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| Tuesday |
"There are painters who transform the sun to a yellow spot, but there are others who with the help of their art and their intelligence, transform a yellow spot into the sun."
--Pablo Picasso, cited in The Norseman: An Independent Literary and Political Review,
Volumes 3-4, Lindsay Drummond (1945), p. 427.
Quiz 5 question packet (*.pdf)
Quiz 3: 11:00-11:20 AM [00:25]
**PLEASE SIT IN EVERY OTHER SEAT**
**CLEAR OFF YOUR DESK AREA**
**NO PHONES/LAPTOPS/TABLETS ALLOWED**
USE YOUR OWN UNIQUE 4-DIGIT P.I.N.
WRITE NAME AND P.I.N. ALONG EDGE OF QUIZ
CIRCLE ALL ANSWERS DIRECTLY ON QUIZ
FINISHED EARLY? TURN IN QUIZ, BE CONSIDERATE AND QUIET
(WELCOME TO WAIT OUTSIDE IF YOU WANT TO TALK)
Chs. 5-2a, 5-4: Light, Matter, and Motion [00:10]
Quantum Leaps (*.blog)
In-class activity 13 (*.pdf) [00:15]
Find and sit in your assigned groups
Cooperate and collaborate within your group
Share answers within and between groups
Turn in group worksheet at front
Chs. 5-3, 5-5c, 5-5d, 5-6a, 5-6b: The Sun's Sfc./Atmos./Mag. Activity
Photosphere (*.blog) [00:25]
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| Thursday |
"It is better to ask some of the questions than to know all of the answers."
--James Thurber, "Fables For Our Time III (The Scotty Who Knew Too Much),"
The New Yorker (February 18, 1939).
Midterm 1 preview/review session [00:30]
Grading rubric for short-answer questions (*.txt)
Short-answer question examples
Viewing circumpolar constellation configuration (*.blog)
Winter coming when Orion rises in evening? (*.blog)
Summer coming when Scorpius rises in morning? (*.blog)
Crescent moon setting just before dawn? (*.blog)
"Dark" run illuminated by waning gibbous moon? (*.blog)
Moon rising at later time a few days later (*.blog)
Evening star Jupiter after retrograde ends? (*.blog)
Mars and Mercury both low in the west at sunrise? (*.blog)
"Evening stars" visible as "morning stars?" (*.blog)
Midterm 1 announcements
Thursday, 3/12, 11:00 AM-12:20 PM
Closed-book, closed-notes
**Chapters 1-4 only**
Ten multiple-choice questions = 40 points
Quiz 1: three questions
Quiz 2: four questions
Quiz 3: three questions
Three short-answer questions = 60 points
Partial credit given for relevant discussion
Starwheels/positions/motions (In-class activity 2)
Moon phases/times (In-class activity 4)
Planet-hunting (In-class activity 6)
No scantrons; circle/"x"/write answers directly on midterm
**BRING YOUR OWN STARWHEEL**
**E/M RADIATION SPECTRUM PROVIDED ON MIDTERM**
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| Homework |
Complete online reading assignment 7 (*.html) (Due 12:00 AM midnight before start of class next week) |
