Check our Canvas Pages for the Quiz unlock/re-lock times, and notice them too on your emails
Mon Aug 28: New First Day of Class. Ch. 0 - Science and Clear Thinking (on-line) , (Chap 0 PDF)
Mon Sept 4 - Labor Day holiday
Sun Sep 10 - last day to drop a class and not receive a "W"
Mon Sep 11: Finish Chap 0, Chap 2 - Earth and Sky
Mon Sept 18: Ch 3 - Early Astronomy through Kepler
Mon Sept 25: Ch 4 - Newton, Gravity, Tides. Ch 5 - Light, Atoms, Spectra, Doppler Effect
Mon Oct 2: review Quiz #1. Summarize Ch 5 - Light, Atoms, Spectra, Doppler Effect, and on to Ch 6 - Telescopes, Detectors, Light pollution,
Mon Oct 9: Ch 7,8 - Solar System Overview, Formation of our Solar System.
Mon Oct 16: review Quiz #2, Ch 9 - Inner Planet Geologic History, Mercury through Mars
Mon Oct 23: Ch 10 - Inner Planet Atmospheres; The history of the atmosphere of the Earth. After the break:
Mon Oct 30: Ch 10 - Inner Planet Atmospheres. Earth Climate in One Lecture, and additional optional resource site: The Politics and Science of Climate,
Canvas: Nova PBS: "Looking for Life on Mars" and video quiz! Be sure to watch the video whenever and how often you like! and then take the quiz during the unlock period.
Mon Nov 6: Atmosphere and evolution of Mars. A few remaining points on Earth's atmosphere. Ch 11 - Outer planets and their moons
Mon Nov 13 - Ch 11 - Outer planets and their moons (finish)
Mon Nov 20: Ch 12 - Asteroids, Comets and the Kuiper Belt
Mon Nov 27: Chap 12b - The Kuiper Belt, and Ch 13 - Other Solar Systems Around Other Stars
video and Canvas quiz "These are the asteroids to worry about") - see in Canvas
Mon Dec 4: Ch 14: The Sun, and Ch 24 - Life in the Galaxy.
Mon Dec 11 - Final Exam Week. Your final exam will be unlocked at 7am and you have until midnight to take the Final Exam. Once you open it, however, you have 6 hours to complete it. After 6 hours of being open, it will automatically close and submit, if you have not submitted it yet. Once you close it, you cannot re-open it. I will have a zoom session 8am-10am this day, in which you can ask me for any clarifications, so if you do not take the exam during this period, it will be harder for you to get any clarifications. If you email, I will likely see it fairly soon, however, and can answer clarifications on the wording of questions (only).
Mon Dec 18 midnite: Deadline I must submit grades to Grade Desk