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| Handouts/Guides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Outline | Lecture schedule | Clicker solutions | OpenStax eTextbook |
| Skycharts | Galileo’s Battle for the Heavens Guide | In the Shadow of the Moon Guide | Study Guide |
| CLASS NOTES (PDF) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 01. Intro | 02. Sky & Astrology | 03. Early Astronomy |
| 04. The Greeks | 05. Copernicus, Brahe, Kepler | 06. Bruno, Galileo, Newton |
| 07. Modern Age | 08. Technology | 09. Space Age |
| SUPPLEMENTAL VIDEOs (VIUTUBE) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 01. What is science? | 02a. Constellations | 02b. Astrology |
| 03. Interpretation | 04a. Aristarchus & parallax | 04b. Geocentric model |
| 05a. Retrograde explained | 05b. Kepler’s Laws | 06a. Colour vision |
| 06b. Dave Scott (Apollo 15) | 06c. Galileo’s evidence | 07a. Venus Transit 1 & 2 |
| 07b. Inertia & motion | 07c. Globular cluster locations | 07d. Inverse square law |
| 08. Adaptive optics | 09. Saturn V & Apollo 1, 2 |
| PRESENTATION GUIDELINES (PDF) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Instructions | Marking Rubric | Referencing example |
| STUDENT PRESENTATIONS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Topic | File (if available) | |
| 1 | Celestial Navigation | video |
| 2 | The Moon | |
| 3 | Spectroscopic Evidence for Life | |
| 4 | The Aurorae | |
| 5 | Hipparchus | |
| 6 | Space Age Developments | |
| 7 | Ancient Egyptian Astronomy/Astrology | |
| 8 | Ancient Observatories | |
| 9 | Evolution of the idea of Life Beyond Earth | |
| 10 | Astrology in Medieval Europe | |
| 11 | Time Travellers Trivia | |
| 12 | – | – |