WEEK 

  CHAPTERS  

 TOPICS  

August 24

Chapters 1 and 2

The Night Sky

August 31

Chapter 3 and Part of 4

Motions in the Sky and 
History of Astronomy

September 7

The rest of Chapter 4 and Chapter 5

Kepler, Newton and 
Astronomical Tools

September 14

Chapter 6

Atoms and Starlight

September 21

Chapter 7 and Part of 8

The Sun and Properties of Stars

September 28

The Rest of Chapter  8 and Chapter 9

Properties of Stars and 
Formation and Structure of Stars

October 5

Chapter 10

The deaths of Stars

October 12

Chapter 11

Neutron Stars and Black Holes

October 19

Review + Mid-Term Exam

 Chapters 1-11

October 26 

Chapter 12 and  Part of Chapter 13

The Milky Way Galaxy and 
Other Galaxies

November 2

The Rest of Chapter 13 and Chapter 14

Galaxies and 
Galaxies with Active Nuclei

November 9

Chapter 15

Cosmology

November 16

Chapter 16

The Origin of our Solar System

November 23

Chapters 17 and 18

The Planets of our Solar System

November 30

Chapters 19 and 20 + Review

Meteorites, Asteroids and Comets. Life.

  

Video demonstrations

Precessing Top

Jupiter's Differential Rotation

Inflating Balloon (a model for the expanding Universe)


 What's New on the Sky
 
 

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