| ASTR 330h | Spring 2011 |
|---|
| Date | Topics | Reading | Assignment Due |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 18 | Introductions | Syllabus | |
| Jan 20 | Poor Pluto & Size Scales | p.1-4 | |
| Jan 25 | Expanding Universe | p.5-14 | |
| Jan 27 | The Origin of Elements | p.15-22 | HW 1 |
| Feb 1 | End of the Universe | p.23-29 | |
| Feb 3 | Why does the Sun shine? | p.30-31 | Presentation Synopsis |
| Feb 8 | Making C, O, and N | p.32-35 | |
| Feb 10 | Star Formation | p.36-38 | HW 2 |
| Feb 15 | Exoplanets | Paige Malec | |
| Feb 17 | Killer Supernova | HW 3 Ilana Strauss | |
| Feb 22 | Moon Origins | Scott Huber Thomas Hymel | |
| Feb 24 | Earth for Life | HW 4 Dave Dreiser Feifei Lian | |
| Mar 1 | Life in the Solar System | p.39-40 | |
| Mar 3 | Life in the Solar System | p.41-45 | Exam Delivery HW5 Maura Walsh Carolyn Buesing |
| Mar 8 | Life on Earth | Alesia Prakapenka Anthony Salis | |
| Mar 10 | Origins of Life | Midterm Due Sonja Bromann Michelle Boehm | |
| Mar 15 | Life in the Solar System | Katherine Woodruff | |
| Mar 17 | Biological Evolution | p.46-61 | HW 6 Daniel Cohen |
| Mar 22 | Spring Break | ||
| Mar 24 | Spring Break | ||
| Mar 29 | Origin of Intelligence | p.62-66 | Michael Hutchinson |
| Mar 31 | Cultural Evolution | p.67-74 | HW 7 Lauren Yang |
| Apr 5 | Evolution of World View | p.75-91 | Kevin Homann |
| Apr 7 | Lifetime | p.92-103 | HW 8 Margaret Sharp |
| Apr 12 | Communication | p.104-105 | Alexander Bara |
| Apr 14 | Future of Civilization | p.106-119 | HW 9 Rough Drafts Due Mark Rivera |
| Apr 19 | Rockets | Timothy Garbaciak | |
| Apr 21 | Space Travel | HW 10 | |
| Apr 26 | Visitations | ||
| Apr 28 | Visitation | HW 11 | |
| May 3 | Contact | Final Paper Due |