Astronomy 103   Spring 2009  Tentative Lab Schedule  Updated 1/19/2000


Note: Some labs will be held outdoors. Thus, the lab schedule may be adjusted due to sky and weather conditions.

Week

Dates

Class Topic

 Lab Activity

1

Jan. 26 - Jan. 30

Overview of Solar System

 Angular Size; Using the Cross Staff and Quadrant

2

Feb. 2 - Feb. 6

Kepler's and Newton's Laws

 Rising  and Setting of Planets

3

Feb. 9  - Feb. 13

Gravity, Earth

 Group A: Impact Cratering

Group B: Crater diameter vs. energy of impact

4

Feb. 16 - Feb. 20

 Impact craters; Dating Planetary Surfaces;

Group A: Crater diameter vs. energy of impact

Group B: Impact Cratering

5

Feb. 23 - Feb. 27; Exam 1 on Monday

Venus

 Crater Counting and Age of Lunar Surfaces

6

March 2 - March 6

Asteroid and Comets

 Stars Charts: The equatorial chart and planisphere

7

March 9- March 13

The Moon

 Solar Noon and  Measuring the Diameter of the Sun

8

March 16- March 20; Exam 2 on Friday

Moon

  Heliocentric Planet Positions and Planetary Configurations

 

March 23 - March 27

Spring Break

 Spring break

9

March 30 - April 3;

Mars

 Ping Pong Altimetry

10

April 6- April 10   

Mars

 Spectroscopy

11

April 13 - April 17;    

Jovian Planets and Moons; Formation of the Solar System

 Daily Path of the Sun

12

April 20 - April 24; Exam 3 on Wednesday

Formation of the Solar System; Extra Solar Planets

 Solar Noon (second observations)  and Solar Power

13

April 27 - May 1

Extra Solar Planets;  Systems of Time; The Sun

 Amount of sunlight and the seasons
14 May 4 - May 8 The Sun, Earth/Sun relations lab exam