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ASTRONOMY 103     Week 1 Spring  2002 Links Tutorials Syllabus Date Class Topic Readings/Assignments Monday,    Jan. 29  Celestial Coordinate Systems   Ch. 1.1 - 1.3, 1.5; *Nick Stobel's Astronomy without a telescope web page. This one is a great resource, complete with study questions! Wednesday,  Jan. 31 Overview of the solar system: slides, demos   The Solar System from "Views of the Solar System" web site Friday,    Feb. 2 Overview of the solar system: slides, demos Ch. 6 Due: Internet Assignment * marks optional (but useful!) readings   week 1 week2 week 3 week 4 week 5   week 6   week 7 week 8 week 9 week 10 week 11   week 12 week 13 week 14 Final weekly schedules will be posted by 5:00 p.m. on the previous Friday!   Full Schedule

Announcements:

1) The first day of class we will meet in room 229 Julian

2) On Wednesday I will hand out a short ungraded problem assignment, and I am trying to set up a session with a Q tutor for either Wednesday or Thursday evening to go over these problems. I'll talk about this in class on Wednesday.

3) Please note the "Study Questions" link on the left side bar. This will have questions for each week. 

Assignments:

1) Due Friday, Feb. 1 in class: Review of Planet Web Sites. Visit three of the internet sites listed under "Planets" on the class links page. Browse around and see what each site had to offer. Write a 1/2 to 1 page review of each site. What kinds of information does it have? What is the level of detail? What kind of images or graphics does it have? How might this site be useful in other assignments about the planets? Rate the site in terms of its overall usefulness. Consider: 1) the quality of the information an 2) the quantity of the information. Give each site a "star rating", with 5 stars begin the best. Remember to use these site in later assignments!