Online reading assignment 15 (*.html)
     (Due 12:00 AM midnight before start of next class)

"The highest manifestation of life consists in this: that a being governs its own actions.  A thing which is always subject to the direction of another is somewhat of a dead thing."
     --Thomas Aquinas

Ch. 15 flashcard questions (*.pdf)

Quiz 7: 6:30-6:50 PM [00:25]
     **CLEAR OFF YOUR DESK AREA**
     **NO  PHONES/LAPTOPS/MEDIA PLAYERS ALLOWED**
     USE YOUR OWN UNIQUE 4-DIGIT P.I.N.
     WRITE NAME AND P.I.N. ALONG EDGE OF QUIZ
     CIRCLE ALL ANSWERS DIRECTLY ON QUIZ
     FINISHED EARLY?  TURN IN QUIZ, BE CONSIDERATE AND QUIET

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

Chs. 15-1, 15-2: The Nature/Origin of Life [00:15]
     The Origin of Life (*.pdf) (*.mov)

Follow-up questions [00:05]

"Informed Consent Form, Star Properties Concept Inventory" (for education research) [00:10]
     (*.pdf) (*.mov) 

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

Question to ponder: 
"Are we alone?"

"Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us."
     --Bill Watterson

Ch. 15 flashcard questions (*.pdf)

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

Ch. 15-3: Communication with Distant Civilizations [00:20]
     Are We Alone? (*.pdf) (*.mov)
     Drake equation calculator (*.html)
          (www.activemind.com)
     Anticoded messages (*.pdf)

Follow-up questions [00:10]

In-class activity 25 (*.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

Final Exam preview session [00:10]
     Grading rubric for short-answer questions (*.txt)
     Short-answer question examples
          Main-sequence star colors vs. sizes (*.html)
          Apparent magnitudes replaced with absolute magnitudes (*.html)
          Why Mars inhospitable? (*.html)
          Globular cluster metallicity (*.html)
               (waiferx.blogspot.com)

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

"Science Motivation Questionnaire" (*.pdf) (*.mov) [00:10]

**Astronomy 210 Certificate of Achievement**

Office hours 
     NC campus, room N2434: Thursday, 5/10, 1:00 PM-3:00 PM
     SLO campus, room 2308: Friday, 5/11, 10:30 AM-12:30 PM

Final Exam Announcements
     Wednesday, 5/16, 7:00-9:00 PM
     Room 2402 (here)
     Closed-book, closed-notes
     Ten multiple-choice questions = 40 points
               Midterm 1: two questions
               Midterm 2: three questions
               Quiz 7: three questions
               Ch. 15 flashcard questions: two questions
               (No starwheel, no moon phases, no astronomers, no planetary motions/models)
     Three short-answer questions = 60 points
          Partial credit given for relevant discussion
               Apparent/absolute magnitudes (ICA-12)
               Terrestrial planets/greenhouse effect/habitable zones (ICA-23)
               Star clusters/metallicity (ICA-19)
     No scantrons; circle/"x"/write answers directly on Final Exam
     **BRING YOUR OWN STARWHEEL**

RAW summary points to be posted online Saturday, 5/12
     (Your course grade if you do NOT take the Final Exam, R16, XC)

Online reading assignment 16 (*.html)
     (4.0 extra-credit points)
     (Due 12:00 AM midnight before Final Exam)
     
Student Assessment of Skills Survey (*.html)
     (4.0 extra-credit points)
     (Due 12:00 AM midnight before Final Exam)