Note below the last day of finals - last day to withdraw and receive a "W", and last day to request a P/NP. After this, you receive a grade no matter what: I have no choice.
By popular demand, all quizzes will be on Canvas. This will also save time for us for lectures during our precious classroom time. We can discuss whether you want the Final exam on Canvas, with expanded unlock time, or just the 3 hrs but live in the classroom. Last semester, the vote was for on Canvas.
Mon Jan 29 : Introduction, syllabus, bits of Ch 1, Chapter
0 - Principles of Clear Thinking and Scientific Method , On Teaching , Ch 3.5,4: Astrology as example of bogus pseudoscience There is a rare lunar grazing occultation of the planet Mars at 9pm tonight, but only visible from near Pinnacles National Park. If skies are clear, we may end class early so I can get there and video record the event for later playback in class. Then, we'd continue with Chapter 0 on Feb 6. I won't know until the day gets very close! From Santa Cruz, you'll be able to see Mars just barely miss the northern edge of the moon.
Mon Feb 5: Ch 3 - Historical Astronomy (brief), Ch 4 - Kepler, Forces and deriving the Law of Gravity
Sat Feb 10: deadline to drop/add a full term course, and get refund for drops, and deadline to drop w/o getting a "W" on your record
Mon Feb 12: Ch 4 - Tides, properties of gravity, Ch S1,2 - Einstein and Modern Gravity
Mon Feb 12: Census submittal deadline at 11:59pm
Mon Feb 19- President's Day Holiday; no class
Mon Feb 26: Ch 5 - Light and Matter
Mon Mar 4: 6-9pm finish up "Light and Matter", likely a brief session Ch 6 - Telescopes and Detectors, Ch 14 - The Sun, Fusion, Structure, Solar Wind.
Mon Mar 11: Ch 14 - The Sun, Fusion, Structure, Solar Wind.
Mon Mar 18: Ch 15 - Surveying the Stars, Ch 16 - The Birth of Stars
Mon Mar 25: Spring Break - no class
Mon Apr 1: Ch 17 - Ch 17 - Stellar Evolution of low mass stars and medium mass stars
Mon Apr 8: Ch 17 - Stellar Evolution of High Mass Stars, Ch 18 - Binary Star Evolution 5
Mon Apr 15: Ch 19 - Our Milky Way Galaxy, Ch 20 Galaxies in general
Mon Apr 22: Ch 20,21 - Galaxy types, Galaxy evolution
Mon Apr 29: Ch 21; Quasars, Ch 22 - Dark Matter; Evidence for Dark Matter
Mon May 6: Chap 24, Dark Matter, Ch 23, Large Scale Structure, Dark Energy
Mon May 13: Ch 23, 24 - Inflation, the Multi-verse, the Anthropic Principle, Life and implications for the Nature of the Universe.
May 20: Finals Week: optional zoom session 6-9pm Monday May 22, just if you have clarification questions on the final exam.
May 27 11:59pm - Deadline for grade submissions by Instructors