Course Outline (Subject to Change during semester with collaborative activities and computer laboratories to be added as the session proceeds)
Date Zeilik Chapter Topic
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5/17 1 From Chaos to Cosmos
Computer Lab Cybersky planetarium software
Zeilik Activity Scaling the Solar System
5/19 2 Birth of Cosmological Models
Zeilik Activities Angular Size and Distance
Solar System Models
5/24 3 New Cosmic Order
Zeilik Activities Kepler's Third Law - Planets
Kepler's Third Law - Mass of Jupiter
5/26 4 Clockwork Universe
Computer Lab Revolution of the Moons of Jupiter
5/31 MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY
6/2 EXAMINATION #1 (Chapters 1,2,3 and 4)
5 Birth of Astrophysics
Zeilik Activity Newton's Gravitation
Zeilik Activity Continuous Spectra (Light & Spectra)
6/7 5 Birth of Astrophysics
Computer Lab Energy Flow out of the Sun
6/9 6 Telescopes and Insight into the Cosmos
Zeilik Activities Stellar Temperatures, Colors, and Spectra
Geller Activity Spectra and Kirchoff
Extra Reference Light and all kinds of Telescopes
Extra Reference Emission Spectra Chart
6/14 7 Einstein's Vision
Computer Lab Online Curvature of Universe and Hubble's Deep Field Photograph
6/16 EXAMINATION #2 (Chapters 5,6 and 7)
8 The Earth: An Evolving Planet
Activity Planetary Geology using Remote Sensing
The Earth Geller PPT Slides
Solid Earth Geller PPT Slides
Meteorology Geller PPT Slides
Hydrology Geller PPT Slides
6/21 9 Moon and Mercury, Mars and Venus Activity Planetary Geology of Mars
Moon Wallin PPT Slides
Mercury Wallin PPT Slides
Venus Wallin PPT Slides
Mars Geller PPT Slides
6/23 10 The Jovian Planets: Primitive Worlds Activity Geologic Features of Outer Planet Satellites
Jupiter Geller PPT Slides
Saturn Geller PPT Slides
Uranus U.Tenn PPT Slides
Neptune U.Tenn PPT Slides
Pluto Geller PPT Slides
6/28 11 Origin & Evolution of the Solar System
Computer Lab CLEA Rotation Rate of Mercury
6/30 EXAMINATION #3 (Chapters 8,9,10 and 11)
12 Our Sun: Local Star
Sun Additional Information on the Sun
Zeilik Activity Stellar Parallax
7/5 No Class 13 The Stars as Suns
Computer Lab CLEA Spectral Classification of Stars
HR Diagram Geller HR Diagram Slides
7/7 14 Starbirth and Interstellar Matter
Zeilik Activity Classifying Stars by the HR Diagram
Zeilik Activity Stellar Spectra (Light & Spectra)
7/12 15 Star Lives
Computer Lab CLEA Photoelectric Photometry of the Pleiades
7/14 16 Star Death
Star Death Evans PPT on Stellar Death
Black Holes Evans PPT on Black Holes
Zeilik Activity Stellar Evolution (Scientific Models)
Zeilik Activity Cepheid Variable Stars (Cosmic Distances)
7/19 EXAMINATION #4 (Chapters 12,13,14,15 and 16)
Computer Lab CLEA Radioastronomy of Pulsars
7/21 17 Evolution of the Galaxy
PPT Slides UFL Milky Way slides
Zeilik Activity The Sun's Distance from the Galactic Center
Zeilik Activity Rotation Curve of a Spiral Galaxy
7/26 18 The Universe of Galaxies
Computer Lab CLEA Hubble Redshift
7/28 19 Cosmic Violence
Zeilik Activity Hubble's Law
Zeilik Activity Cosmic Background Radiation
8/2 20 Cosmic History
Computer Lab CLEA Large Scale Structures
8/4 EXAMINATION #5 (Chapters 17,18,19 and 20)
