Copies of Homework and Lab assignments are distributed in class. Graded homework assignments will be handed back in class. For Practice Quiz assignments, you must click on "Current Assignment" in Mastering Astronomy and access the questions there, in order for your grade to be recorded.
If you miss class, you can download a copy of the labs or homeworks here.
Practice Quiz #1 for Chapter 1
Due Thursday, Jan. 19, 2006, before class.
Click
here for an alternate
assignment
If you handed in the quiz as a hard copy, PLEASE also try to log on to
the Mastering Astronomy web site again, and "sign up" for the class.
It is not possible to turn off the "penalize for wrong answer"
feature
for the multiple choice quizzes.
If you submit the quiz with the correct answers for all the
questions, we will give you full credit, no matter how many wrong
answers you
clicked on first.
Telescope
Observing Lab : due
Tuesday, May 2, in class.
Telescopes will be open beginning Jan. 23.
If you turn in your Lab on or
before April 25, I will grade and return it by April 27 and you may
resubmit it on May 2.
Sign up sheets will be posted in the Steward astronomy building across from Room 204.
Template Observation Page: PDF . (You need 5 copies of the observation page)
Homework #1:
Invent a
Constellation
-- Due Tuesday, Jan. 24 in
class
Starry
Night Lab : Due Tuesday,
Feb. 7, 2006, in class.
This lab teaches you how to use the virtual planetarium program Starry
Night Enthusiast, which is loaded onto all the computers in the
Information Commons.
Cheat sheet
(introduction) for the
Starry Night software.
Practice Quiz #2 for
Chapter 2 and S1
Due Tuesday Jan. 31, 2006, by the beginning of class.
You must "join" the class on the Mastering Astronomy Web Site.
If you are still unable to do this,
email Prof. Bechtold the following: your name, your
Mastering Astronomy User Name, and
Mastering Astronomy Password.
We'll ask the webmaster to list you in the class.