Online reading assignment 11 (*.html)
     (Due 12:00 AM midnight before start of class)
     

Hobbes:  
What would you call the creation 
         of the universe?"
Calvin:  
"The Horrendous Space Kablooey!"
     --Bill Watterson

Ch. 11 flashcard questions (*.pdf)

Results of "Keep-Quit-Start" Survey (*.html)
     (waiferx.blogspot.com)

Questions/comments (*.png) [00:05]

"Amazing Facts about Facebook and Breakups" (*.jpeg), (*.html)
     (David McCandless, via mathiasmikkelsen.com)

(Ch. 10-2: Properties of Galaxies)
Ch. 11-1: Introduction to the Universe [00:20]
     Big Bang Clues (*.pdf) (*.mov)

Follow-up questions [00:05]

In-class activity 20 (*.pdf) [00:15]
     Find and sit in your assigned groups
     Cooperate and collaborate within your group
     Share answers within and between groups
     Turn in group worksheet at front

Quiz 6 review session (*.pdf) [00:20]

Questions/comments (*.png) [00:05]

Questions to ponder:
"What happened to Benjamin Button?"
"What would happen if there were 'Seven Brides for Eight Brothers'?"

"An electron, while trav'ling in space,
Met a positron there 'face to face.'
  The electron then sighed,
  At the sight of his bride
And they 'died' in a loving embrace."
     --William Rolnick, "And Then There Were Photons"

Ch. 11 flashcard questions (*.pdf)

Questions/comments (*.png) [00:05]

In-class activity 21 (*.pdf) [00:20]
     Find and sit in your assigned groups
     Cooperate and collaborate within your group
     Share answers within and between groups
     Turn in group worksheet at front

Where is the Center of the Universe? (*.html)
     (Exploratorium Teacher Institute)

Ch. 11-2: The Big Bang Theory [00:25] 
(Ch. 11-3: Space and Time, pp. 229-230) 
     Early Big Bang (*.pdf) (*.mov)

Follow-up questions [00:05]

Quiz 6 review session (*.pdf) [00:20]

Questions/comments (*.png) [00:05]

Quiz 6 Announcements
     Tuesday, 4/17, 11:00-11:20 AM
     Closed-book, closed-notes
     Ten multiple-choice questions = 40 points
          Milky Way shape/size/mass: two questions
          Spiral arms: two questions
          Milky Way evolution: one questions
          In-class activities 20-21, big bang evidence: three questions
          Early universe: two questions
          (Of the above ten questions, eight are adapted from Chs. 9, 11    
                flashcard questions)
     No work needs to be shown; partial credit possible
     No scantrons; circle answers directly on quiz
     **USE YOUR OWN UNIQUE 4-DIGIT P.I.N.**

Question to ponder:
"What food is like continental drift?"

Online reading assignment 12 (*.html)
     (Due 12:00 AM midnight before start of next class)