Tentative Schedule for Earth Science 106, Spring 2008
Week of:
Monday
Wednesday
Friday
Lab 

January 7

Intro/Chapter 1

The Birth of Astronomy

Chapter 1/Chapter 2

Orbits and Gravity

Chapter 2

Orbits and gravity

Lab Intro

Celestial Sphere

January 14

Chapter 3

Earth, Moon, and Sky

Chapter 3

Earth, Moon, and Sky

Chapter 4

Radiation and Spectra


Tools to Learn the Sky
January 21

MSUM Planetarium

Chapter 4

Radiation and Spectra

Chapter 4

Radiation and Spectra

Kepler's Law 
January 28

Chapter 5

Astronomical Instruments

Chapter 6

The Sun (Outside)

Exam 1

Chapters 1-5

Spectroscopy
February 4

Chapter 6

The Sun (Outside)

Chapter 7

The Sun (Inside)

Chapter 7

The Sun (Inside)

Lenses and Telescopes
February 11

Chapter 8

Stellar Classification

Chapter 8

Stellar Classification

Chapter 9

The Stars

Stellar Classification I
February 18

Chapter 9

The Stars

Chapter 10

Celestial Distances

Chapter 10/Chapter 11

Between the Stars

 
February 25
Spring Break Spring Break Spring Break   No Lab
March 3

Chapter 11

Between the Stars

Exam 2

Chapters 6-11

Chapter 12, Star Birth (Nobel Conference?)

Photometry of the 
Pleiades I
March 10

Chapter 12

Star Birth

Chapter 13

Midlife and Death

Chapter 13

Midlife and Death

Photometry of the 
Pleiades II 
March 17

Chapter 14

Star Death

Chapter 14

Star Death

 Easter

No Lab
March 24

 Easter

 Chapter 14

Star Death

Chapter 15

GR and Black Holes

Diameter of Pluto
March 31

Chapter 15

GR and Black Holes

Chapter 16

Via Lactea

Chapter 17

Galaxies

No Lab
April 7

Chapter 17

Galaxies

 Exam 3 
Chapters 12-16

 Chapter 18

Quasars

Absolute Magnitude
 of a Quasar
April 14

Chapter 18

Quasars and Active Galaxies

 Chapter 19

The Universe

Chapter 19

The Universe

Hubble's Law
April 21

Chapter 20

The Beginning

Chapter 20

The Big Bang

Chapter 21

E.T.?

April 28
Review for Final  Final Exam
Thursday, May 1
2:00-4:00 pm