The course schedule for SCI 1010, Solar System Astronomy, is provided in the table below. Text chapter references are to Bennett, Donahue, Schneider, and Voit, The Cosmic Perspective, 5th edition, Pearson Addison-Wesley, 2009.   Links for chapter numbers are to objectives, vocabulary and homework.     

Lesson

Date

Lesson Topic

Text Chapter

1

Aug 18

 Developing Perspectives

1

2

Aug 20

 Developing Perspectives

1

3

Aug 25

 Discovering the Universe 2

4

Aug 27

 Discovering the Universe

2

5

Sep 01

 The Science of Astronomy 3

6

Sep 03

 The Science of Astronomy

3
 

Sep 08

No class – Faculty Development Day

  

7

Sep 10

 Celestial Timekeeping and Navigation S1

8

Sep 15

 Celestial Timekeeping and Navigation S1

9

Sep 17

 Examination 1 1-3, S1

10

Sep 22

 Motion, Energy and Gravity 4

11

Sep 24

 Motion, Energy and Gravity 4

12

Sep 29

 Light and Matter 5

13

Oct 01

 Light and Matter 5

14

Oct 06

 Light and Matter 5

15

Oct 08

 Telescopes 6

 

Oct 09

Last day to withdraw without academic accountability

 

16

Oct 13

 Telescopes 6

17

Oct 15

 The Solar System 7

18

Oct 20

 The Solar System 7

19

Oct 22

 Examination II 4-7

20

Oct 27

 Formation of the Solar System 8

21

Oct 29

 Planetary Geology: Earth and Other Terrestrial Worlds 9

22

Nov 03

 Planetary Geology: Earth and Other Terrestrial Worlds 9

23

Nov 05

 Planetary Geology: Earth and Other Terrestrial Worlds 9

24

Nov 10

 Planetary Atmospheres:  Earth and Other Terrestrial Worlds 10

25

Nov 12

 Planetary Atmospheres:  Earth and Other Terrestrial Worlds 10

26

Nov 17

 Planetary Atmospheres:  Earth and Other Terrestrial Worlds 10

27

Nov 19

 Planetary Atmospheres:  Earth and Other Terrestrial Worlds 10

28

Nov 24

 Examination III 8-10

 

Nov 25-27

No class – Thanksgiving Break

 

29

Dec 01

 Jovian Planet Systems 11

30

Dec 03

 Jovian Planet Systems 11

 

Dec 8
 

 Final Exam: Tuesday, 5:00 pm

1-11, S1