| WEEK |
TOPIC |
READING |
Tues | Thur |
| 1. |
Scales of Space and Time |
Ch. 1.1, 1.4 |
8/22 | 8/24 |
| 2. |
Everyday Astronomy |
Ch. 4.5, 4.7, 1.3a, 4.1, 4.2 |
8/29 | 8/31 |
| 3. |
Revolution of the Spheres |
Ch. 5.1, 5.3, 5.5--5.7, 6.1c |
9/05 | 9/07 |
| 4. |
Terrestrial Planets: Rock and Iron |
Ch. 6.1a,b,d, 6.2a-c, 6.3c, 6.4d, 6.5b,c |
9/12 | 9/14 |
| 5. |
Giant Planets: Hydrogen and Helium |
Ch. 7.1b-e,g, 7.2a-e, 7.3a,c, 7.4a,b,d |
9/19 | 9/21 |
| 6. |
Formation of Solar Systems |
Ch. 9.1, 9.2b, 9.3, 8.1a, 8.2, 8.3, 8.5a |
9/26 | 9/28 |
| 7. |
The Face of the Sun |
Ch. 2.1--2.3, 10.1, 10.2 |
10/03 | 10/05 |
| 8. |
The Sun as a Star |
Ch. 12.2--12.5, 12.7 |
10/10 | 10/12 |
| 9. |
How Far the Stars? |
Ch. 11.2, 11.3 |
10/17 | 10/19 |
| 10. |
The Lives of Stars |
Ch. 11.1, 11.4, 12.1, 11.8 |
10/24 | 10/26 |
| 11. |
The Origin of Elements |
Ch. 13.1, 13.2 |
10/31 | 11/02 |
| 12. |
Structure of the Milky Way |
Ch. 15.1--15.5 |
| 11/09 |
| 13. |
The Realm of the Nebulae |
Ch. 16.1--16.5, 16.9, 16.10 |
11/14 | 11/16 |
| 14. |
Black Holes and Quasars |
Ch. 14.1--14.3, 14.8, 17.1, 17.2a, 17.3, 17.6 |
11/21 | |
| 15. |
A Brief History of the Universe |
Ch. 18.1--18.3, 19.2, 19.3 |
11/28 | 11/30 |
| 16. |
REVIEW |
|
12/05 | 12/07 |
