Pima College-West-Mechler AST 102 Homework & Test Dates

AST 102IN

Homework and Laboratory Due Dates and Test Dates

Homework or Test #

Points

Dates

Foundational Assignment

35
Thur, Jan 26

Assignment 1

28
Thur, Feb 02

Assignment 2

12
Thur, Feb 09

Assignment 3

19
Thur, Feb 16

Test 1

100%
Tues, Feb 28

Assignment 3N

X

Assignment 4

22

Test 2

100%

Assignment 5

20

Assignment 6

24

Assignment 6N (problems only may be handed in for extra credit-in class or shortly after)

~7 Xtra Credit

Test 3

100%

Assignment 7

11

Assignment 8

12

Assignment 8N

X

Test 4 Last class day. The end of class time on this day is the deadline for Assignment 9 and Outside Activity credit. Deadline means there is no later...

100%

Assignment 9

7

Lab Title

Points

Due Dates

LSW #21, Mathematics for Introductory Astronomy (Note written instructions you can download by clicking here.)

40
Thur, Feb 02

LSW #29, Magnitudes and the Brightnesses of Stars (Note written instructions you can download by clicking here.)

28
Thur, Feb 09

Planck's Law and Luminosity Equation Problems

15

LSW #27, Stellar Parallax (Do all, except question 4.)

25

Distance Modulus (Click here for worksheet.)

25

LSW #31, H-R Diagram, Unit I., (Do all, except 2d, 6, 7g)

22

LSW #28: Motions of Stars (Do all except 1, 5, 7a,b, 10, 11d)
Hint for Question 11 on the last page: Note that the lengths of the arrows represent the stars' speeds and that the stars orbiting closer to the galaxy's nucleus orbit faster.

28

LSW #31, H-R Diagram, Unit II., (Do all, except, 3, 4e, 6b, c)

20

LSW #34, Galaxies, (Do all, except 11c-g. Hints: For your answer to 1d, there should be two parts to it. The answer to 5d will help you answer 9d. Don't neglect to do 11h.)

24

LSW #35, Cosmology, (Do all, except Questions 2, 4c, 6e,g, 7f,i, 8, 9)

26

Einstein's Great Ideas - his one-man development of Modern Physics - OPTIONAL, for Lab Extra Credit. This is an eye-opener on the historic development of physics after Newton and on into the 20th Century ?

Homework or Test #	Points	Dates
Foundational Assignment	35	Thur, Jan 26
Assignment 1	28	Thur, Feb 02
Assignment 2	12	Thur, Feb 09
Assignment 3	19	Thur, Feb 16
Test 1	100%	Tues, Feb 28
Assignment 3N	X
Assignment 4	22
Test 2	100%
Assignment 5	20
Assignment 6	24
Assignment 6N (problems only may be handed in for extra credit-in class or shortly after)	~7 Xtra Credit
Test 3	100%
Assignment 7	11
Assignment 8	12
Assignment 8N	X
Test 4 Last class day. The end of class time on this day is the deadline for Assignment 9 and Outside Activity credit. Deadline means there is no later...	100%
Assignment 9	7

Lab Title	Points	Due Dates
LSW #21, Mathematics for Introductory Astronomy (Note written instructions you can download by clicking here.)	40	Thur, Feb 02
LSW #29, Magnitudes and the Brightnesses of Stars (Note written instructions you can download by clicking here.)	28	Thur, Feb 09
Planck's Law and Luminosity Equation Problems	15
LSW #27, Stellar Parallax (Do all, except question 4.)	25
Distance Modulus (Click here for worksheet.)	25
LSW #31, H-R Diagram, Unit I., (Do all, except 2d, 6, 7g)	22
LSW #28: Motions of Stars (Do all except 1, 5, 7a,b, 10, 11d) Hint for Question 11 on the last page: Note that the lengths of the arrows represent the stars' speeds and that the stars orbiting closer to the galaxy's nucleus orbit faster.	28
LSW #31, H-R Diagram, Unit II., (Do all, except, 3, 4e, 6b, c)	20
LSW #34, Galaxies, (Do all, except 11c-g. Hints: For your answer to 1d, there should be two parts to it. The answer to 5d will help you answer 9d. Don't neglect to do 11h.)	24
LSW #35, Cosmology, (Do all, except Questions 2, 4c, 6e,g, 7f,i, 8, 9)	26
Einstein's Great Ideas - his one-man development of Modern Physics - OPTIONAL, for Lab Extra Credit. This is an eye-opener on the historic development of physics after Newton and on into the 20th Century	?