SECTION 27692 (MWF
11:00-12:00, Room 117, SR1)
Office Hours: MWF 10-11
in Room 412 SR1
Email: pinsky@uh.edu
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DATE |
SUBJECT |
Assignments & Comments |
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AUG. 25 M |
I. ASTRONOMY: AN
OVERVIEW |
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27 W |
II. THE EARLY HISTORY OF
ASTRONOMY NO CLASS ON Aug. 27 |
Begin C & McM/CHAPTER
1.1-1.2, 1.4, 2.1-2.6 |
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29 F |
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SEPT 1 M |
LABOR DAY HOLIDAY (NO CLASS) |
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3 W |
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Prerequisite/Secret Code
Forms Due In Class |
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5 F |
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8 M |
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10 W |
III. NEWTON, GRAVITY
AND MOTION |
Begin C & McM/CHAPTER
2.7, 7.6 LAST DAY TO DROP (WITH A REFUND) |
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12 F |
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NO CLASS (UH Closed--Hurricane Ike) |
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15 M |
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NO CLASS (UH Closed--Hurricane Ike) |
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17 W |
IV. ASTRONOMICAL
COORDINATES & TIME |
Begin C & McM/CHAPTER 1.3, 1.5 |
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19 F |
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22 M |
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HW 1 DUE (Start WebCT
Assignments) LAST DAY TO DROP (WITH NO GRADE RECORDED) |
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24 W |
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26 F |
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HW 2 DUE |
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29 M |
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OCT
1 W |
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3 F |
Review for EXAM 1 |
HW 3 DUE |
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6 M |
************* EXAM 1 ************** |
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8 W |
V. THE EARTH |
Begin C & McM/CHAPTER
6.1-6.4, 7(all) |
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10 F |
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13 M |
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15 W |
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17 F |
IV. THE MOON |
HW 4 DUE, Begin C & McM/CHAPTER 1.6 & 8 (Moon) |
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20 M |
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22 W |
VII. MERCURY, VENUS, AND MARS |
HW 5 DUE, Begin C & McM/CHAPTER
8 (Mercury), 9 (all), 10 (all) |
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24 F |
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27 M |
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29 W |
Review for EXAM 2 |
HW 6 DUE |
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31 F |
************* EXAM 2
************** |
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NOV
3 M |
VIII. JUPITER & ITS
MOONS |
Begin C & McM/CHAPTER
11 (all) |
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5 W |
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(Wed Nov. 1 is the LAST DAY TO
WITHDRAW WITH A "W" AS A GRADE) |
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7 F |
IX. SATURN, URANUS, NEPTUNE, AND PLUTO |
Begin C & McM/CHAPTER
12 (all) and 13 (all) |
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10 M |
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12 W |
X. COMETS, METEOROIDS, AND ASTEROIDS |
HW 7 DUE,
Begin C & McM/CHAPTER 6.4-6.5, 14
(all) |
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14 F |
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17 M |
XI. THE SUN |
HW 8 DUE, Begin C & McM/CHAPTER 16 (all) |
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19 W |
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21 F |
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24 M |
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26 W |
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY |
(NO CLASS) |
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28 F |
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY |
(NO CLASS) |
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DEC
1 M |
XII. THE ORIGIN OF
THE SOLAR SYSTEM |
HW 9 DUE, Begin C & McM/CHAPTER 6.7 and 15 (all) |
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3 W |
Review for EXAM 3 |
HW 10 DUE |
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5 F |
************* EXAM 3 ********* |
All make-up exams must be completed by the last day of
lectures (Dec. 3) unless otherwise announced! No Early exams AND NO MAKE-UPS if you
miss Exam 3 |
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9 M |
Make Up Day (Only in case
of cancelled classes) |
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DEC. 17 W |
********* FINAL EXAM********** |
11:00 - 12:00 (NO early finals given!!! Exam Ends at 12:00) |
TEXTBOOK (REQUIRED): ASTRONOMY TODAY, by Chaisson and McMillan (C & McM),
6th ed. (Either Hard Copy or
Electronic Versions are acceptable)
There is also an ASTRONOMY
COURSES HOME PAGE that contains many interesting and useful links...
The Physics department provides a LEARNING
CENTER in Room 416 SR1 staffed with tutors to help you with this
course. While the LEARNING CENTER itself is open Monday-Thursday all day
and Friday mornings, consult the posted schedule for the times when ASTRONOMY
tutors will specifically be present. At times when ASTRONOMY tutors are
not present, the normal physics tutors may be able to help with physics-related
questions, but may not be comfortable in dealing with the more
Astronomy-specific questions. These tutors are there to aid you in
understanding the subject, including helping you with conceptual problems you
have in answering your homework questions. They are not there to do your
homework for you.
The following Additional References are listed as suggested sources for
additional supplementary material. Students are NOT required to purchase
of read any of these Additional References. Most of these can be found on
reserve in the library.
ADDITIONAL REFERENCES:
ASTRONOMY: Journey to the Cosmic Frontier, 3rd
Ed., by John D. Fix
THE COSMIC PERSPECTIVE by Bennett, Donahue,Schneider and Voit
ABELL'S EXPLORATION OF THE UNIVERASE by
Morrison, Wolff and Fraknoi(MWF)
THE PLANETARY SYSTEM, BY Morrison & Owen (M&O)
MOONS AND PLANETS by Hartman
UNIVERSE by Kaufmann & Freedman (5th ed)
FOUNDATIONS OF ASTRONOMY by Michale A. Seeds (4th
ed.)
ASTRONOMY FROM THE EARTH TO THE UNIVERSE by Pasachoff
(4th ed.)
EXPLORATIONS: AN INTRODUCTION TO ASTRONOMY by Arny
(2nd ed.)
ASTRONOMY TODAY by Chaisson & McMillan (3rd ed.)
COSMOS by Sagan
UNIVERSE: ORIGINS AND EVOLUTIUON by Snow and Brownsberger
ASTRONOMY: THE EVOLVING UNIVERSE by Zeilik
IN QUEST OF THE UNIVERSE by Kuhn
GRADING: WARNING. There will be pop-quizzes and missing them can be
hazardous to your grade. Pop quizzes CANNOT be dropped or made-up! The TWO
lowest homework grades will be dropped, and the remaining homework grades will
be combined to count as the equivalent of one EXAM. The FINAL will be
comprehensive and will count as one EXAM as well. All exam and homework dates except the
final are subject to change. All schedule change swill be announced
in class, and an effort will be made to keep this web page current, but in all
cases the dates announced in class will control.