COURSE OUTLINE AND SYLLABUS

DATE TOPIC Cosmos READING

W 2/1 Introduction and Preview Ch. 1

T 2/7 Light, Matter, and Energy Ch. 2

R 2/9 Doppler Shift; Light and Telescopes Ch. 3

T 2/14 Telescopes Outside the Optical Spectrum Ch. 3

R 2/16 Motions in the Sky Ch. 4

T 2/21 History of Astronomy Ch. 5

R 2/23 Understanding Earth Ch. 6

T 2/28 First Hour Exam

R 3/1 The Moon - Our Only Satellite Ch. 6

T 3/6 Earth, Moon, and Tides Ch. 6

R 3/8 Mercury - Closest to the Sun

T 3/13 Venus - Beneath the Shroud Ch. 6

R 3/15 Roving Mars Ch. 6

T 4/3 Mars - We're Crawling Around On It Ch. 6

R 4/5 Jupiter - The Gas Giant Ch. 7

T 4/10 Saturn - Lord of the Rings Ch. 7

R 4/12 Uranus and Neptune - Ice Giants Ch. 7

T 4/17 Second Hour Exam

R 4/19 Movie: In the Shadow of the Moon + written report

T 4/24 Pluto and other Dwarf Planets; Comets: Primordial Stuff Ch. 8

R 4/26 Meteors, Asteroids, and Kuiper Belt Objects Ch. 8

T 5/1 Other Planetary Systems Ch. 9

R 5/3 Exoplanets all over Ch. 9

T 5/8 The Search for Extraterrestrial Life Ch. 20

R 5/10 Review and Overview