Astro 3 PowerPoint Presentations

Note: In many of my PowerPoints you'll find slides with purple backgrounds - these are slides on more advanced or not immediately relevant material that will not be on any exams. The material is there for the curious who want more. But pay special attention to the very last slide - the red slide - which has key ideas for your study and especially relevant for quiz and exam questions. The PowerPoints are listed below in order they are presented during the course

Short Videos Suitable for our mid-class Break

Chapter
Title
# Slides  
pdf's
Last Revision
1
Introduction to the Course      
9/2/17
0
Principles of Clear Thinking and Scientific Method
169
 
pdf
8/21/21
0
On Teaching (website)
18
 
pdf
3/3/21
2
Earth and Sky, Seasons, Eclipses
53
 
pdf
9/14/21
3
Science and Astronomy - Historical Perspective
51
 
pdf
3/3/21
4
Forces and Gravity
39
 
pdf
3/3/21
5
Light and Matter
72
 
pdf
6/25/21
6
Telescopes and Detectors
56
 
pdf
3/3/21
7,8
Formation and Properties of the Solar System
64
 
pdf
3/3/21
9
Inner Planet Geology
109
 
pdf
10/25/21
10
Inner Planet Atmospheres
72
 
pdf
10/19/21
Earth Climate Change in One (long) Lecture
96
 
pdf
10/1/21
11
Jovian Planet Systems
145
 
pdf
6/6/21
12a
Asteroids and Comets
165
 
pdf
3/27/21
12b
The Kuiper Belt
36
 
pdf
12/7/21
13
Other Solar Systems Around Other Stars
80
 
pdf
8/29/21
14
The Sun
73
 
pdf
6/25/21
24
Life in the Galaxy
115
YouTube (5/3/20)
pdf
5/25/22