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ASTRONOMY 103: Moons and Planets     Week 7  Spring  2009 Lab Update Date Class Topic Readings/Assignments Monday,    March 9 Phases of the Moon Ch. 1.6 ATPI No. 9 (in lab folder): Read pages 1 and 2 and try to do question 1 parts a - i before class. Phases of the Moon Worksheet *See also these resources on Phases of the Moon    Wednesday,  March 11 Apollo Missions   Due: Apollo Missions  assignment *Fox TV and the Apollo Moon Hoax Friday,    March 13 Video:  To the Moon and Beyond Looking ahead...start reading chapter 8 about the moon for Monday. * 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   Full Schedule

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1) For Class  Wednesday: The Apollo missions. Research one of the Apollo missions according to the following table. Write a 1 -2  page (Single spaced) summary of the mission. Include whatever you find interesting. I encourage you to read about the mission, and report anything that strikes you as interesting, important, weird, etc. Be sure to include references.  This is a graded assignment (worth 20% of your "assignments" grade), Due in class on Wednesday March 11.   In class I will ask each person to briefly report on something they found of interest in their mission. If you find a really cool image you would like to show the class, just put it in your folder on the I-drive. Good sources to start with include:

The Apollo Lunar Surface Journal

The Apollo Program from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Apollo Expeditions to the Moon

The Apollo Program from the National Air and Space Museum