| ASTR 330h | Spring 2012 |
|---|
| Date | Topics | Reading | Assignment Due |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17 | No class | Syllabus | |
| Jan 19 | Poor Pluto & Size Scales | p.1-4 | |
| Jan 24 | Expanding Universe | p.5-14 | |
| Jan 26 | The Origin of Elements | p.15-22 | HW 1 |
| Jan 31 | Star Formation | p.23-29 | |
| Feb 2 | Why does the Sun shine? | p.30-31 | Presentation Synopsis |
| Feb 7 | Making C, O, and N | p.32-35 | |
| Feb 9 | Star Formation | p.36-38 | HW 2 |
| Feb 14 | Exoplanets | Seth Orr | |
| Feb 16 | Killer Supernova | HW 3 Paritosh Gangaramani | |
| Feb 21 | Moon Origins | Braden Anderson Jennifer Bora | |
| Feb 23 | The Earth | HW 4 Eric Gobst Suharsh Sivakumar | |
| Feb 28 | Earth for Life | p.39-40 | |
| Mar 1 | Life in the Solar System | p.41-45 | Exam Delivery HW5 Se-Joon Chung Nicholas Langhammer |
| Mar 6 | Life in the Solar System | ||
| Mar 8 | No class | Midterm Due Anna Dorn Praneet Sahgal | |
| Mar 13 | Life on Earth | Mary Heaton Alison Melko | |
| Mar 15 | Origins of Life | p.46-61 | HW 6 Jeremy Morton |
| Mar 20 | Biological Evolution | ||
| Mar 22 | Spring Break | ||
| Mar 27 | Spring Break | p.62-66 | Matthew Tenpas Kira Bonk |
| Mar 29 | Origin of Intelligence | p.67-74 | HW 7 Neel Lawande |
| Apr 3 | Cultural Evolution | p.75-91 | Ryan Ruddell |
| Apr 5 | Evolution of World View | p.92-103 | HW 8 |
| Apr 10 | Lifetime | p.104-105 | Clara Mount |
| Apr 12 | Communication | p.106-119 | HW 9 Ryanne Ardisana |
| Apr 17 | Future of Civilization | Rough Drafts Due Matthew Zettinger | |
| Apr 19 | Rockets | HW 10 Adam Flanders Stefanie Pansch | |
| Apr 24 | Space Travel | ||
| Apr 26 | Visitations | HW 11 | |
| May 1 | Contact | Final Paper Due |