Dr. Gary Mechler Note quick announcements at the bottom of this Homepage The most recent announcement was made Feb 15

Astronomy is one of the most sublime fields of human investigation. The mind that grasps its facts and principles receives something of the enlargement and grandeur belonging to the science itself.

Horace Mann (1796-1859)

 

Homework, Lab, Test Dates AST 101IN AST 102IN AST 105IN

Announcements

AST 101 Course Documents AST 102 Course Documents AST 105 Course Documents

 

Lecture Series: 

St. Albert Forum, Science & Theology This series is good for all three Astronomy courses	Lunar & Planetary Laboratory This series is aimed at AST 101, Solar System	Steward Observatory This series is aimed at AST 102, Stars, Galaxies, Universe
Office Hours, Spring '12: Mon/Wed @ 12:30p-1:30p Tues/Thur @ 11:30a-12:00p and 3:00p-3:30p Fri @ 12:30-1:30 by email Map to Office at WC Click here to email me. Office phone: (206-6831)	Want to consider doing an optional BOOK REPORT? Click on the appropriate link: AST 101XAST 102XAST 105	MAP–Going to the University for a talk at auditorium N210 of the Steward Observatory?  Click here to go to the University of Arizona map.

 

Double click on this "Cosmic Perspective" graphic for a small table of

interesting science and astronomy related links:

To view the 5 minute video shown in class offering perspectives on Critical Thinking, right click your mouse on this picture of Rodin's "The Thinker" to get the options menu, and select "Save Target As..." to download to your computer, then open its folder and double click the file to call up RealMedia Player to run the video.

February 15

All Courses: A reminder to everyone when handing in homework assignments, to make sure you're giving me the 3 basic items. See the Announcements Page for these three things. From now on I will jog you with a small half point off for each item missing. Please don't turn me into a Dolores Umbridge. For labs, I only need your names. And for Outside Activity credit I just need your name and class ID.

January 22

All Courses: I want you to know what I need to have from you when you hand in Homework Assignments. Go to the Announcements Page for the three things I require.

AST 101: Possible Outside Activity credit coming up Saturday, Jan 28. A talk is being given on some historical aspects of astronomy, like the development of the calendar. Sounds like an informative talk with some interest for you. Click here for details.

All Courses: When emailing me, please always indicate your course (e.g. AST 105) in the Subject Line or somewhere in the body of your email message. Thank you.

January 19

All Courses: link to math assessment test for astronomy classes at Pima and University follows immediately below...

https://ua.datstathost.com/OSS-Collector/Survey.ashx?Name=QL_Spring2012_pre

January 17, 2012

All Courses: Welcome to the science of astronomy! From my long experience with this subject, I know it has the potential to enrich your life. I'm glad you have chosen astronomy as one of the subjects to fulfill your science requirement.

This website has been a great addition to my teaching of AST 101IN, AST 102IN, and AST 105IN. It is here to provide you timely information and documents when I'm not around personally to help you.

Expect to return to this site often during the semester to keep up with announcements, to get test and assignment due dates, particularly after you've missed a class, and to download and printout various documents you'll be needing.