6:00-9:05pm Monday Evenings
Our lecture-based quizzes (#1-#6) and the Final Exam
Video quizzes will be done by you at home online on Canvas.
Mon Aug 24: First Day of Class. Ch. 0 - Science and Clear Thinking (on-line) , (Chap 0 PDF)
Mon Aug 31: Finish Chap 0, Chap 2 - Earth and Sky. Extra! Asteroid occultation shadow crosses Cabrillo right after class! We'll get data!
Mon Sept 7 - Labor Day holiday
Sun Sep 7 - last day to drop a class and not receive a "W"
Mon Sept 14: Chap 2 - Earth and Sky, finish and Ch 3 - Early Astronomy through Kepler
Mon Sept 21: Ch 4 - Newton, Gravity, Tides. Ch 5 - Light, Atoms, Spectra, Doppler Effect.
Mon Sept 28: Summarize Ch 5 - Light, Atoms, Spectra, Doppler Effect, and on to Ch 6 - Telescopes, Detectors, Light pollution,
Mon Oct 5: Ch 7,8 - Solar System Overview, Formation of our Solar System.
Mon Oct 12: review Quiz #1. Ch 9 - Inner Planet Geologic History, Mercury through Mars.
Mon Oct 19: review Quiz #2.Ch 10 - Inner Planet Atmospheres; The history
of the atmosphere of the Earth.
Tue Oct 20 1pm - Canvas: Video quiz "The Birth of the Earth" unlocks; re-locks Oct 27. Take this in Canvas!
Mon Oct 26: review Quiz #3. Ch 10 - Inner Planet Atmospheres.
Oct 27-Nov 15: 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 2: Atmosphere and evolution of Mars. A few remaining points on Earth's atmosphere. Earth Climate in "One" Lecture, and additional optional resource site: The Politics and Science of Climate,
Mon Nov 16: Wrap up Earth Climate. Ch 11 - Outer planets and their moons (finish), Ch 12 - Asteroids, Comets and the Kuiper Belt.
Nov 19-Dec 6; On Canvas: Video Canvas quiz "These are the Asteroids to Worry About")
Mon Nov 23: review Quiz #4.Chap 12b - The Kuiper Belt, and Ch 13 - Other Solar Systems Around Other Stars
Mon Nov 30: review Quiz #5. Finish Ch 13 "Other solar systems", Ch 14: The Sun, and Ch 24 - Life in the Galaxy.
Wed Dec 2 at 5:50pm -7:00 pm - Extra credit star party at the Observatory. Gate code will be on the keypad at the gate
Mon Dec 7 - 6-9+ pm. Take Quiz #6 and Final Exam. Quiz #6: Chap 14, 30; The Sun, life in the Galaxy. Your final exam will be live, in the classroom. On the usual green-narrow scantron sheets. Bring a pencil! Closed book, closed phone; BUT you may have a single 8x10" sheet of paper with your own hand-written notes on it.