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| Homework |
Read ASTRO3, Chs. 2-2, 2-3, 2-4a, 2-4b
Purchase "starwheel" from bookstore
(Familiarize yourself with the terminology used in the textbook; more details will
be covered in the presentations, and in class. Make sure you have a starwheel
to practice with at home and in the next class. If you can't get one yet, there will be
a (limited) number of starwheels you can borrow in class.)
Preview online presentations (*.blog), (*.blog), (*.blog)
(Celestial motions and moon phases are covered incompletely in the textbook;
go through the presentations in-depth for more information and animations.
Also read through advice from former students on how to succeed in this course.)
Complete online reading assignment 1 (*.html)
(Due 12:00 AM midnight before class this week)
(Answer questions on reading comprehension and provide feedback on what you
understand or don't understand; classwide results will determine specifically
which topics should emphasized in the next class, and at what level.)
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| Tuesday |
"To be interested in the changing seasons is, in this middling zone, a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring."
--George Santayana, The Life of Reason: or, The Phases of Human Progress, Volume 4,
Charles Scribner's Sons (1906), p. 189.
Quiz 1 question packet (*.pdf)
Don't talk with neighbor, silently fold response card
1-2-3: hold flashcard under your chin
Don't guess, choose "unsure/guessing/lost/help!" if uncertain
(Later--convince neighbor why your answer is correct)
Chs. 2-2, 2-3: Precession, Motion of the Sun, Seasons [00:20]
Cycles & Motions (*.blog)
"Spiral waltz" model
The Twelve Signs in Western Astrology (*.html) (*.html)
(wikipedia.org)
"Wobbly top" model (*.blog)
(Florida State University)
Motions of the Sun Simulator (*.swf), (*.gif), (*.gif)
(Nebraska Astronomy Applet Project)
Ex: rise/set positions and paths of the sun (*.blog)
Ex: rise/set positions and paths of the sun (*.blog)
In-class activity 3 (*.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
"Harvard Graduates Explain Seasons" (*.html), (*.mov), (transcript)
(A Private Universe, Science Media Group,
Harvard University/Smithsonian Institution, Cambridge, MA (1989))
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| Thursday |
"The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk with."
--Carl Sandburg, "Moonlight And Maggots," Complete Poems of Carl Sandburg:
Revised and Expanded Edition, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (1970), p. 665.
Quiz 1 question packet (*.pdf)
Ch. 2-4: The Cycles of the Moon [00:30]
Lunar Cycles & Motions (*.blog)
"Overhead ±6 hour" model
Ex: moon setting in the afternoon (*.blog)
Ex: third quarter moon setting (*.blog)
In-class activity 4 (*.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 1 announcements
Tuesday, 2/4, 11:00-11:20 AM
Closed-book, closed-notes
Ten multiple-choice questions = 40 points
Starwheels/zodiac/star cycles: four questions
Earth/seasons/sun cycles: two questions
Moon cycles/motions/times: four 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.**
**BRING YOUR OWN STARWHEEL**
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