass the test for credit by this date. |