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Physics 111 Fall 2012 Course Calendar | 
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Physics 111 Fall 2012 Course Calendar |
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| Week 1 | 20
Lecture: Course Policy & Overview Film: Cosmos; The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean | 21 | 22
Lecture: Some Important Concepts & Numbers Reading: Chap 1 MA Intro due by 2:15 pm | 23 | 24
Lecture: The Sky from Earth Reading: Chap 2 Week 2
| 27
| Lecture: The Motion of the Moon & Eclipses Reading: Chap 2 28
| 29
| Lecture: Was Ptolemy Pstupid? Reading: Chap 3 MA Chap 1 HW due by 2:15 pm 30
| 31
| Lecture: Kepler's Laws Reading: Chap 3 |
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |||||||||||||||||||
| Week 3 | 3
Labor Day No Class! 
| 4
Extra Credit Talk Hall Auditorium 7:00 - 8:30pm | 5
Lecture: Newton & Gravity Reading: Chap 4 MA Chap 2 HW due by 2:15 pm | 6 | 7
Film: Newton's Dark Secrets Week 4
| 10
| Lecture: Light and Matter Reading: Chap 5 11
| 12
| Lecture: Telescopes 1 - Light Buckets Reading: Chap 5 MA Chap 3 HW due by 2:15 pm 13
| 14
| Lecture: Telescopes 2 - Light Buckets Reading: Chap 5 Week 5
| 17
| Film: 400 Years of the Telescope MA Chap 4 HW due by 2:15 pm 18
| 19
| EXAM 1MA Chap 5 HW due by 2:15 pm 20
| 21
| Failure of Screen Week 6
| 24
| Lecture: The Solar System; An Overview Reading: Chap 6.1 25
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| Film: Nova: To the Moon, Part 1 27
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| Lecture: The Earth Reading: Chap 7 |
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| Week 7 | 1
Lecture: The Moon Reading: Chap 7 | 2 | 3
Film: Nova: To the Moon, Part 2 | 4
Extra Credit Talk 115 Shideler 7:00 - 8:30pm | 5
Lecture: Too Hot, Too Cold, . . . Just Right! (part 1) Reading: Chap 7 MA Chap 6a HW due by 2:15 pm Week 8
| 8
| Lecture: Too Hot, Too Cold, . . . Just Right! (part 2) Reading: Chap 7 9
| Extra Credit Movie: In the Shadow of the Moon 8:00 pm 46 Culler 10
| Lecture: The Jovian Planets Reading: Chap 8 11
| 12
| Fall Break No Class!
Week 9
| 15
| Film: Voyage to the Mystery Moon 16
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| Lecture: Solar System Junk Reading: Chap 9 MA Chap 7 HW due by 2:15 pm 18
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| Film: NOVA: The Doomsday Asteroid MA Chap 8 HW due by 2:15 pm Week 10
| 22
| Lecture: Planetary Formation & Extrasolar Planets Reading: Chap 6.2-5 23
| 24
| EXAM 2MA Chap 9 HW due by 2:15 pm MA Chap 6b HW due by 2:15 pm 25
| 26
| Lecture: The Sun: Surface & Structure Reading: Chap 10 Week 11
| 29
| Film: NOVA: Einstein Revealed Part 1 30
| 31
| Lecture: The Sun: What makes it Shine? Reading: Chap 10 |
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| Week 11 | 1
Extra Credit Movie: Deep Impact 8:00 pm 46 Culler | 2
Lecture Twinkle twinkle little star Reading: Chap 11 Week 12
| 5
| Lecture: Stellar Evolution 1: Birth and Middle Age Reading: Chap 12 MA Chap 10 HW due by 2:15 pm 6
| 7
| Lecture: Stellar Evolution 2: Death Reading: Chap 12 8
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| Film: NOVA: Einstein Revealed Part 2 MA Chap 11 HW due by 2:15 pm Week 13
| 12
| Lecture: Neutron Stars & Black Holes Reading: Chap 13 13
| 14
| Film: Black Holes MA Chap 12 HW due by 2:15 pm 15
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| EXAM 3MA Chap 13 HW due by 2:15 pm MA Extra Credit #1 due by 2:15 pm Week 14
| 19
| Lecture: The Milky Way Galaxy Reading: Chap 14 20
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| No Class!
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| No Class!
Week 15
| 26
| Lecture: Galaxies & Hubble's Law Reading: Chap 15 27
| Extra Credit Movie: Contact 8:00 pm ; 46 Culler 28
| Reading: Chap 16 Film: Most of our Universe is Missing 29
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| Lecture: Cosmology 1: Large Scale Reading: Chap 17 |
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |||||||
| Week 16 | 3
Film: S. Hawking's Universe, Cosmology | 4 | 5
Lecture: Cosmology 2: Particle Physics Connection Reading: Chap 17 MA Chap 14 & 15 HW due by 2:15 pm | 6 | 7
Lecture: Extraterrestrial Life and Intelligence Reading: Chap 18 All Extra Credit Due by 3:00 pm Finals | Week 10
| Comprehensive 12:30pm-2:30pm; 46 Culler
| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |