Due Dates for Written Assignments & Tests. LATE PAPERS ARE NOT ACCEPTED! CHECK THIS PAGE DAILY! Last Update: 11/30/09 As indicated on the syllabus, papers are due when class begins If you are late to class, so is your paper! (Papers received without a name will be discarded) e-mailed papers are not accepted without prior permission! Staple your papers together in the upper left hand corner of the paper. (One point Penalty if papers are not stapled together!)
Class projects are due on the dates indicated - Late Papers are NOT accepted! "Deadline" is a self-defining term... "The quality of work turned in by college students is expected to be higher than that of high school students..."
- Me
Video/Website Recommendations: (Just what it says. Suggestions for additional edification...) On-line weblinks are shown in BLUE like this dummy link
= homework = Classroom Assessment: e.g. THQ = Take Home Quiz (Demonstration of learning & comprehension) = YOU must be in class when this is handed out. Proxy pick-ups by other students are not permitted. If you are not in class when the original paper is handed out it will not be available later. = Information can be found through a web page link. = Project due UAQ's = Un-Announced Quizzes. There will be six - be in class!
Late papers not accepted. Deadline is a self - defining term! -------> THIS PAGE ALWAYS UNDER CONSTRUCTION & SUBJECT TO CHANGE <------ (Return to 'Brick' page) Part I Chapters 1, 2, & 3 (See Syllabus) LATE PAPERS ARE NOT ACCEPTED! "Deadline" is a self-defining term... (Papers received without a name will be discarded) "The quality of work turned in by college students is expected to be higher than that of high school students..." - Me
Recommended Websites CM Investigation #1 - Terrestrial Coordinate investigation Due Click here for download) 602/605 - Sept. 2 603/604 - Sept. 3
LABOR DAY HOLIDAY: September 7th
CM Investigation #2 Solar Elevation Investigation Due Click here for download) 603/604 - Sept 8 602/605 - Sept 9 Sky Quiz: (Summer Sky) (Click on the appropriate sky Study Guide for download) (Refer to the Current Sky Map) 603/604 - Sept 8 602/605 - Sept 9 Unit 1 "Peanut Butter" THQ DUE (Must be turned in on the Scantron class handout - if you weren't in class when it was passed out, oh well...) (Click here for the questions. Link will become active one day prior to the due date - if the page does not load, try clicking on your page 'refresh' button at the top of your computer screen and try again.) Really stumped?? Go here for some helpful links) 602/605 - Sept 14 603/604 - Sept 15 REMINDER: Missing, sleeping or text-messagning in class accomplishes two things. 1) You lose all your attendance/participation points for the day. 2) You don't do well on tests, quizzes, assignments etc.
e-mailed papers are not accepted without prior permission!
Planet Configuration Worksheet (Class handout - if you weren't present when it was passed out, oh well...) 603/604 - Sept 15 602/605 - Sept 16
Brainbusters #1 Due (Class handout - if you weren't present when it was passed out, oh well...) 603/604 - Sept 22 602/605 - Sept 23 Lunar Feature QUIZ See Study Guides 603/604 - Sept 22 602/605 - Sept 23 Moon Worksheet DUE (Class handout - if you weren't present when it was passed out, oh well...) 603/604 - Sept 24 602/605 - Sept 28
OBSERVING PROJECT DUE: Deadline" is a self-defining term... NE-IAO's DUE:* (10 Brightest Stars & 8 Brightest Constellations) Both sets of observations must be signed by a lab assistant - initials only are not accepted . 603/604 - Sept. 29 602/605 - Sept. 30 Part I Test - (Test must be taken in class during the regular meeting of your enrolled section!) (Go here for question bank) <----- {Link will become active one week prior to test date - if the page does not load, try clicking on your page 'refresh' button at the top of your computer screen and try again.) OK to bring one 3.5 x 5" note card to class with formulas only written on it for the test) Cell phone calculators may NOT be used when taking the test. 603/604 - Sept. 29 602/605 - Sept. 30 Find out how you are doing in class. Click on the "What you have accomplished" weblink.
(Due to time constraints, tests will not be returned to students nor will class time be taken for discussion. Your test score, as well as your overall standing in the class will be provided, but the actual tests will not. If you are interested in reviewing your test, you may do so by making an appointment to see me during my scheduled office hours within one week of the test date. Go here to review the available appointment times.)
