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Schedule of Topics & Readings (Updated 5/1/09)

*Numerical answers are in the back of the book, to check your work.
DATE
 		TOPIC
 		READING
 		RECOMMENDED RESOURCES
 		PRACTICE PROBLEMS*
Jan 20
 		Introduction
 		ch. 1
 		Anim. 1.2, 1CC
 		#27, 31, 32, 36
Jan 22 & 27
 		Viewing the Sky
 		ch. 2
 		Anim. 2.3, 2.5, 2.6
 		#4, 16, 17, 30
Jan 29 & Feb 3 Lunar Phases & Eclipses
 		ch. 3
 		Anim. 3.1, 3.3
 		#2, 4, 12, 43
Feb 3 & 10 Planetary Orbits & Gravity
 		ch. 4
 		Anim. 4.4 thru 4.8
 		#39, 42, 43, 47
Feb 12 & 17
 		Properties of Light
 		ch. 5
 		Anim. 5.2, 5.3
 		#8, 14, 15, 31, 40
Feb 19 & 24
 		Telescopes & Techniques
 		ch. 6
 		 
 		#20, 24, 28, 32
Mar 3 & 5
 		Overview of the Solar System
 		ch. 7
 		Anim. 7CC
 		#4, 8, 10, 11
Mar 5
 		Asteroids, Comets, & the Kuiper Belt
 		ch. 15
 		 
 		#4, 13, 22
Mar 10 & 12
 		Solar System Formation; Exoplanets
 		ch. 8
 		Anim. 8.4, 8.5, 8.7, 8CC
 		#10, 17, 22, 25
Mar 12
 		Solar System Sampler
 		ch. 9-1 thru 4;
ch. 10-1 & 5;
ch. 12-1, 2, & 9;
 		 
 		ch. 9-#2, 9;
ch. 12-#20
Mar 24
 		The Sun
 		ch. 16
 		Anim. 16CC
 		#2, 6, 12, 14
Mar 26-Apr 2
 		Properties of Stars
 		ch. 17
 		Anim. 17.1, 17.4
 		#9, 10, 16, 17, 18
Apr 9
 		Stellar Aging
 		ch. 19
 		Anim. 19.1, 19CC
 		#8, 13, 16, 25
Apr 14
 		Stellar Death
 		ch. 20
 		Anim. 20.1, 20.6A, 20CC
 		#3, 11, 14, 24, 26
Apr 16
 		Neutron Stars
 		ch. 21
 		Anim. 21CC
 		#8, 10, 26
Apr 16 & 21
 		Black Holes
 		ch. 22
 		Anim. 22CC
 		#14, 19, 24
Apr 21 & 23
 		The Milky Way
 		ch. 23
 		Anim. 23.1, 23.2, Video 23.2
 		#7, 16, 18, 26
Apr 23 & 28
 		Galaxies
 		ch. 24
 		Anim. 24.1, 24.2, 24.3
 		#7, 12, 15, 18, 26
Apr 30 & May 5
 		Cosmology
 		ch. 26
 		Anim. 26.1, 26.5, 26CC
 		#6, 16, 19, 24, 27