Download Course Schedule for Visions of the Universe - Fall 2005 | ISP 205 and more Lab Reports Physical Education and Motor Learning in PDF only on Docsity! ISP205L Visions of the Universe Laboratory Fall 2005 Course Schedule for Section 4 (Thursday) Week/Date Weekly Lab (3:00-4:50 Thursday) In Planetarium (3:00-4:50) except as noted. Homework. SG = SkyGazer Activities from Astronomy Media Workbook. (due by 2PM following Thursday) 1. Sept 1 Introduction. The Celestial Sphere. Directions. Star maps. SG-1: Introducing SkyGazer 2. Sept 8 Star motions during the night. The view from different locations on Earth. Computing latitude. SG-2: Motions of the Stars SG-3: Celestial Sphere **** 3. Sept 15 Seasonal motions. Path of the Sun (Analemma, etc.). Seasonal heating. SG-4: Motions of the Sun. SG-5: Ecliptic, Parts 1-3. **** 4. Sept 22 Long-term motions (precession). Gyroscopes, etc. Study for Sky Quiz. 5. Sept 29 SKY QUIZ SG-8: Precession and Proper Motion. 6. Oct 6 Moon phases. Predicting them. Why we always see one side. Eclipses. SG-9: Phases of the Moon 7. Oct 13 Inferior & Superior Planets. Motions of the planets (retrograde, etc.). Models of solar system. Kepler’s laws.What defines the best model? SG-12: The Inferior Planets 8. Oct 20 Parallax as seen in the sky. Outdoors experiment (weather permitting): Measuring parallax. SG-13: The Superior Planets 9. Oct 27 Scale of the Solar System. How to determine it. Study for Sky Quiz. 10. Nov 3 SKY QUIZ SG-14: Observing the Planets 11, Nov 10 Properties of light. Spectroscopy of arc lamps (hands-on lab exercise in PL lobby). Prepare for computer microlab following week, using material from course website. 12. Nov 17 Spectra of stars (in computer Microlab). GO TO 217 BESSEY HALL. Prepare for computer microlab following week, using material from course website. Due Dec 1. 13. Nov 24 THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY 14. Dec 1 HR Diagram. Distance to the Pleiades. The scale of the galaxy. (in computer Microlab). GO TO 217 BESSEY HALL. Prepare for computer microlab following week, using material from course website. 15. Dec 8 Measuring the Age of the Universe (in computer Microlab). GO TO 217 BESSEY HALL. ---- NO FINAL EXAM **** means use modified instructions, on Angel answer sheet, for how to start this SG activity.
