ASTR 150 E: The Planets

Autumn 2023
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Meeting:
to be arranged / * *
SLN:
10652
Section Type:
Lecture
Instructor:
"TO BE ARRANGED" = ASYNCHRONOUS INSTRUCTION --- ONLINE GROUP-START COURSE: STUDENTS BEGIN & END TOGETHER. COURSE DOES NOT HAVE SYNCHRONOUS MEETING TIMES.
Syllabus Description (from Canvas):

AUTUMN 2023            ASTRO 150E     (asynchronous online)

Syllabus

 OFFICE HOURS

Cisneros- (week 11) Fri, 10:00-12:30 pm in-person (PAB 324) or on zoom   https://washington.zoom.us/j/7092952774

Charlie - Tuesdays 9am https://washington.zoom.us/j/93657664623 

Francisca - Wednesdays 4-5pm https://washington.zoom.us/j/95341255013

Binh - Thursdays 9-11 am  https://washington.zoom.us/j/7655910711

Lab Help Forum
Jeffery - M,W,[10am-12pm] F [10a-11p]

 Brian - Monday 12pm-3pm, Tuesday 12pm-1pm, Wednesday 12pm-3pm, Thursday 12pm-1pm, Friday 1pm-3pm  

Raeven - Tuesday,Thursday [5pm - 10pm]. 

PROPAGANDA: Everything subject to Change.

Suggested Work Flow: 

Day 1: (3 hours)

  • Read all the stuff and things published in the weekly module. (20 min)
  • Read chapter assigned in the homework (1 hr)
  • Begin homework. (40 min)
  • Follow up on Discussion posts. (1 hr)

Day 2: (2.5 hours)

  • Open first quiz and solve it. (1.5 hr)
  • Work on homework. (1 hr)

Day 3: (3 hours)

  • Open Demoquiz or lab, read and begin to work on it. (3 hr)

Day 4: (3 hours)

  • Open next quiz and solve it. (1.5 hr)
  • Work on Demoquiz. (1.5 hr)

Day 5: (3 hours)

  • Open Discussion and begin to research. Make original post. (3 hr)
  • week 7 (6-10 Nov, Veteran's Day 10 Nov) LECTURES(Ch9): Asteroids (everything is Jupiter's fault). Asteroid Belt, Kuiper Belt, Oort Cloud (Resonances mostly). Planet 9 and bowling-ball sized Black Holes.   HW 7 (Ch.9) Small Bodies in the Solar System Lab 3: Radio Date Discussion 6: How to Prove that the Earth is Round
    week 8 (13-17 Nov) LECTURES (Ch8) Giant Planets (magnetic fields, formation theories, etc)   HW 8 (Ch.8) Giant Planets Lab 4: Transits Discussion 7: Closer Encounters with Space Rocks~!
    week 9 (20th Nov only) (THXGIVING) LECTURES (Ch5): (STARS & NUKES)  Thermonuclear Fusion: stars layers like an onion(electron energy levels QM) and then to fusion energy HW 9 (Ch.5) Formation of stars and planets --- Discussion 8: Is there a Planet 9?
    week 10 (Nov 27 - Dec 1) LECTURES (Ch18): Possibility of Life in the Universe/Drake Eqn, etc, BH INTRO & Exit survey   HW 10 (Ch.18) Life in the Universe\ Demoquiz 4: Finding Fibonacci Discussion 9: Life Beyond Earth?
    week 11 ( 4-8 Dec) LECTURES: TBD ----

PROPAGANDA: NO EXAMS &  NO LATE WORK.

PROPAGANDA:  SMARTWORK-SIGNUP, PURCHASE AND ACCESS THROUGH CANVAS. ONLY. OR IT WON'T COUNT.  Click on first homework to be redirected to purchase the book Smartwork: Ch. 1: Homework 1  (HINT: if you purchased a "registration code" from the bookstore, then you must input it here through canvas.)
Catalog Description:
For liberal arts and beginning science students. Survey of the planets of the solar system, with emphases on recent space exploration of the planets and on the comparative evolution of the Earth and the other planets. Offered: AWSpS.
GE Requirements Met:
Natural Sciences (NSc)
Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning (QSR)
Credits:
5.0
Status:
Active
Last updated:
May 1, 2024 - 10:04 pm