{"id":283,"date":"2016-05-31T20:52:47","date_gmt":"2016-05-31T20:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/arkosg\/?page_id=283"},"modified":"2026-04-14T00:12:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T00:12:27","slug":"a312-notes-presentations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/arkosg\/?page_id=283","title":{"rendered":"ASTR 312 Class Materials"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

** To meet ONLINE with Dr. Arkos go to the VIULearn<\/a> course homepage **<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Handouts\/Guides<\/strong><\/th><\/th><\/th><\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Course Outline<\/a><\/strong><\/td>Lecture schedule<\/a><\/strong><\/td>Clicker solutions<\/a><\/strong><\/td>OpenStax eTextbook<\/strong><\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Skycharts<\/a><\/strong><\/td>Galileo’s Battle for the Heavens Guide<\/a><\/strong><\/td>In the Shadow of the Moon Guide<\/a><\/strong><\/td> Study
Guide<\/a><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
CLASS NOTES (PDF)<\/strong><\/th><\/th><\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
01. Intro<\/a><\/td>02. Sky & Astrology<\/a><\/td>03. Early Astronomy<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
04. The Greeks<\/a><\/td>05. Copernicus, Brahe, Kepler<\/a><\/td>06. Bruno, Galileo, Newton<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
07. Modern Age<\/a><\/td>08. Technology<\/a><\/td>09. Space Age<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
SUPPLEMENTAL VIDEOs (VIUTUBE)<\/strong><\/th><\/th><\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
01. What is science?<\/a><\/td>02a. Constellations<\/a><\/td>02b. Astrology<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
03. Interpretation<\/a><\/td>04a. Aristarchus & parallax<\/a><\/td>04b. Geocentric model<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
05a. Retrograde explained<\/a><\/td>05b. Kepler’s Laws<\/a><\/td>06a. Colour vision<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
06b. Dave Scott (Apollo 15)<\/a><\/td>06c. Galileo’s evidence<\/a><\/td>07a. Venus Transit 1<\/a> & 2<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
07b. Inertia & motion<\/a><\/td>07c. Globular cluster locations<\/a><\/td>07d. Inverse square law<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
08. Adaptive optics<\/a><\/td>09. Saturn V & Apollo 1<\/a>, 2<\/a><\/td> <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
PRESENTATION GUIDELINES (PDF)<\/strong><\/th><\/th><\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Instructions<\/a><\/strong><\/td>Marking Rubric<\/strong><\/a><\/td>Referencing example<\/strong><\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
STUDENT PRESENTATIONS<\/strong><\/th><\/th><\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
 <\/td>Topic<\/td>File (if available)<\/td><\/tr>
1<\/td>–<\/td>PDF<\/td><\/tr>
2<\/td>–<\/td>PDF<\/td><\/tr>
3<\/td>–<\/td>PDF<\/td><\/tr>
4<\/td>–<\/td>PDF<\/td><\/tr>
5<\/td>–<\/td>PDF<\/td><\/tr>
6<\/td>–<\/td>PDF<\/td><\/tr>
7<\/td>–<\/td>PDF<\/td><\/tr>
8<\/td>–<\/td>PDF<\/td><\/tr>
9<\/td>–<\/td>PDF<\/td><\/tr>
10<\/td>–<\/td>PDF<\/td><\/tr>
11<\/td>–<\/td>PDF<\/td><\/tr>
12<\/td>–<\/td>PDF<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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