The class meets every Monday/Wednesday from 12:10-2:50pm in CD (Child Development).
The syllabus is here.

The sign-up doodle poll is here. The pre-lab is here, and the instructions are here. ***You don't need to print out the instructions, there will be a copy at the East Campus Observatory for you. The online planisphere is here.

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SCHEDULE

Syllabus
Scale of the Solar System, Night Sky
The Seasons
NO CLASS - LABOR DAY
History of Astronomy (Pt 1)
History of Astronomy (Pt 2)
Orbits and Gravity
Light and Matter
Telescopes​
Solar System Formation
​The Sun​
Mercury
Review for Midterm
Venus
​MIDTERM
Earth and the Moon​
Mars​
Jupiter
Jupiter's Moons
Saturn
Saturn's Moons
Uranus​
NO CLASS - VETERAN'S DAY
Neptune
​Pluto!
Asteroids
Comets and Icy Bodies of the Outer Solar System
Meteors
Habitable Zones and Other Solar Systems
Life in the Solar System
Review for the Final Exam
FINAL EXAM

Aug 26 - Week 1
Aug 31 - Week 2
Sept 2
Sept 7 - Week 3
Sept 9
Sept 14 - Week 4
Sept 16
Sept 21 - Week 5
Sept 23
​Sept 28 - Week 6
​Sept 30
Oct 5 - Week 7
Oct 7
Oct 12 - Week 8
​Oct 14
​Oct 19 - Week 9
​Oct 21
Oct 26 - Week 10
​Oct 28
Nov 2 - Week 11
Nov 4
Nov 9 - Week 12
​Nov 11
Nov 16 - Week 13
Nov 18
Nov 23 - Week 14
Nov 25
Nov 30 - Week 15
Dec 2
Dec 7 - Week 16
Dec 9
Dec 14