Assignments as of Wednesday, July 22
This page contains the homework assignments that are assigned in Astronomy 104 during the semester.Current Assignments: This table only list assignments that were current as of Wednesday, July 22 at 11:53 AM. OVERDUE assignments have been moved to the bottom of this page.
| Due Date | Homework |
Comments |
| Tuesday, May 12 | Study for the Final Exam | Study Guides are on the electronic handouts page (near the bottom of the page). |
Past Due Assignments: Assignments that are past due in this table are noted by a orange background. With the exception of the first "Introduction to Mastering Astronomy" tutorial homework, each day a Mastering Astronomy assignment is late, 10% will be deducted off the score down to a maximum of 50%.
| Due Date | Homework |
Comments |
| Friday, Jan. 16 | Make sure you are registered for an Astronomy 104L Lab | Make sure you are registered for an Astro 104L lab in addition to the lecture. If you are not registered for the lab, you will fail the lecture course. |
| Friday, Jan. 16 | Hints for using Mastering Astronomy | Before signing up because it contains hints for how to sign up, the minimum system requirements, and how to deal with some troublesome interface problems. |
| Wednesday, Jan. 21 11:59 pm |
This assignment consists of some tutorials to get
you used to using the Mastering Astronomy system for homework. There
is no credit for the assignment because it asks you to intentionally
submit incorrect answers for some questions. |
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| Friday, Jan. 23, 11:59 pm | Assignment 1: Your Place in the Universe | Read Chapter 1 of the Textbook before attempting this homework! Those of you with rusty mathematical knowledge will probably want to pay attention to the "Mathematical Insight" sections on pages 8, 12, 17, and 18. The last two questions on this assignment are extra credit since they require some mathematics. This is your first for-credit Mastering Astronomy assignment, basically covering the material from Chapter 1 of the textbook. |
| Tuesday, Jan. 27, 11:59 pm |
Submit answers to
Post-Lab 1 via D2L WARNING: This link takes you to the D2L login page. Login to D2L, select "Stellar Astronomy" as your class, then click on the Quizzes link in the D2L navigation area to access the Post-Labs. |
You need to have finished answering the questions on the first Post-Lab assignment via D2L by Tuesday at 11:59 pm.
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| Friday, Jan. 30, 11:59 pm | Assignment 2: Taking the Scientific Approach | This homework assignment covers a bit on the seasons (from Chapter 2) which was not discussed in class. Read that carefully. Then we go to the progress of science, focusing on the methodology of science. You should have read Chapter 3 sections 1 through 3 throughly before attempting this homework. |
| Friday, Jan. 30, 11:59 | Sign up for a Field Trip The deadline to sign up for your Field Trip and Observing Project has passed. |
You must sign up to do a field trip. If you don't sign up for one before the deadline, you may not be able to attend on the night of your choosing. |
| Friday, Jan. 30, 11:59 pm | Sign up for an Observing Project The deadline to sign up for your Field Trip and Observing Project has passed. |
You must sign up to do an observing project. If you don't sign up for one before the deadline, we will assign you an observing project of our choice. |
| Tuesday, Feb. 3, 11:59 pm |
Submit
answers to Post-Lab 2 via D2L WARNING: This link takes you to the D2L login page. Login to D2L, select "Stellar Astronomy" as your class, then click on the Quizzes link in the D2L navigation area to access the Post-Labs. |
You need to have finished answering the questions on the second Post-Lab assignment via D2L by Tuesday at 11:59 pm.
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| Friday, Feb. 6, 11:59 pm | Assignment 3: Accelerating Understanding of Kepler's Laws | The questions on this assignment about Kepler's Laws all draw from your reading in Chapter 3. They are followed by a few questions from the early material in Chapter 4 focusing on the definitions of speed, velocity, and acceleration and a little discussion of free-falling. The last question is extra credit since it involves a bit of math. |
| Tuesday, Feb. 10 (Cabanela Lecture) Wednesday, Feb. 11 (Craig Lecture) |
Study for the First Midterm Exam!!! | The first midterm exam is coming up. A study guide and practice midterm (as well as a solution key for the practice midterm) is available on the electronic handouts page. |
| Tuesday, Feb. 10, 11:59 pm |
Submit answers
to Post-Lab 3 via D2L |
You need to have finished answering the questions on the third Post-Lab assignment via D2L by Tuesday at 11:59 pm.
