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01/25/00
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Introduction
& Sky Orientation
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Ch.
1.1,1.2,1.5»8,2.1»2.3
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01/27/00
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Seasons,
Motions of the Stars, Time
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Ch.
2.4»2.8
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02/01/00
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The Moon's Orbit, Eclipses
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Ch. 3
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02/03/00
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Wandering
Stars (Planets): Ptolemy & Copernicus
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Ch.
4.1»4.3
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02/08/00
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Kepler, Galileo
& Newtonian Physics
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Ch.
4.4»4.7
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HW #1 |
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02/10/00
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Tools of
Modern Astronomy (Light & Energy
Primer)
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Ch. 5.1»5.2,
5.6»5.9
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02/15/00
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Telescopes
& Instruments
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Ch. 6
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02/17/00
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Modern
Planetology |
Ch. 7.1»7.4
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02/22/00
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Formation of the Solar System
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Ch. 7.5»7.9
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Quiz #1, HW #2 |
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02/24/00
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Earth: Geology
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Ch. 8.1»8.3
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02/29/00
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Atmosphere,
Ecosystem, & Global Change
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Ch. 8.4»8.6
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03/02/00
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Our
Moon
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Ch.
9
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03/07/00
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Review
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Ch.
1.1»5.2, 5.6»9.6
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HW #3 |
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03/09/00
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Ch.
1.1»5.2, 5.6»9.6
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Spring Break
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03/21/00
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The Sun
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Ch. 18.1»18.6
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03/23/00
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Mercury
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Ch. 10
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03/28/00
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Venus |
Ch.
11 |
HW #4 |
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03/30/00
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Mars
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Ch.
12.1»12.4
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04/04/00
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Mars Landers
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Ch.
12.5»12.10
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04/06/00
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Asteroids
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Ch.
17.1»17.5
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04/11/00
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Jupiter
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Ch. 13
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HW #5, Quiz #2 |
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04/13/00
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Galilean
Satellites
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Ch. 14
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04/18/00
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Saturn's
Rings
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Ch. 15.1»15.4
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04/20/00
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Saturn and
its Moons
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Ch. 15.5»15.10
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04/25/00
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Uranus &
Neptune
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Ch. 16.1»16.5
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HW #6 |
| 04/27/00 |
Uranus &
Neptune Rings, Moons, Pluto/Charon
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Ch. 16.6»16.9
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05/02/00
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The Kuiper
Belt & Comets: Traces of the Past
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Ch. 16.10,
17.6»17.9
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05/04/00
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Ouch!
Planetary Collisions
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Ch. 17.4,
17.9, 13.4
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05/09/00
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Life in and
Beyond the Solar System
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Ch. 30, 14.6,
12.8,15.8 & 14.4(!)
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HW #7, Observing
Projects |
| 05/11/00 |
Review
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Ch. 1.1»5.2,
5.6»18.6, 30
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| 05/16/00 |
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Comprehensive |
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