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Summer 2009
Below is the schedule of lectures and labs. The
assigned reading for each day is given in the right-hand column.
| DATE |
TOPIC |
ASSIGNED READING |
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| Week 1: | |||
| 6/29 - Mon |
Lectures #1 |
Gravity, Motion, Newton's &
Kepler's Laws |
Chpt. 3 |
| 6/30 - Tues |
CLEA Lab | Backyard Astronomy (Lecture
& Problem Set) |
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| 7/1 - Wed |
Lectures #2 |
Formation of the Solar System,
Asteroids, Meteorites, Comets, and Parallax |
Chpt. 12, Section 13.2 |
| 7/2 - Thurs |
CLEA Lab |
Jupiter's Moons |
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| 7/3 - Fri |
Lectures #3 |
Physics of Light & Spectra |
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| Week 2: | |||
| 7/6 - Mon |
Lectures #4 |
The Basics of Stars (Wien's Law,
Magnitudes) |
Chpt. 4, Chpt. 13 |
| 7/7 - Tues |
CLEA Lab |
Asteroids | |
| 7/8 - Wed |
Lectures #5 |
The Sun & Evolution of Low
Mass Stars |
Chpt. 14, Chpt. 16 |
| 7/9 - Thurs |
CLEA Lab |
Stellar Spectra |
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| 7/10 - Fri |
Lectures #6 |
Evolution of High Mass Stars |
Chpt. 17 |
| Week 3: | |||
| 7/13 - Mon |
Lectures #7 |
Star Clusters and the Milky Way | Chpt. 19 |
| 7/14 - Tues |
CLEA Lab |
HR Diagram |
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| 7/15 - Wed |
Lectures #8 |
Galaxies & Hubble's Law |
Chpt. 18 |
| 7/16 - Thurs |
CLEA Lab |
Hubble Redshift-Distance
Relationship |
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| 7/17 - Fri |
Lectures #9 |
Dark Matter |
Excursion 19.1, Section 18.4, Section 21.3 |
| Week 4: | |||
| 7/20 - Mon |
Lectures #10 |
The Expanding Universe | Chpt. 20 |
| 7/21 - Tues |
CLEA Lab |
"Battle of the Astronomy All
Stars" Competition |
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| 7/22 - Wed |
Lectures #11 |
The Early Universe &
Evolution of Structure |
Chpt. 21 |
| 7/23 - Thurs |
CLEA Lab |
Finalize Posters or work on
Galaxy
Rotation Curve/ Dark Matter Exercises |
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| 7/24 - Fri |
9:30-11:45 am |
Poster
Display Session Cross Cultural Center (campus map) |
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| 7/24 - Fri |
1:30-3:00 pm |
Closing
Ceremony |