(Return to 'Brick' page) Part II Chapters 4, 5 & 6 (See Syllabus) LATE PAPERS ARE NOT ACCEPTED! "Deadline" is a self-defining term... (Papers received without a name will be discarded) "The quality of work turned in by college students is expected to be higher than that of high school students..."
- Me Recommended Websites OBSERVING PROJECT DUE: Deadline" is a self-defining term... Lunar Crater Drawing (LCD) - Due:* (This observation must be clearly signed or stamped by a lab assistant or myself - initials only are not accepted) 603/604 - Oct 1 602/605 - Oct 5 CM Investigation #3 - Retrograde Motion Due (Click here for download) 603/604 - Oct 6 602/605 - Oct 7 Quarter Day, Equinox, Solstice, Celestial Sphere QUIZ: (Shortly after the equinox. or solstice) (Refer to the Study Guides) Unnanounced date... (Were YOU in class when this was given? CM Investigation #4 - Temperature Scales Due (Click here for download) 603/604 - Oct 13 602/605 - Oct 14
Brainbuster #2 Due (Class handout - if you weren't present when it was passed out, oh well...) 603/604 - Oct 20 602/605 - Oct 21
Brainbuster #3 Due (Class handout - if you weren't present when it was passed out, oh well...) 603/604 - Oct 27 602/605 - November 2
Part II Test: - Hybrid (Test must be taken in class during the regular meeting of your enrolled section!) (Go here for question bank) <----- {Link will become active one week prior to test date - if the page does not load, try clicking on your page 'refresh' button at the top of your computer screen and try again.) OK to bring one 3.5 x 5" note card to class with formulas only written on it for the test. Cell phone calculators may NOT be used when taking the test. 603/604 - Tuesday, November 3rd. 602/605 - Wednesday, November 4th. Find out how you are doing in class. Click on the "What you have accomplished" weblink.
(Due to time constraints, tests will not be returned to students nor will class time be taken for discussion. Your test score, as well as your overall standing in the class will be provided, but the actual tests will not. If you are interested in reviewing your test, you may do so by making an appointment to see me during my scheduled office hours within one week of the test date. Go here to review the available appointment times.) (Return to 'Brick' page) Part III Chapters 7 thru 13 (See Syllabus) LATE PAPERS ARE NOT ACCEPTED! "Deadline" is a self-defining term... (Papers received without a name will be discarded) "The quality of work turned in by college students is expected to be higher than that of high school students..." - Me
Recommended Websites Terrestrial Planet Quiz 603/604 - Nov 17 602/605 - Nov 18
November 23rd - 29th (Stargazer Observatory will not be open over Thanksgiving break)
OBSERVING PROJECT DUE: Deadline" is a self-defining term... T-IAO's Telescopic Observations Due* (Check the Scoring Criteria for this paper before turning this project in) (Each observation must be clearly signed or stamped by a lab assistant - initials only are not accepted) How to Calculate Magnification What you are expected to observe 603/604 - Dec 1 602/605 - Dec 2 CM Investigation #5 Comparative Planetology Summary Due* 603/604 - Dec 10 602/605 - Dec 14
Brainbusters #4 Due (Class handout - if you weren't in class when it was passed out, oh well...) 603/604 - Dec 10 602/605 - Dec 14
FINAL EXAM INFORMATION: The exam will be given on the last day of class. (Click here for test bank questions. Link will become active approximately two weeks prior to test date) You must take the exam during the last class meeting for YOUR enrolled section!
FINAL EXAM: - Comprehensive <----- {Due to the large number of questions, this link will become sequentially active starting shortly after the Part II test is completed. If the page does not load, try clicking on your page 'refresh' button at the top of your computer screen and try again.) (OK to bring one 3.5 x 5" note card to class with formulas only written on it for the test plus CM #5) Cell phone calculators may NOT be used when taking the test. 603/604 - Dec 10 602/605 - Dec 14 * You and I, like Mrs. Clinton, were born into a world in which we have 24 hours per day for us to say: 'I didn't have time.' It would be better for us to say: 'I did not take the time.' - G.T
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CM Investigation - Telescope basics (N/A) Summer Sky (#1) Summer Sky #2 If you are interested in seeing the results of your final exam, I will be available at BP Mod 3 between noon and 1 PM on August 7th for you to do so. Other times/dates are N/A.