Topics covered in class
This lists topics covered in class each day. It will be updated as the semester goes by. The PowerPoint file used in the two previous class days are linked. These links are to PDF files which prints six slides per page. The sections in the text that discuss this material are indicated in the next to last column.
Test days are indicated in red. Each of the first three tests will cover material discussed in class since the last test. Half of the final exam will be over material covered after Test 3, and the other half cumulative. Review notes are given in html and PDF format.
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| Class | Date | Topics | links | Text | links |
| 1 | Aug 23 | Introduction, | |||
| 2 | Aug 25 | phases of the moon, | 3.5.1 |
Lunar
Phases Phases of the Moon Moon Phases demo |
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| 3 | Aug 28 | contents of the solar system, gravity, | Prologue 7 Sec 2.3 |
Contents Contents |
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| 4 | Aug 30 | forces, gravity, orbits, | 2.3, 2.4, 2.5 |
gravity
Weight on other worlds Weight vs mass |
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| 5 | Sep 1 | gravity, orbits, Kepler's laws, | 2.1, 2.3, 2.4 | orbits, measure mass | |
| 6 | Sep 6 | Kepler's laws, orbits, motions solar system, | 2.1-2.3, 6.1 |
Kepler's Laws Kepler annimation |
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| 7 | Sep 8 | Kepler's laws, orbits, motions solar system | 3.2, 3.3, 1.2.4 |
moon illusion mass & Kepler's 3rd law |
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| 8 | Sep 11 | motions solar system | 3.2, 3.2, 1.2.4, 1.1.5 | overview of solar system | |
| 9 | Sep 13 | Test 1 | Study guide | ||
| 10 | Sep 15 | Timekeeping, seasons, precession, ecliptic, | 3.2 | seasons, precession of Earth, precession of top | |
| 11 | Sep 18 | constellations, zodiac, astrology | 1.1.3 - 1.2, 1.3 | constellations, zodiac, astrology, | |
| 12 | Sep 20 | eclipses | 3.7 | eclipses, NASA's eclipse page, | |
| 13 | Sep 22 | tides | 3.6 | tides, tides | |
| 14 | Sep 25 | tides | 3.6 | Roche limit | |
| 15 | Sept 27 | density, differentiation, , | 2.2.3, 7.1 | density, differentiation, | |
| 16 | Sep 29 | Earth's interior, plate tectonics, volcanoes, | 7.1 | interior | |
| 17 | Oct 2 | Earth's surface, asthenosphere, lithosphere, isostasy | 7.2 | surface, lithosphere & asthenosphere, isostasy | |
| 18 | Oct 4 | plate tectonics, volcanoes, impacts | 7.2 | plate tectonics, volcanoes | |
| 19 | Oct 9 | impact craters, hazards | 7.5; 8.1- 8.3 | impacts meteors | |
| 20 | Oct 11 | Test 2 | Study Guide | ||
| 21 | Oct 13 | impact craters, hazards | 8.1, 8.2, 8.3 | impacts of Kentucky | |
| 22 | Oct 16 | The Earth's moon, | 8.1, 8.2, 8.3 | the moon | |
| 23 | Oct 18 | The decision to go to the moon, Ranger, | 8.1, 8.2, 8.3 | JFK's decision, Ranger | |
| 24 | Oct 20 | Surveyor, Lunar Orbiter, mascons, moon's gravity, location of seas | 8.1 - 8.3 | Surveyor, Lunar Orbiter, | |
| 25 | Oct 23 | greenhouse effect, cold traps, micrometeorites | 8.1-8.3 | greenhouse effect, cold traps, Apollo 1 | |
| 26 | Oct 25 | First landings, Apollo 11, life, | 8.1-8.3 | Apollo 11, | |
| 27 | Oct 27 | rocks, seas, mountains, volcanic activity on the moon, formation of lunar seas, Ages in solar system, moon's history | 8.1-8.3, 6.3.2 | ||
| 28 | Oct 30 | , J missions, Apollo 15, Volcanic activity on the moon, formation of lunar seas | 8.1-8.3 | ||
| 29 | Nov 1 | Apollo 16, volcanic activity on the moon, formation of lunar seas | 8.1-8.3 | ||
| 30 | Nov 3 | Apollo 17, the end of Apollo, formation of the solar system | 8.1-8.3 | ||
| 31 | Nov 6 | formation of seas, epoch of heavy bombardment, | 6.4, 13.3 | ||
| 32 | Nov 8 | measuring ages, formation of solar system | 6.4, 13.3 | ||
| 33 | Nov 10 | formation of solar system & moon, | 13.3, 8.4 | ||
| 34 | Nov 13 | formation of solar system | 8.5 | ||
| 35 | Nov 15 | Test 3 | Study guide | ||
| 36 | Nov 17 | Mercury | 9.2-9.3 | ||
| 37 | Nov 20 | Venus, | 9.2-9.3 | ||
| 38 | Nov 22 | meteorites, asteroids, | 12.1-12.2 | ||
| 39 | Nov 27 | Venus, Mars, | 9.4-9.5 | ||
| 40 | Nov 29 | Mars, | 9.4-9.5 15.1-15.3 |
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| 41 | Dec 1 | Mars, life, | 9.4-9.5 Chap 15 |
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| 42 | Dec 4 | Mars, life, ETs | Chap 10, 12 | ||
| 43 | Dec 6 | Jovian planets, | Chap 11 | ||
| 44 | Dec 8 | formation of Jovian planets | Chap 11 | ||
| Dec 11 1-3PM |
Final Exam, Section 2 | Study guide | review, 5PM Dec 8, | ||
| Dec 13, 1-3PM |
Final Exam, Section 1 | Study guide | review, 5PM Dec 8, |