# DAY DATE TEXT SUBJECT
Part I: Our Place in Space (Celestial Geography)
1 W 24-Aug 1 Course Introduction; Scale & Perspective
2 M 29-Aug 1 "Location" and "Size" on the Sky; Constellations
3 W 31-Aug 2 Spherical Earth; Celestial Coordinates
4 M 05-Sep 2 Daily Motion of the Sky
5 W 07-Sep 2 Yearly Motion of the Sky; Causes of the Seasons
6 M 12-Sep 3 Phases and Orbit of the Moon
7 W 14-Sep 3 Eclipses of the Sun and Moon
8 M 19-Sep 4 Apparent Motion of the Planets; Kepler's Laws
W 21-Sep [1-4] EXAM #1
Part II: Gravity, Orbits, Formation, and Evolution of the Solar System; The Sun
9 M 26-Sep 4 Galileo's Observations; Newton's Laws of Motion
10 W 28-Sep 4 Gravity and Orbits; Tides
11 M 03-Oct 4, 7 Finish Tides; Overview of the Solar System
12 W 05-Oct 7,8 Terrestrial v. Jovian Planets
13 M 10-Oct 8 Formation of the Solar System
14 W 12-Oct 16 The Sun
  M 17-Oct --- No Class/No Lab (FALL BREAK)
15 W 19-Oct 14-9&10, 15 Solar System "Debris"; Asteroids & Comets
16 M 24-Oct 15 Meteorites and Craters; Assessing the Impact Risk
  W 26-Oct [4, 7-8, 15-16] EXAM #2
Part III: Detailed Study of Earth & Moon; Terrestrial v. Jovian Planets
17 M 31-Oct 10 Lunar Overview; Lunar Exploration History
18 W 02-Nov 10 Craters as Tools; History & Formation of the Moon.
19 M 07-Nov 9 Earth as a Planet. I.
20 W 09-Nov 9 Earth as a Planet. II.
21 M 14-Nov 9, 11 Terrestrial Planets. I.
22 W 16-Nov 9, 11 Terrestrial Planets. II.
23 M 21-Nov 7 - 11 Climate and Climage Change on Terrestrial Planets
  W 23-Nov --- No Class/No Lab (THANKSGIVING)
24 M 28-Nov 12, 14 Jovian Planets.
  W 30-Nov [9-12, 14] EXAM #3
25 M 05-Dec 13, 14 Satellites of the Jovian Planets
         
  W 14-Dec [1-4, 7-16] FINAL EXAM (7:30-10:30 PM in 125 SCIC)