Class #1 (January 18): Introduction. (Read Chapter 1)

Class #2 (January 23): The Dawn of Astronomy (Read Chapter 3)

Class #3 (January 25): Celestial Cycles and Patterns (Read Chapter 2)

Class #4 (January 30): Motions of the Planets--the Geocentric Model (Chap. 2 cont.)

Class #5 (February 1): The Origin of the Seasons and Why the Sun and Moon Behave the Way They Do (Chap. 2 cont.)

Class #6 (February 6): The Origin of Eclipses, and the Rise of the Heliocentric Theory (Chap. 5)

Class #7 (February 8): The Earth-Moon System (Chap. 9)

Class #8 (February 13): Mercury, Venus and Mars (Chap. 10)

Class #9 (February 15): The "Jovian" Planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune (Chap. 11)

Class #10 (February 20): Remnants of Rock and Ice: Pluto, Asteroids, and Comets (Chap. 12)

Class #11 (February 22): Our Sun-the Nearest Star (Chap. 14)

Class #12 (February 27): The Formation of the Solar System (Chap. 8)

Class #13 (March 1): Atomic Structure, Processes, and the Nature of Light (Chap. 6)

Class #14 (March 6): Atomic Structure, Nuclear Fusion, and Parallax (Chap. 14, and some of 15), Mid-term review.

Class #15 (March 8): Mid-term Exam [Note: February observing notebook due.]

Class #16 (March 13): The Properties of Stars (Chap. 15)

Class #17 (March 15): The Lives of Stars (Chap. 16)

SPRING BREAK (3/19-3/23)

Class #18 (March 27): The Lives of High Mass Stars-The Formation of Neutron stars and Black Holes (Chap. 16 & 17)

Class #19 (March 29): Stellar Endproducts, Star Clusters and Star Formation Regions (Chapters 17 and 18)

Class #20 (April 3): The Milky Way (Chap. 18)

Class #21 (April 5): The Cosmic Distance Scale Ladder, and the Understanding of the "Spiral Nebulae" (Chap. 19) [Note: March Observing notebook due (in Lab!).]

Class #22 (April 10): Types of Galaxies (Chap. 19)

Class #23 (April 12): The Formation and History of Galaxies (Chap. 20)

Class #24 (April 17): Large Scale Structure, and the Paradoxes of Olbers and Newton (Chap. 21)

Class #25 (April 19): The Expanding Universe (Chap. 22) TERM PAPER DUE

Class #26 (April 24): The Big Bang Model for the Origin of the Universe (Chap. 22)

Class #27 (April 26):Is There Life Out There? A Short History (Chap. 13)

Class #28 (May 1): The Potential for Life In and Beyond the Solar System (Chap. 24) and Interstellar Space Travel[Note: April observing notebook due on May 2 in lab!]

Class #29 (May 3): Class Review

Homework #1 (Due Feb 6, 2007)

Homework #2 (Due Feb. 13, 2007)

Homework #3 (Due Feb. 20, 2007)

Homework #4 (Due Feb. 27, 2007)

Homework #5 (Due Mar. 6, 2007)

Homework #6 (Due April 3, 2007)

Homework #7 (Due April 10, 2007)

Research Project--"Homeworks 8 & 9" (Due April 19, or anytime before that.)

Homework #10 (Due April 24, 2007)

Homework #11 Let's change this to a make-up for those who wish to substitute for one they did poorly on, or missed! (Due May 1, 2007)

Make-up Assignment for those with EXCUSED absences that missed a Quiz (Due May 3rd).

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