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Handouts/Guides | |||
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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) | ||
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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) | ||
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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) | ||
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Instructions | Marking Rubric | Referencing example |
STUDENT PRESENTATIONS | ||
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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 | |
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