Astronomy 212H: The Solar System
(Honors)
Instructor: Prof.
Andy Layden
Email: laydena(at)bgsu(dot)edu
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Office: 112 Overman Hall,
372-8653
Office Hours: MWF 12:30-1:20pm, TR 2-3pm, or by appointment.
Text: Pathways to Astronomy, Schneider & Arny, 2009 (2nd Edition).
Class Schedule:
MWF 11:30am-12:20 pm in 184 Overman
Hall
Basic Class Stuff:
- • Syllabus including stargaze instructions (PDF format)
- • Local Weather (click on Wood County) for deciding on visiting Stargaze.
- • Check your grades
at myBGSU.
- Extra
Credit -- Simple ones at the
Stargaze and more complex ones to do at home.
- Worksheets
and Math
Reminder for help and practice on
math problems.
- • Answers to first the Reading/Study Questions (to demonstrate good depth and form).
- • Extra Material from Lectures -- so you can review what we saw.
- • Answers to Activities; Answers to Simulation Labs will appear at myBGSU as they are completed.
- • Study hints for Final Exam New!
-
Planet Mission Project -- general information and
possible sources.
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Note:
always bring to class your calculator, notebook, pen/pencil and if possible, your textbook.
- Calculators must do square roots and
scientific (exponential) notation; the Texas Instruments TI-30Xa
or Sharp EL-506VB are good examples.
Other Interesting Stuff:
Critical Thinking Links:
Updated Fall 2010 by Andy
Layden