Electronic Handouts • Exam Materials
Electronic Handouts
Date
Posted |
Format |
Notes |
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| How To Pass Introductory Astronomy | January 4, 2008 | Web page | A checklist of items that you need to do during the first few weeks in order to no fail this course. |
| Astro 104 Course Syllabus | January 9, 2008 | An electronic version of the full course syllabus mentioned during the first lecture of class. This version may have updated sign up deadlines compared to the in class version. | |
| Course
Activity Manual (Spring 2008) |
January 9, 2008 | An electronic version of the Astronomy 104 Course Activity Manual which includes detailed descriptions of the Observing Projects and copies of the first 3 lab activities. | |
| Map of the Universe Part 3 Self Check | January 14, 2008 | Webpage | This webpage allows you to check your calculations on Part 3 of the first lab activity. |
| Distances to Stars Lecture Tutorial | January 31, 2008 | This lecture tutorial was used in the second lecture of the class. | |
| Testing a Scientific Theory | January 31, 2008 | This lecture tutorial, discussing various models of the moon's orbit around the Earth, was used in the third lecture of the class. | |
| Challenging Greek Geocentric Theories | January 31, 2008 | This lecture tutorial, covering the phases of Venus, was used in the fourth lecture of the class. | |
| Speaking Physics | January 31, 2008 | This lecture tutorial, covering the concepts of speed, velocity, and acceleration, was used during the Seventh lecture of the course (Dr. Cabanela has covered this by January 31, Dr. Craig's lecture won't see it until after the MidTerm.). | |
| Details on doing Part II of the GalaxyZoo.org Project | February 6, 2008 | Web Page | This page contains the details on doing Part II of the GalaxyZoo.org Observing Project that many of you have signed up for. |
| Lab Activity #4: Eclipsing Binaries | February 7, 2008 | Please print this PDF before coming to the Eclipsing BInaries Lab (Lab Activity #4). | |
| Animation demonstrating orbits as free fall | February 12, 2008 | Embedded on this page. | The animation shown here is from a YouTube
user called "robotguy" and was an animation test. It happens
to do a decent job of showing Newton's thought experiment relating
firing a cannonball from a tall mountain and how it relates to orbits. |
| Orbits: From Newton to Kepler | February 14, 2008 | This lecture tutorial, covering the relationship between Newton's Gravity and Kepler's 2nd Law. | |
| Steven Colbert decides he could become an Astrophysicist | February 14, 2008 | Dr. Cabanela played part of this in class
today... For those of you that missed last night's "The Colbert Report," Steven
Colbert mused that if he lost his job as a pundit, he
could become an astrophysicist. He talked to Dr. Neil deGrasse
Tyson about what it would require of him.
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| Lab Activity #5: Binary Stars and Kepler's Laws | February 15, 2008 | The fifth lab activity of the semester, focusing on Binary Stars as a testbed for Kepler's Laws. | |
| Lab Activity #6: Estimating Solar Luminosity with your Memory | February 22, 2008 | The sixth lab activity of the semester, focusing on the inverse square law of light and how you can use it to estimate the power output of the Sun. | |
| March 8, 2008 | The seventh lab activity of the semester,
focusing on the various methods we use to measure the distances to
stars. Be sure to bring your Lecture Tutorials book
to this lab. |
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| March 15, 2008 | The eigth lab activity of the semester,
focusing on how we get the data necessary to build an HR diagram. |
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Lab Activity #9: HR Diagrams of Clusters
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March 25, 2008 | The ninth lab activity of the semester,
focusing on the idea that the distances to open star clusters can
be determined via simple HR diagram variables called brightness-color
diagrams. [PleiadesSpreadsheet.xls] |
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Lab Acitivty #10: Exploitng the HR Diagram
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April 1, 2008 | The tenth lab activity of the semester, focusing
on using the HR diagram to get distances to stars/clusters. |
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Lab
Acitivty #11: Cepheid Variables: Measuring Distances to other
Galaxies |
April 6, 2008 | The eleventh lab activity of the semester, focusing on the use of Cepheid Variables in determining the distances to other galaxies. | |
| Lab Activity #12: Hubble's Law | April 14, 2008 | Please bring the lecture tutorials book and print this PDF before coming to the Hubble's Law lab (April 15-21). |
Mid-term Study Guides, Solutions, and Statistics
Exam study guides will be developed for Astronomy 104 during the semester. These study guides are provided at least a week before every mid-term and contain a review of the concepts you should be familiar with and a practice exam.
| Exam (Date) | Study Guide |
Answer Key |
Quiz
Scores and Statistics |
Mid-Term I Cabanela - Tues., Feb. 5 Craig – Mon., Feb. 4 |
[Reuploaded 10:13 am on Jan. 29 to fix Problem 4 on Practice Exam] |
Midterm #1 Answer Key | |
Mid-Term II Cabanela – Tues., Mar. 25 Craig – Wed., Mar. 26 |
Solutions for Practice
Exam |
Midterm #2 Answer Key | |
Final Exam Cabanela – Wed., May 7, 12 noon - 2 pm Craig – Thu., May 1, 3 pm - 5 pm |
Will Only Be Made Available by Individual Student Request |