Schedule for ASTR 204: Fall Semester 2008
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Week 1: Some Great Debates |
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| Aug 26: First Day of Class -- Lecture 1: What are Gamma Ray Bursts? | |
| Aug 28: Lecture 2: Shapley vs. Curtis and the Scale of the Universe | |
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Week 2: How Did the Dinos Die? |
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| Sept 2: Lecture 3: overview of the problem/fossil and geographic evidence | |
| Sept 4: debate group assignments/presentations | |
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Week 3: How Did the Dinos Die? |
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| Sept 9: Lecture 4: impact theory | |
| Sept 11: Lecture 5: impact theory/presentations | |
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Week 4: How Did the Dinos Die?/What is Dark Matter? |
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| Sept 16: Lecture 6: volcano-greenhouse theory | |
| Sept 18: Lecture 7: overview of the problem/evidence for dark matter
..............HOMEWORK 1 DUE!!! | |
| Sept 19: WebReg DROP DEADLINE | |
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Week 5: What is Dark Matter? |
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| Sept 23: Lecture 8: implications of dark matter for the end of the Universe | |
| Sept 25: DEBATE 1: HOW DID THE DINOS DIE? | |
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Week 6: What is Dark Matter? |
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| Sept 30: Lecture 9: missing mass/components of dark matter | |
| ..............PROJECT ABSTRACTS DUE!!! | |
| Oct 2: presentations | |
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Week 7: What is Dark Matter? |
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| Oct 7: Lecture 10: evidence for non-baryonic dark matter | |
| Oct 9: Lecture 11: current searches for neutrinos/presentations
..........HOMEWORK 2 DUE!!! |
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Week 8: What is Dark Matter? |
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| Oct 14: Lecture 12: evidence for baryonic dark matter | |
| Oct 16: DEBATE 2: WHAT IS DARK MATTER? | |
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Week 9: Midterm Week |
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| Oct 21: midterm review | |
| Oct 23: MIDTERM EXAM | |
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Week 10: Where Did the Moon Come From? |
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| Oct 28: discussion of midterm exam/Lecture 13: overview of the problem/the early solar system | |
| Oct 30: Lecture 15: the early solar system/theories of the Moon's origin/presentations | |
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Week 11: Where Did the Moon Come From? |
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| Nov 4: Lecture 16: giant impact theory of Moon's origin | |
| Nov 6: Lecture 17:
giant impact theory of Moon's origin/presentations
............HOMEWORK 3 DUE!!! |
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Week 12: Where Did the Moon Come From?/Is There Other Intelligent Life in the Universe? |
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| Nov 11: Lecture 18: overview of the problem/life on Mars? | |
| Nov 13: DEBATE 3: WHERE DID THE MOON COME FROM? | |
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Week 13: Is There Other Intelligent Life in the Universe? |
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| Nov 18: Lecture 19: how do we find other intelligent life?/presentations | |
| Nov 20: Lecture 20: the Drake Equation/dead and habitable zones
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Week 14: Is There Other Intelligent Life in the Universe? |
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| Nov 25: Lecture 21: animal life, plate tectonics, and the Moon | |
| ..............COURSE PROJECTS DUE!!! | |
| Nov 27: THANKSGIVING VACATION |
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Week 15: Is There Other Intelligent Life in the Universe? |
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| Dec 2: Lecture 22: assessing the odds/presentations of class projects | |
| Dec 4: DEBATE 4: IS THERE OTHER INTELLIGENT LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE? |
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Week 16: Final Review | |
| Dec 9: final review
...........HOMEWORK 5 DUE!!! |
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Dec 16: FINAL EXAM 2-4 PM |