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| Friday, Feb. 13, 11:59 pm | Assignment 4: Understanding the Gravity of the Situation | This assignment reviews Newton's Laws of motion and gravity based on your readings from Chapter 4 and in-class discussion. |
| Friday, Feb. 13, 11:59 pm | People in First Planetarium Observing Project Group finish by today | |
| Tuesday, Feb. 17, 11:59 pm |
Submit answers to
Post-Lab 4 via D2L |
You need to have finished answering the questions on the fourth Post-Lab assignment via D2L by Tuesday at 11:59 pm. |
Because the assignment didn't go live until Tuesday, Feb. 17 at 8:00 pm, the due date is pushed back to Tuesday, Feb. 24, 11:59pm. |
Assignment 5: Thinking Physics... | This assignment reviews Newton's Laws of motion and Gravitation. It start's throwing in the wrinkle of Angular Momentum which may not be discussed in lecture until later. The last question is extra credit and deals with energy (but only as a number). |
Wednesday, Feb. 25, 11:59 pm |
Submit answers to
Post-Lab 5 via D2L |
You need to have finished answering the questions on the fifth Post-Lab assignment via D2L by Tuesday at 11:59 pm. |
| Friday, Feb. 27, 11:59 pm | People in Second Planetarium Observing Project Group finish by today | |
| Friday, Feb. 27, 11:59 pm |
Assignment 6: A Sunny Happy Homework | This homework covers some material on Energy from Chapter 4 and then has questions from Chapter 14 on the Sun. The third question, a visual quiz on the physics concepts from Chapter 4, is extra credit. |
| Tuesday, March 3, 11:59 pm |
Submit answers to
Post-Lab 6 via D2L |
You need to have finished answering the questions on the sixth Post-Lab assignment via D2L by Tuesday at 11:59 pm. |
| Friday, March 6, 11:59 pm | Assignment 7: Shedding Light on Light | This homework is essentially a review of all of Chapter 5 from the textbook, covering light in every detail. The last two problems are extra credit |
| Tuesday, March 10, 11:59 pm | Submit answers to
Post-Lab 7 via D2L |
You need to have finished answering the questions on the seventh Post-Lab assignment via D2L by Tuesday at 11:59 pm. |
| Friday, March 13, 4:00pm | Sunrise/Sunset First Draft due by 4pm in Hagen 307. | The first draft of the Sunrise/Sunset observing project information is due before Spring Break. |
| Friday, March 13, 11:59 pm | People in Third Planetarium Observing Project Group finish by today | |
| Saturday, March 14 - Sunday, March 22 |
ENJOY SPRING BREAK | Enjoy the spring break... please come back. :) |
Friday, April 10, 11:59 pm |
Assignment 8: Understanding 'Most Stars' (the Main Sequence) | All these questions from from Chapter 15 and come from the discussion of how we determine distance, luminosity, temperature, and radii of stars and combine those pieces of information to make the H-R diagram. NOTE: The last question is extra credit. |
| Wednesday, April 15 (Craig Lecture) Thursday, April 16 (Cabanela Lecture) |
Study for the Second Midterm Exam!!! | The second midterm exam is coming up. A study guide and practice midterm (as well as a solution key for the practice midterm) is available on the electronic handouts page. |
Wednesday, April 15, 11:59 pm |
Submit answers to
Post-Lab 8 via D2L |
You need to have finished answering the questions on the eighth Post-Lab quiz via D2L by Wedensday at 11:59 pm. |
| Wednesday, April 22, 11:59 pm | Submit answers to
Post-Lab 9 via D2L |
You need to have finished answering the questions on the ninth Post-Lab quiz via D2L by Wedensday at 11:59 pm. |
| Friday, April 24, 11:59 pm | Assignment 9: "A Star is Born" | All these questions from from Chapter 16 and deal with how stars are born. We strongly suggest reading Chapter 16 before attempting these problems. |
| Wednesday, April 29, 11:59 pm | Submit
answers to Post-Lab 10 via D2L |
You need to have finished answering the questions on the tenth Post-Lab quiz via D2L by Wedensday at 11:59 pm. |
| Friday, May 1, 11:59 pm | Assignment 10: "How real stars (not Brittany Spears) fade out" | All these questions from from Chapter 17 and deal with how stars are born. We strongly suggest reading Chapter 17 before attempting these problems. |
| Wednesday, May 6, 11:59 pm | Submit answers to
Post-Lab 11 via D2L |
You need to have finished answering the questions on the tenth Post-Lab quiz via D2L by Wednesday at 11:59 pm. |
| Friday, May 8, 11:59 pm | Assignment 11: "Its the End of the Semester as we Know It, But I Feel Fine" | This assignment covers material in Chapters 18, 19 (mostly section 1 on the structure of the Galaxy), and 23 (Mostly sections 1 and 2 on the Big Bang and the evidence for the Big Bang). The last question is extra credit and should be easy to do if you finish reading Chapter 23 on the Big Bang. |
| Friday, May 8, 11:59 pm | Submit answers to
Post-Lab 12 via D2L |
You need to have finished answering the questions on the tenth Post-Lab quiz via D2L by Friday at 11:59 pm. |