Note: At least one student did not have the graph that was needed for Lab 5, The HR Diagram. In case others do not have that, you can down load the Excel file of the graph and print it out yourself.
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Generic Course Syllalbus |
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Syllabus for Dr. Farris' Section |
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Turn-In and Test Schedule |
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Lesson Assignments |
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Dr. Farris' Office Hours and Contact Information |
Review Info for Final:
Your final exam is Saturday, December 8 at 9:00 am in Warf 111. It will consist of approximately 50 questions, with about 2/3 of it coming from the multiple choice "Self-Tests" at the end of each lesson in your "Course Student Guide" and about 1/3 being short answer questions taken from the lesson assignments you have turned in each week. You can expect about 15 questions coming from lessons 1-10, and the other 35 or so will come from lessons 11-20. The short answer questions from lessons 1-10 will come from the same material as the midterm (see the info below). For the short answer questions from lessons 11-20, you can focus on these topics:
| neutron stars and black holes |
| distance-measuring techniques |
| population I and II stars |
| types of galaxies (spiral, elliptical, etc.) |
| quasars |
| the big bang model |
| formation of the solar system |
| jovian vs. terrestrial planets |
| Mars' surface |
| Jupiter's properties |
| comets |
If you cannot be at the test on December 8, contact your instructor as soon as possible!
Review Info for Midterm:
Your midterm is Saturday, October 20 at 9:00 am in Warf 111. It will cover lessons 1 - 10. There will be 30 to 40 questions, with about 2/3 of the questions coming from the multiple choice "Self-Tests" at the end of each lesson in your "Course Student Guide." The other 1/3 will be short answer questions from the lesson assignments you have turned in each week. From those lesson questions you can focus on these topics:
| Distances - AU, parsecs, parallax |
| Constellations and the celestial sphere |
| Eclipses |
| Galileo's observations |
| Copernicus' model |
| Hypotheses, theories and laws |
| Large telescopes |
| Spectral lines |
| Sunspots and helioseismology |
| The HR diagram |
| Stages in a star's lifecycle |
If you cannot be at the test on October 20, contact your instructor as soon as possible.
Example of Lab 1, Uncertainty in Measurement: Determining π
Lab 2: Look at the Lesson Assignments for what to do and not to do for Lab 2
Example of Lab 7, Scale Model of the Earth-Moon System