EARTH 101H HONORS (Lecture Wed 8:15 - 9:20 am)

DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

1/27 Wed
  • Welcome to Astronomy!
  • Go over syllabus and class expectations.  Class website. www.fieldstudy.com.
  • Class demo on accessing your Pipeline account.
  • Introduction to Poster Project.
  • Possible topics for your Poster Project.
  • Remember, attendance is very important.  I look forward to seeing you all each week.
  • Discussion of Calendars (the year, the month, the day, days of the week, etc).
2/3 Wed
  • Introduction to Poster Project.
  • Possible topics for your Poster Project.
  • Remember, attendance is very important.  I look forward to seeing you all each week.
  • Discussion of historical characters - specifically Eratosthenes and how he measured the size of Earth.
2/10 Wed
  • Outline of Poster Project Pater due next week.  Short outline (subject to revision).  To be posted on Pipeline Message Board as per class instructions.
  • Remember, attendance is very important.  I look forward to seeing you all each week.
  • Discussion on "Size and Scale", specifically large (oh so very large) numbers like googols and googolplexes.
2/17 Wed
  • Outline of Poster Project Pater due next week.  Short outline (subject to revision).  To be posted on Pipeline Message Board as per class instructions.
  • Remember, attendance is very important.  I look forward to seeing you all each week.
  • Discussion of historical characters - specifically Newtons Law of Gravity and Orbital Mechanics.
2/24 Wed
  • Outline of Poster Project Paper due today.  Short outline (subject to revision).  To be posted on Pipeline Message Board as per class instructions (one page long - or about 500 words).
  • You are to review the short draft of three others in the class and provide feedback.  (1) Say what you "like" about their draft, (2) Indicate some other things you would like to learn about the topic, (3) Give some suggestions on what you could add or change in the paper.
  • Continued our discussion of gravity, orbits, etc.
  • Remember, attendance is very important.  I look forward to seeing you all each week.
  • NEW OUTSIDE ACTIVITY:
    Our SBCC Astronomy Club is co-sponsoring 'Changing the World through Science and Entrepreneurship' with Wayne Rosing, founder of the Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network (http://lcogt.net/). *Friday, Feb. 26, at 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM in the BC Forum.* Wayne's team invented JAVA at Sun Microsystems and he later was in charge of Google Engineering. Now he wants to connect telescopes for anyone's use in the world - an exciting concept!! * There are limited tickets available. Get one from me after class (if you get a ticket and don't show - you lose points).
  • SBCC Astronomy Club Meeting:
    Our first meeting (of two) for the semester will be Saturday, Feb. 27 at Noon in EBS 102. Our first get together for the semester will be to renew officers and plan the remainder of the semester. ALL welcome.
3/3 Wed
  • Your reviews and feedback of the posted drafts of three others in the class are due today.  If not done, finish this by today.  (1) Say what you "like" about their draft, (2) Indicate some other things you would like to learn about the topic, (3) Give some suggestions on what you could add or change in the paper.  Be sure to distribute your reviews evenly (or they will not be counted).
  • Will finalize our discussion of gravity by considering "black holes".  Will follow up on Wayne Rosing 's talk on the LCGT network.
  • Remember, attendance is very important.  I look forward to seeing you all each week.
  • Join our school club (fun people, events, activities, discounts) - Search on Facebook for "SBCC Astronomy Club"