Complete online reading assignment 7 (*.html)
     (Due 12:00 AM midnight before class this week)
          

"A man only learns in two ways, one is by reading, the other by association with smarter people." 
     --Will Rogers, as cited by Donald Day, Will Rogers: A Biography, 
       David McKay Company (1962), p. 172.  
          
Midterm 1 preview/review session [00:30]
     Grading rubric for short-answer questions (*.txt)
     Short-answer question examples
          Viewing circumpolar constellation configuration (*.blog)
          Winter coming when Orion rises in evening? (*.blog)
          Summer coming when Scorpius rises in morning? (*.blog)
          
          Crescent moon setting just before dawn? (*.blog)
          "Dark" run illuminated by waning gibbous moon? (*.blog)
          Moon rising at later time a few days later (*.blog)
          
          Evening star Jupiter after retrograde ends? (*.blog)
          Mars and Mercury both low in the west at sunrise? (*.blog)
          "Evening stars" visible as "morning stars?" (*.blog)

Haiku activity [00:15]
     Work in groups, identify astronomy concept/answer for each haiku
     Briefly explain each choice, partial credit possible
     
Midterm 1 announcements
     Thursday, 3/12, 11:00 AM-12:20 PM 
     Closed-book, closed-notes
     **Chapters 1-4 only**
     Ten multiple-choice questions = 40 points
          Quiz 1: three questions 
          Quiz 2: four questions
          Quiz 3: three questions
     Three short-answer questions = 60 points
          Partial credit given for relevant discussion
               Starwheels/positions/motions (In-class activity 2)
               Moon phases/times (In-class activity 4)
               Planet-hunting (In-class activity 6)
     No scantrons; circle/"x"/write answers directly on midterm
     **BRING YOUR OWN STARWHEEL**
     **E/M RADIATION SPECTRUM PROVIDED ON MIDTERM**

"...tests are a gift.  And great tests are a great gift. To fail the test is a misfortune.  But to refuse the test is to refuse the gift, and something worse, more irrevocable, than misfortune."
     --Lois McMaster Bujold, Cordelia's Honor: Shards of Honor, 
       Simon & Schuster (1986), p. 235.

MIDTERM 1: 11:00 AM-12:20 PM [01:20]
     **CLEAR OFF YOUR DESK AREA**
     **NO PHONES/LAPTOPS/TABLETS ALLOWED**
     USE YOUR OWN UNIQUE 4-DIGIT P.I.N.
     WRITE NAME AND P.I.N. ALONG EDGE OF MIDTERM
     CIRCLE/"X"/WRITE ALL ANSWERS DIRECTLY ON MIDTERM
     TURN IN MIDTERM, BE CONSIDERATE AND QUIET WHEN LEAVING

Review previous reading assignment responses (*.blog)
Read ASTRO3, Chs. 5-4c, 5-5a
     
Preview online presentation (*.blog)

Complete online reading assignment 8 (*.html)
     (Due 12:00 AM midnight before start of class next week)