ASTRONOMY, PHYSICS 253-002, Fall 09

MW SIMS 209, 8:00pm-9:15pm

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Course Schedule: (this schedule may be revised due to unforeseen circumstances)

DATE CHAPTERS

AND NOTES

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Wed.

8/26

INTRO & CH 1 HW 1, P57

**QFR: 1, 2, 3, 4

     
Mon.

8/31

CH 1 HW 2, P 57

QFR: 5, 7, 8, 10, 12

Wed.

9/2

CH 1 and

CH 2

HW 3, pp. 88-89

QFR: 1, 3, 4, 5, 8

     
Mon.

9/7

 

CH 2 HW 4, pp. 88-89

Problems: 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 9, 10

Wed.

9/9

CH 3 HW 5, pp 116-117

QFR: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 9

Problems: 1, 4, 5, 6

     
Mon.

9/14

REVIEW for TEST 1 written summary: one page  (both sides)

handwritten to be used during the test and turned in

Wed.

9/16

 

TEST 1  
     
Mon

9/21

 

CH 5

Rotating earth

HW 6, pp  173-174

QFR: 1, 2, 3, 4, 10

Wed.

9/23

CH 5

HW 7, pp  173-174

QFR: 5, 6, 9, 12, 13

Problem: 1

     
Mon.

9/28

 

CH 5 &CH 6 HW 8, pp 210-211

QFR: 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11

Problems: 1, 3, 5

Wed.

9/30

 

CH 6 and CH 7 HW 9, pp 235

QFR: 1, 2, 3, 5, 7

Problem: 3

     
Mon.

10/5

CH 7 HW 10, pp 235

QFR: 9, 10, 11, 13

Wed.

10/7

CH 7 & CH 11 HW 11, pp 235

QFR: 14, 15, 16

Problem: 1, 2

     
Mon.

10/12

CH 11 HW12, pp. 343-344

QFR: 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 10, 13, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21

Problem: 2, 4, 5

Wed.

10/14

CH 11 and

Review 2

written summary: one page  (both sides)

handwritten to be used during the test and turned in

     
Mon.

10/19

Fall Break  

 

Wed.

10/21

Test 2  
     
Mon.

10/26

 

CH 12

HW 13, pp. 380-381

QFR: 4, 5, 6, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17

Problems: 2, 4, 5

Written Review 1: Due 10/28

ESSAY 1 TOPIC

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Wed.

10/28

CH 12 & CH 13 HW 14, pp. 410-411

QFR: 4, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 18, 21, 23

Problems: 2, 3, 5

     
Mon.

11/2

CH 13 & CH14

 

HW15, pp 430-431

QFR: 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 13

Problems: 1, 2, 3

Wed.

11/4

T.J.sick with the Flu  
     
Mon.

11/9

CH 15 HW 16, p. 464-465

QFR: 4, 6, 11, 17, 18

Problem: 1, 2, 3

Wed.

11/11

CH 15 HW 17, p. 464-465

QFR: 5, 16, 20

Problem: 4

     
Mon.

11/16

Review for test 3 written summary: one page  (both sides)

handwritten to be used during the test and turned in

Wed.

11/18

Test 3

 

 
     
Mon.

11/23

CH 16  
Wed.

11/25

Thanksgiving Break  
     
Mon.

11/30

CH 16 and CH 17  
Wed.

12/2

CH 17 Essay 2

Due 12/7 @11:59pm

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Mon.

12/7

REVIEW for FINAL EXAM

LAST DAY

OF CLASS

written summary:

 2 pages (for final)

     
     
Saturday 12/12 @8:00am Final Exam

(cumulative)  

 

** QFR=Question For Review

***TQ=Thought Questions

"Science is built up of facts, as a house is with stones. But a collection of facts is no more a science than a heap of stones is a house."
— Henri Poincaré (1854–1912)