Unit #1
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Dates
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Topic
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Reading
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Homework
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1/17
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Scale
of the Universe in space,
time, and motion
|
1.1-1.4
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1/19
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Scientific
method, night sky, parallax, angular size
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2.1, 3.4, S1.2
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1/22
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Introduction to the Laboratories
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| 1/24 |
Motion
and gravitation |
4.1-4.5 |
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1/26
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Light
and Atoms
|
5.1-5.5
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1/29
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continued |
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HW #1
is due |
1/31
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The Sun
|
14.1-14.3
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2/2
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continued |
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2/5
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Stars
|
15.1-15.3
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HW #2 is
due |
2/7, 9
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continued
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2/12
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Formation
of Stars |
16.1-16.3 |
HW #3 is
due |
2/14
|
More
formation of stars |
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2/16
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continued |
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2/19
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Review
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HW #4 is
due |
2/21
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Exam #1
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Unit #2
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Dates
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Topic
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Reading
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2/23
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Stellar
Evolution
|
17.1-17.3
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2/26
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continued |
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2/28
|
Telescopes |
6.1-6.4 |
HW #5 is
due |
3/2
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continued |
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3/5
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The
Milky Way |
19.1-19.4, 15.2, 20.2 |
HW #6 is
due |
3/7
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continued
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3/12-16
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Spring Break
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3/19
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Galaxies
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20.1-20.3, 21.1-21.2 |
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3/21, 23
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continued
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HW #7 is
due |
3/26
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Review
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HW #8 is
due |
3/28
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Exam #2
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Unit #3
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Dates
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Topic
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Reading
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3/30
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White Dwarfs and Neutron Stars
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18.1-18.2
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4/2
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Special
Relativity |
S2
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4/4
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General
Relativity
|
S3
|
HW #9 is
due |
4/6, 9
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Black
Holes
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18.3-18.4
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4/13
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Review
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|
HW #10
is due |
4/16
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Exam #3
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| Unit #4 |
4/18, 20
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Active
Galactic Nuclei |
21.3
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4/23
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Jets and
Intermediate Mass Black Holes
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4/25
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Cosmology
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HW #11
is due |
4/27, 30, 5/2
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continued
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5/4
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continued (last class)
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HW #12
is due |