| Lecture Title | Reading in ECP | ||
| Jan 14 | Tues | Introduction | |
| Jan 16 | Thurs | A Quick Tour of the Universe | Preface; Chapter 1 |
| Jan 21 | Tues | Class Activity: The World of Hunu`olo | |
| Jan 23 | Thurs | Earth and Sky: the Celestial Sphere | Chapter 2.1, 2.2 |
| Jan 28 | Tues | Class Activity: What is Beta Up To? | |
| Jan 30 | Thurs | The Lunar Cycle, Eclipses | Chapter 2.3, 2.4 |
| Feb 4 | Tues | Ancient Astronomy to Tycho Brahe | Chapter 3.1--3.4 (p.75) |
| Feb 6 | Thurs | Kepler: How the Planets Move; Galileo: Dynamics and Astronomical Discoveries | Chapter 3.4 (remainder) |
| Feb 11 | Tues | Newton: Laws of Motion and Gravitation | Chapter 5.1--5.3 |
| Feb 13 | Thurs | Class Activity | Chapter 3.5+pp.81--82 |
| Feb 18 | Tues | Matter and Energy | Chapter 4 |
| Feb 20 | Thurs | Light and Atoms | Chapter 6.1--6.4 |
| Feb 25 | Tues | Ground-Based Telescopes; Mauna Kea | Chapter 6.5, 6.6 |
| Feb 27 | Thurs | Class Activity: Venus and Earth | |
| Mar 4 | Tues | Space-Based Telescopes; Review | |
| Mar 6 | Thurs | Midterm Exam | |
| Mar 11 | Tues | Formation of the Solar System | Chapter 7 |
| Mar 13 | Thurs | The Terrestrial Planets | Chapter 8 |
| Mar 18 | Tues | The Jovian Planets; New Look at Earth | Chapter 9; 11.1--11.3 |
| Mar 20 | Thurs | Class Activity: Killer Asteroids | Chapter 10.6 |
| Apr 1 | Tues | The Sun | Chapter 12 |
| Apr 3 | Thurs | More on the Sun; Properties of Stars | Chapter 13 |
| Apr 8 | Tues | Stellar Life Cycles | Chapter 14 |
| Apr 10 | Thurs | Stellar Life Cycles | Chapter 14 |
| Apr 15 | Tues | White Dwarfs, Neutron Stars, Black Holes | Chapter 15.1--15.4 |
| Apr 17 | Thurs | The Milky Way Galaxy | Chapter 16 |
| Apr 22 | Tues | Other Galaxies; Measuring Distances & Ages | Chapter 17.1--17.4 |
| Apr 24 | Thurs | Dark Matter & Dark Energy | Chapter 18 |
| Apr 29 | Tues | Galaxy Interactions; Quasars | Chapter 17.5, 17.6 |
| May 1 | Thurs | The Big Bang | Chapter 19 |
| May 6 | Tues | Life in the Universe | Chapter 20 |
| May 13 | Tues | FINAL EXAM 9:45--11:45 | |
Last modified 1 April 2003
Alan Stockton (stockton@ifa.hawaii.edu)