San Jacinto College / Distance Education
Physics 1412: Dates for you to remember  Spring 2007
 
Week
Chapter
 
Topic (Chapter from Text)
Exercises,  Assignments, 
and Quizzes
 1
     **** Introduction / Orientation  ****
 Online Orientation 
Pre-Test
 
1
 
The Scale of the Cosmos
Ch 1 Quiz
 2
2
  
The Sky
 Celest Sphere Lab 
 Ch 2 Quiz
 
3
  
Lunar Phases, Tides, and Eclipses 
 Ch 3 Quiz
 
4
  
The Origin of Modern Astronomy 
 Ch 4 Quiz / Kepler's 3rd Law Lab 2
 3
5
  
Newton, Einstein, and Gravity
Ch 5 Quiz
 
6
  
Light and Telescopes
Ch 6 Quiz 
Black Body Rad 
Lab 3
     *Fieldtrip #1 to George Observatory 11 February 2007*
Observing Rpt 1
4 
 7
 
Starlight and Atoms
Ch 7 Quiz
 
   * Review Sessions for Exam I - February 12th *  
 
   * February 14,  2007 * Exam I * Chapters 1-7 *  
5
8
  
The Sun - Our Star
Ch 8 Quiz 
Asg 2.1 
Solar Neutrinos
 
9
  
Measuring Stars
Ch 9 Quiz 
Asg 2.2 
Bright & Nearby Stars
 
10
  
Binary Stars
 Ch 10 Quiz / 
Spectral Classification 
 Lab 4
6
11
  
The Interstellar Medium
Ch 11 Quiz 
H-R Diagram 
Lab 5
    ** Fieldtrip #2 to George Observatory - 11 March 2007**
 Observing Rpt 2
 7
   ** Review Sessions for Exam II  March 12th  **  
 
   ** March 14, 2007 ** Exam II ** Ch 7-10 **   
 8
12
 
The Formation of Stars
Ch 12 Quiz 
Asg 2.3
 9
13
  
Stellar Evolution
Ch 13 Quiz 
Asg 2.4
 10
14
  
The Deaths of Stars
Ch 14 Quiz 
Asg 2.5
 11
15
  
Neutron Stars and Black Holes
Ch 15 Quiz 
Asg 2.7
     ** Fieldtrip #3 to George Observatory -  15 April 2007**  
 
   *** Review Sessions for Exam III April 16th  ***  
 12
   *** April 18, 2007 *** Exam III *** Ch 11-15 ***  
 
16
 
The Milky Way Galaxy
Ch 16 Quiz 
Asg 2.8
 13
17
 
Galaxies
Ch 17 Quiz 
Galaxy Classification 
Lab 6
 
18
 
Peculiar Galaxies
Ch 18 Quiz 
Asg 3.1
 14
19
 
Cosmology
Ch 19 Quiz 
Asg 3.2
 15
   *** Review Session - Final Exam + Exam 4 ** May 3rd  ***  
    *** May 8, 2006*** Final Exam *** Ch 1-19 ***  
***ALL COURSE WORK MUST BE SUBMITTED BEFORE YOU TAKE THE FINAL EXAM!!!***
***ANY SUBMITTED AFTER 8 May 2006 WILL NOT BE COUNTED TOWARD YOUR COURSE GRADE***

Assignments and Labs are due on the day you take the Exam over the module to which they apply.
Dates for Extra-Credit Fieldtrips are subject to change - watch for announcements on WebCT homepage for Phys 1412.  NO Makeup Observing Sessions will be scheduled for the George Observatory if observing sessions are cancelled due to rain or cloudy nights..
Quizzes, assignments, labs, etc may be done on your  time at home or at a NHMCCD campus.
    Exam I is open book,  Exams II, III, and the Final Exam are CLOSED BOOK exams without notes.**